Clinical Nurse Educator - Ambulatory Services

Be a part of a world-class academic healthcare system, UChicago Medicine Care Network, as a Clinical Nurse Educator for Surgical and Medical Subspecialties for Adult and Pediatric. This position is a 100% onsite opportunity. You will need to be based in the greater Chicagoland area. Local travel will be required.

This position is responsible for helping guide clinical practice at all clinics and locations across the system, including onboarding of all clinical staff, continuing education, annual competency, ambulatory quality, regulatory compliance, ambulatory policy/protocol development and review, and supporting any new clinical workflows or new implementations.

A Clinical Nurse Educator is a registered nurse (RN) with previous educational experience whose focus is on staff development and nursing education. This nurse is an educator, consultant, role model, staff/patient advocate, change agent, leader and cost-effective professional. In collaboration with nursing leadership, the Clinical Nurse Educator designs, develops, implements, and evaluates a variety of educational offerings in order to improve nursing care and clinical/organizational outcomes. The Clinical Nurse Educator elevates the standard of professional nursing practice at UCM by developing, coaching and mentoring staff to become expert clinicians and leaders.

Essential Job Functions

Assesses the education needs of employees within area of responsibility.
Utilizes standardized and develops customized assessment tools and testing methodologies to measure staff knowledge and skill in core nursing practices and within specialty areas.
Interprets the medical center’s strategic imperatives, policies, guidelines, and other internal demands in order to design education that supports these strategic goals and key objectives.
Plans and designs a variety of educational activities based on the needs assessment.
Collaborates with key staff to develop a comprehensive annual educational calendar.
Designs specialty based orientations for clinical staff.
Designs in-services and continuing education programs for staff.
Fosters a cultural environment that promotes learning.
Evaluates all learning activities using objective performance criteria and recommends corresponding changes in education plans.
Participates and collaborates with nursing leadership in quality, research and scholarly activities and develops grant proposals as appropriate.
Researches available funding sources and submits funding proposals in order to implement support and expand new or existing programs to meet the educational needs.
Participates on departmental and hospital committees
Participates in seminars, workshops, and/or for credit course in area of professional interest and work responsibility.

Required Qualifications

BSN required
Current RN Illinois license
Minimum requirement of three years of clinical practice
Knowledge and previous application of adult learning principles
Demonstrated leadership skills evidenced by serving as a charge nurse, preceptor, or episodic teacher
Demonstrates complex decision-making skills and problem-solving ability

Preferred Qualifications

Certification as Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) strongly preferred; required to achieve within 18 months if not currently CNE
Master of Science in Nursing or related education field preferred
Previous experience in a role as an educator preferred
Previous experience working within multidisciplinary teams or nursing leadership committees preferred

Position Details

Job Type/FTE: Full-Time (1.0 FTE)
Shift: Day, 8:00am-4:30pm
Work Location: Onsite
Unit/Department: Medical Subspecialties, Adult and Pediatrics
CBA Code: Non-Union

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