Registered Nurse Staff Educator Oncology
Registered Nurse Staff Educator Oncology
Job Description:
Description SHIFT: No WeekendsSCHEDULE: Full-time
Are you passionate about delivering superior, patient-centered care? At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family! Jump-start your career in our HCA Center for Clinical Advancement department as an Oncology Educator at Research Medical Center.
At RMC, we want to ensure your needs are met. We offer a variety of comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans along with some unique benefits including:
Paid Personal Leave
Student Loan Repayment
Tuition Assistance/Reimbursement
401k (100% annual match – 3%-9% of pay based on years of service)
Identity Theft Protection discounts
Auto, Home, and Life Insurance options
Adoption Assistance
Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
Responsibilities:
This position is responsible for enhancing professional practice and the provision of quality patient care by providing evidence-based, quality educational programs and activities which promote professional competency for new nursing hires, with an emphasis on onboarding, precepting, and mentoring new graduate nurses.
Orientation/Onboarding
Provides orientation/onboarding programs to promote employee retention
Conducts orientation in a manner that facilitates a positive learning environment
Role models organizational and personal commitment to new employee success
Collaborates with the Education Coordinator the logistics of orientation to keep all stakeholders informed
Competency Management
Comprehends and interprets competencies to staff and role model competent practice
Role models
Identifies Learning needs of staff
Plans educational content with learner engagement
Education
Assesses practice gaps and identify learning needs and identifies desired outcomes
Identifies learning needs
Identifies desired outcomes
Plans educational content delivery with learner engagement
Promotes safe, quality and compassionate patient care.
Research Evidence-based Practice (EBP)/Quality Improvement (QI)
Works with others to identify problems and solutions and collaboratively create the change strategy
Assists in the implementation of change strategies
Embraces meaningful change and fosters acceptance, adoption and action toward change in others
Identifies appropriate evidence to guide practice decisions
Creates a supportive environment for nursing research, scientific inquiry, quality improvement and evidenced-base practice
Supports research activities that align with the organizational strategic plan
Disseminates research findings through educational programs, courses, and other activities
Consistently maintains and sustain practice changes using principles of implementation science
Exhibits creativity and flexibility through times of change
Collaborative Partnerships
Works collaboratively with interprofessional teams as assigned
Identifies opportunities for collaboration; initiates collaborative efforts i.e., facility Chief Nursing Officer (CNO), Associate CNO and Nursing Directors
Considers and communicates impact of activities on other departments/professions/community
Demonstrates the ability to utilize evidence-based simulation models to design, implement, evaluate, and standardize educational programs for staff in the use of clinical simulation, debriefing and assessment.
Communicates professionally using appropriate methods
Quality
Monitors the practices or operations with reference to laws, regulations, guidelines, or industry practices to assess compliance, risk, or exposure while communicating key performance indicators for clinical education service line within their division.
Ensures that the work of the clinical education team develops educational content to meets the accreditation standards of the Joint Commission, Medicare, Medicaid and similar organizations from an educational perspective.
Accountable for delivery of clinical education services and practices that create a patient-centered organization, driven by customer feedback and data.
Ensures efficient and effective delivery of quality clinical education content and programs to drive improved clinical metrics.
Contributes and works collaboratively with division and facility education team to support hospital wide improvement in meeting core measures, patient safety, and service excellence goals through clinical education.
Services
Fosters a Service Excellence culture
Understand nursing unit’s results to identify opportunities to support improvement in internal or external customer satisfaction and/or patient experience.
Inspires pride in HCA and organizational outcomes by developing a superior clinical identity and culture-of-excellence which inspires higher expectations for care in the physicians, nurses and other clinicians than externally imposed standards.
Promotes consistent positive patient interactions when coaching clinical staff that advance the agenda of unparalleled patient service.
Establishes a culture of accountability for effectively managing expenses and delivering cost-effective healthcare in the communities we serve.
Growth
Supports strategic planning and business development within the clinical education area of responsibility that may include technology advances and other opportunities to drive differentiation support the growth agenda.
Represents the organization positively within the community; participates in company supported community/patient events and in-services.
Supports external relationships which advances the organization's position within the community, grows the business and improves the health of communities served.
Stays abreast of external factors and opportunities impacting healthcare; to include political, legislative and regulatory changes, emerging technologies, and advancements in healthcare delivery.
Finance
Participates with the division education team to contribute to the development of long and short range operational and capital budgets aligned to business objectives
Provides requested data for assigned facility to assist in completing monthly operations; provides information on variances to the Director, Clinical Professional Development or other education leadership and action plans to address gaps
Participates with the division education team to contribute to the development of long and short range operational and capital budgets aligned to business objectives.
Qualifications
Graduated from an accredited nursing program. Bachelor’s degree in nursing is required. Graduate degree in nursing or related field preferred.
Knowledge/Professional Licensure/Registration/Certifications: Currently licensed as a registered professional nurse in the state(s) of practice and/or has an active compact license, in accordance with law and regulation. Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN) required within 6 months of hire. ONS Chemotherapy/Immunotherapy Card on hire or within six months of hire. American Heart Association Basic Life Saving (BLS) certification is required. Demonstrated knowledge and practical application of theories and principles of adult education. Must have demonstrated competency with computer technology for teaching purposes.
Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute at Research Medical Center is accredited by The Commission on Cancer. The Commission on Cancer Standard 4.2 requires the nursing professional to complete 12 Oncology specific CNEs/CMEs each calendar year OR they hold an accredited certification starting after one year of hire.
Experience: A minimum of 3 years clinical experience. Experience in teaching in an academic or health care related field preferred.
At Research Medical Center, above all else, we are committed to the care and improvement of human life. Located in beautiful Kansas City, Missouri, RMC embodies the mission and heart of HCA MidAmerica. We are recognized as a healthcare leader due to our skilled, compassionate and dedicated doctors and nurses. To ensure that we exceed our patients’ health care needs, we staff over 700 doctors who represent 29 medical specialties in our 590-bed facility.
Several of our renowned programs, including Level I Trauma, Sarah Cannon Cancer Care, Grossman Burn Center, Neuroscience Institute and Women’s Care Center, feature advanced technological resources used to diagnose and treat patients. Whether your healthcare needs are urgent and critical or simply routine and preventative, our advanced capabilities allow us to be one of the most comprehensive hospitals in the Kansas City region.
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