Clinical Educator - Perioperative Services - Full time
Work location: office at Texas Health Plano and will travel to support the following entities: Texas Health Allen and Texas Health Frisco
Work hours: Full time from Monday - Friday from 8am - 5p
Department highlights:
• Strong Team Atmosphere
• Opportunity to advance nursing professional practice across the healthcare system
• Collaborative environment
Here's What You Need
• Bachelor's degree in nursing required
• Masters Degree in nursing, education or related field preferred
• 1 year staff development or adult education experience required and
• 3 years clinical experience including 2 years in area of specialty or 2 years in the clinical education department required
• RN - registered Nurse upon hire required
What You Will Do
The clinical educator works within a specialized discipline to partners with leadership in the design of relevant education, as well as partner in the integration and deployment of that education across the system. This role is intended to be a specialist within one or two disciplines of nursing, allied health, or related specialty areas.
Program Design, Development, and Implementation
• Partners in the development and implementation of clinical skill/competency development solutions, in service of the unit, department, entity/system high risk/low volume activity.
• Develops and implements clinical skills development solutions for changes in clinical practice, including documentation.
• Partners in development and implementation of onboarding programs, transition residency programs, clinical academic partnership placement, continuing education deployment, safety training across the organization.
Change Management
• Helps move clinical staff through changes by partnering in the adoption of new clinical practices on the unit.
• Provide clinical coaching to staff in order to drive adoption of new tools.
Consulting
• Serves as a clinical skill development consultant to management for assigned client groups: discusses and identifies skill development needs and participates in the evaluation and monitoring of competency development programs, life support programs, onboarding programs, student placement needs, and processes as well as continuing education efforts.
• Serves on entity level root cause analysis teams, conducts board of nursing investigation practices, partners with Unit Based Councils, and serves on NCAP committee (as appropriate).
Competency & Accreditation Support
- Maintains documentation for clinical competencies and supports accreditation readiness.
- Collaborates with coordinators to ensure proper storage and tracking of competency records.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Communicates regularly with clinical teams and leadership to assess satisfaction, identify gaps, and troubleshoot educational challenges.
- Builds strong relationships across departments to foster a culture of learning and excellence.
Additional perks of being a Clinical Educator
• Benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, Student Loan Repayment Program as well as several other benefits.
• A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.
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