Perioperative RN Educator - Tyson's Corner/Capitol Hill ( Job Number: 186567 )
Location: McLean Virginia
Description: Kaiser Permanente is employing Perioperative RN Educator - Tyson's Corner/Capitol Hill ( Job Number: 186567 ) right now, this job will be placed in Virginia. Further informations about this job opportunity please give attention to these descriptions. To serve as a clinical leader, consultant and educator for operating eoom, PEEC, pre-Op, post! op phases I and II, and sterile processing staff members.
Essential Functions:
- Creatively facilitates the adult learning process by creating an appropriate climate for learning.
- Emphasizes the development and use of critical thinking skills in order to promote clinical excellence.
- Manages all perioperative staff education and competency programs to include planning, implementation, promotion, scheduling, instruction and coordination of the documentation process for both new and on-going programs and initiatives.
- Assures that educational programs support compliance with all regulatory and MASHP standards.
- In collaboration with the quality & sustainability consultant, regularly updates departmental nursing practices to reflect the most current evidence-based standards.
- Coordinates the development, implementation and evaluation of those standards as well as policies and procedures for patient care. !
- Participates in departmental equipment selection, monitor! s proper use and ensures staff are educated on new and existing equipment.
- Effectively coaches perioperative staff members serving in mentorship roles and participates in the orientation process for new nurses.
- Provides direction and offers alternate teaching/learning strategies when indicated.
- Assists in identifying learning needs and formulates goals to improve skill development.
- Serves as a role model for clinical excellence in patient care.
- Provides real-time coaching to staff as appropriate and follows-up with formal educational offerings as indicated.
- Participates in the overall quality improvement/process improvement plan for perioperative services.
- Identifies potential areas for assessment, performs data collection, analyzes data against benchmark measures and assists in plans/solutions to solve problems and/or improve processes.
- Actively participates in regional committees, teams and task force! s as a representative for perioperative services.
- Assumes responsibility for professional growth and development, setting annual goals for continuing education and maintenance of clinical expertise.
- Works with the perioperative service leaders to develop departmental goals and objectives and assists in the implementation plan.
- Performs other related duties as directed.
Basic Qualifications:
- Five (5) years of recent operating room nursing or pre-operative/PACU experience to include the care of both pediatric and adult surgical patients required.
- Experience in and understanding of health care delivery in an ambulatory setting required.
- Master's degree in nursing or nursing education required.
- RN License for DC and a compact state (ex. Maryland, Virginia) required.
- Current BLS certification is required.
- Current ACLS certification is required within thr! ee (3) months of employment.
- Current PALS certification is req! uired within six months (6) of employment.
- CNOR or CPAN certification is required within three months (3) of employment.
- Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills required.
- Excellent writing skills required.
- Must be able to work effectively with a variety of departments and leadership levels.
- Must demonstrate exceptional customer service attitudes, including a "can do" approach.
- Must be able to independently problem-solve and develop creative solutions.
- Must be a champion for innovation and change.
- One (1) year of education/training experience preferred.
- Previous experience in ambulatory surgery centers preferred.
- Experience in managed care setting preferred.
- Experience in policy and/or nursing competency development strongly preferred.
- Doctoral degree in nursing or related field preferred.
- Underst! anding of nursing regulatory and scope of practice requirements strongly preferred.
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