Psychiatric Nurse Educator

Job Description:

• Required Psychiatric Nurse Educator
• Provides clinical consultation and serves as a mentor and educator to advance the practice of nursing and improve patient outcomes
• Provides expert clinical consultation to improve patient outcomes
• Acts as a nursing role model and resource to staff in order to promote a highly performing interdependent team
• Utilizes a multidisciplinary approach to assess, develop and evaluate education for assigned specialty area
• Coordinates with the ILD Unit based Educator and the System Educator to develop programs addressing identified educational needs within each specialty unit
• Participates in all annual education and in specific departmental training
• Assists Management in verifying staff knowledge to assure safe patient care; ensures all documentation requirements for regulatory bodies are in place
• Applies the evidence based practice process to the development of tools and pathways, which achieve quality cost effective patient outcomes
• Collaborates with members of the interdisciplinary team to design, implement, and measure safe, cost-effective, evidence-based care strategies
• Promotes a culture of patient safety and serves as a patient safety advocate
• Researches, analyzes and participates in the development of process improvement strategies to ensure optimal patient care and patient safety
• Performs chart reviews and audits to supportinvestigations within the unit and standards are met; coordinates the education and sharing of chart audits and analysis with team members
• Provides analysis and input to leadership about audit trends, patient safety and quality issues
• Participates in the development of process improvement, action plans, and implementation of recommendations
• Works with Management team to design, implement and evaluate the process for collecting, tracking, and educating the nursing and medical staffs regarding performance improvement pertaining to designated indicators
• Reviews patient related documentation, medical records, and other sources to identify unsafe practices that could result in sentinel events and potential adverse events
• Participates in sentinel and adverse eventreportinvestigation
• Reviews medical records, assists in interviewing staff, examines equipment and coordinates documentation
• Participates in the development of action plans and tracks progress in correcting systematic and unit problems

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Advanced knowledge and clinical expertise in a focus area
• Knowledge of evidence-based practice guidelines
• Ability to collaborate, consult, educate, mentor, and influence change
• Demonstrated ability at the level of an advanced practice nurse to utilize evidence to develop, teach, guide, and implement practice standards and policies
• Experience with quality and process improvement to meet National Patient Safety Goals
• Knowledge of current health care environment and adherence to National Clinical Standards in specialty area

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor?s degree in Nursing
• Master?s degreepreferred
• Five (5) years of clinical experience for unit assigned - psych
• Current Washington State RN License

Shifts:

• Days, Full Time

Skills:

• Nursing
• Psychiatric Adult, Psychiatric Adolescent, Nurse Educator