The Maternal Child Health Services (MCHS) Educator enhances professional practice and the provision of quality patient care by providing evidence-based quality educational programs and activities that promote professional competency for nursing, inter-professional, and non-licensed clinical staff.
Participates in the development, coordination, managing, facilitating, conducting, and evaluating of onboarding and orientationprograms for nursing and other healthcare personnel.
Provides orientation/onboarding programs to promote employee retention.
Collaborates with the Director of MCHS to adjust the program based on evaluation results.
Participates in the development, coordination, and management of facilitating, conducting, and evaluating nursing competencyin Labor and Delivery, Post Partum, Nursery and Pediatrics.
Designs and identifies educational activities to address practice gaps for identified target audiences, including licensed and non-licensed healthcare personnel, in alignment with CMC clinical education requests and development processes.
Develops activities to achieve specific outcomes related to identified deficits or opportunities for improvement in knowledge,skilland practice.
Plans educational content delivery that encourages learner engagement.
Promotes and integrates the EBP in order to continuously improve practice. Conducts, encourages, facilitates, and/orparticipates in research, EBP, and QI in patient care settings.
Identifies and develops strategies to facilitate a continuous process of maturation through lifelong learning.
Utilizes novice-to-expert continuum when developing staff. Identifies and provides opportunities for skill enhancement andmastery.
Oversees and administers all preceptor competencies and activities for the Unit.
Other duties as assigned by Department Leadership.