Educator Clinical, OR Lakeshore, Part Time, Days

Utilize the nursing process to provide comprehensive nursing care during the perioperative phase. This position facilitates the gathering and analysis of quality and performance data for the organization through coordination of information including data collection, analysis, and trending of required regulatory indicators, external agency review and other select clinical outcome measurements. This nurse also assists in staff education regarding external measures, improvement processes, clinical education of new devices, products, and regulatory compliance. Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate educational activities for clinical staff. Provide departmental orientation for all new staff members and maintain annual mandatory education and documentation of completion for department. Provide training and instruction for BLS to all department staff members as required by state and federal requirements. Responsible for performing quarterly emergency preparedness drills and maintaining the reports from such drills. Schedule staff members in timely fashion for mandatory certifications required, based on clinical job classification.

Education:

• Registered Nurse Degree

Certifications/Experience:

• Minimum of 2 years of peri-operative experience, preferably in an ambulatory setting. Understanding of quality assurance, with at least 2 years’ experience in a relevant nursing education role preferred.
• Current certifications: BLS, ACLS , and preferred PALS certification
• Completes Center education requirements for all staff by deadlines set by organization.
• Coordinates all quality assurance activities for the Center and reports to the MEC quarterly.
• Maintains CPR instructor credentials and maintains center colleague compliance with CPR certification requirements .
• Assist infection control RN with the infection control program.
• This nurse also assists in staff education regarding external measures, improvement processes, clinical education of new devices, products, and regulatory compliance.
• Assist in maintaining the Center’s environment of care and safety program.
• Responsible for performing quarterly emergency preparedness drills and maintaining the reports from such drills.
• Attitude - Provides highest quality service and meeting customers' needs with utmost kindness, care, compassion, courtesy, empathy, respect and friendliness. Always acknowledges and serves customers with a friendly, open smile and direct eye contact.
• Appearance - Takes pride in personal appearance, the facility and its surroundings.
• Commitment to Coworkers - Recognizes we are linked to one another by a common purpose; serving our patients and our community, that we are team members with our physicians and co-workers, and that we each deserve respect and support.
• Communication - Listens attentively to our customers to fully understand needs. Pays close attention to both verbal and non-verbal communication. Is committed to exceeding customers' expectations and providing more than what is expected.
• Customer Waiting - Provides prompt service, keeps customers informed regarding the time in which the service will be performed and makes customers comfortable while they are waiting.
• Privacy – Maintains customer privacy and confidentiality
• Responsiveness - Acknowledges every approaching patient or family member. Responds in a way that demonstrates the care, courtesy and respect our customers deserve.
• Safety Awareness - Ensures an accident-free environment. Establishes, promotes and monitors a proactive innovative approach to enhance hospital and patient safety. Adheres to and ensures compliance with Joint commission Patient Safety Goals and hospital safety policies.
• Sense of Ownership - Demonstrates a sense of ownership in their job, takes pride in what they do, and how they do it. Accepts responsibility for and is in control of the job that needs to be done
• Team Member is accountable for areas of responsibility meeting regulatory requirements including but not limited to maintaining annual TB testing, completing annual mandatories (ALC and competency), and maintaining current registration/certification/licensures as appropriate to position requirements.