أغسطس 07, 2023900 معلومة متنوعة ومفيدة، حول التغذية الصحية

Job Description      Department: Nursing        Title: Nursing Educator

 Reports to:

Education Manager, ACNO and CNO.

Accountable to:

Education Manager and CNO

Position Summary:

· The Nursing Educator is responsible for formulating and delivering the continuous educational programs to the clinical and non-clinical staff at (.........). The role will also involve support to the education coordinator or manager in initiating and delivering hospital programs and maintaining mandatory training of all nursing staff. The functions of the Nursing Educator (NE) are to provide nursing professional development and education services by assisting nurses in preparing for contemporary practice and supporting them in acquiring The knowledge and skills to competently collect and analyze patient health data. the data to determine diagnoses, identify expected outcomes individualized to the patient, develop a plan of Care that prescribes interventions to achieve expected outcomes, implement interventions identified in the plan of care, and evaluate the patient’s progress toward attainment of the outcomes in the clinical care settings.

Responsibilities and duties:

·    Participate in strategic planning for all continuous nursing education programs with the education manager.

·       Prepares and revise the hospital policies, nursing procedures and work instructions in collaboration with the education manager and incorporate them in training programs.

·   Have the main responsibility in the revision of the competency checklists of the nursing procedures in accordance with the best practice and evidence based nursing.

·     Coordinates and provides the nursing orientation program lectures, participate in the induction and re-orientation program in cooperation with the learning and development department.

·   Review and update the job description of all categories of nurses at (.........) in coordination with the education manager and CNO

·       Form training curriculum within the approved scope of practice.

·       Ensure that instructional methods are suitable for training plans.

·       Ensure proper assessment of competencies of all nursing staff in cooperation with the clinical instructors.

·       Ensure sufficient clinical education and on-job training of the nursing staff at the units and floor in coordination with the clinical instructors.

·    Participate to making investigations and replying on the guest relation feedback and incident reports on daily basis.

·     Participate in the BLS and ACLS training of the clinical and non-clinical staff of the hospital in coordination with the learning and development department.

·       Take part in performance appraisal for the Head Nurse of the respective unit.

·       Do staff counseling as deemed necessary and document event.

·       Follow up on clinical performance in units and floors.

·       Act as clinical facilitator in training HCA’s and develop their curriculum.

Leadership:

·       Give professional support to the nursing staff.

·    Attend meetings as a representative of the nursing department and report the results to the education manager, team and the CNO.

·       Support and uphold the objectives of senior management.

·       Support the vision and mission statement of the nursing department.

·       Practice his/her profession according to and within the confines of the scope of practice as defined by the Syndicate of Egypt and International Council of Nurses.

·       Provide expert advice to caregivers on professional conduct and clinical practice.

·       Participates in the evaluations and feedback surveys of the nurses' satisfaction and seeks opportunities to increase the nursing satisfaction.

Teamwork:

·   Attend regular meetings of the nursing and education department and help to disseminate the results and decisions for effective implementation.

·       Recognizes opportunities for improvement and makes constructive suggestions for change.

·       Coordinate all educational activities with the rest of the education team.

Researcher:

·       Support the integration of research into practice.

·   Provide information to document effectiveness of role as a staff development educator in a daily Clinical Instructor Interpret, communicate, and incorporate research findings into program planning.

·    Provide recent reference researches to be utilized in updating all competencies, policies and procedures of the nursing department.

Clinical Governance:

·       Work as a coordinator for some committees held regularly at the hospital, like the M&M and code blue committee.

·       Promotion of safe and efficient care.

·       Work as a team leader of improvement projects in the nursing department.

·   Ensure continuous updates and follow up of the nursing department KPIs in coordination with the education managers and the CNO

· Determine the nursing skills and knowledge needed to achieve the desired level of medical care.

·       Support the short term and long term objectives of the nursing department.

·   Serve as a reference for the nursing staff and clinical instructors in regard to educational issues.

·     Support all the Patient Care Teams in provision of safe and effective outcome bases clinical service.

·       Attend Clinical Audit Meetings.

·       Promote integrated team approach (collaborative care) in patient care.

·       Ensure compliance of the nursing performance in the units and the floors with the recommendations of the ISO and JCI standards during the internal and external audits campaigns.

Management Responsibilities:

·       Undertake education manager duties in the absence of education manager.

·       Cooperate with all members of the education department to ensure effective and comprehensive implementation of the educational plans.

·       Ensure the recruitment of high caliber members for the nursing staff and make the candidates interviews.

·       Support the development of professional accountability within the team to enable effective clinical governance.

·       Assist supervisors by supporting their efforts in daily clinical rounds.

·       Ensuring implementation of hospital policies and procedures.

·       Assist management to realize management objectives.

·       Undertake clinical interventions in emergency situations.

·       Liaise with support services to co-ordinate training plans for other health care personnel (HCA & L&D or other Non-Nursing Personnel).

·       Make decisions that directly impact clinical practice in nursing.

Competencies:

Education:

·       BSN, MSN, PHD is preferred.

Experience:

·       Experience in project management within education or training environments.

Training:

·       Applied pharmacology.

·       Certified BLS

·        Certified ACLS.

·       Knowledge of Trauma Care an advantage.

·       Excellent presentation skills.

Communication and Interpersonal skills:

·       Have the ability to liaise and communicate effectively with all departments.

·       Liaise and coordinate service and plans with Education Manager and CNO on a daily basis.

·       Submit daily report educational activities to education manager.

Dress Code:

·       According to (.........) Policy.

Competency

Foreign Nurses Recruitment

Probationary Period, 6 month and annual appraisal

Continuous Education Registration

Continuous Education Non- Attendance Justification

Staff  Competency

Local Nurses- Recruitment

Training Process