Nurse Education Manager

Pay Rate: $110 per hour - $120 per hour

Summary:

• Shift Hours: 7 AM

Responsibilities:

• Lead nursing practice using the tenets of the Professional Practice Model of Relationship Centered Care and the Care Delivery Model of Modified Primary Nursing to promote the patient experience.
• Project and cultivate a professional image to colleagues and communicate caring, respect, compassion, empathy, and trust.
• Incorporate ethical principles into the decision-making process for the patient and family in collaboration with the clinical nursing staff and the healthcare team.
• Foster a spirit of scholarship, inquiry, life-long learning, and innovation for self and others.
• Disseminate knowledge and skills relative to the role, patient population, clinical specialty, and global or local health community healthcare needs.
• Serve as a professional role model and preceptor for new staff and students.
• Articulate and integrate the values of research and evidence-based practice and its application to nursing practice and the environment of care.
• Contribute to the profession of nursing through leadership and participation in professional organizations.
• Demonstrate proficiency in all aspects of Hourly Care Checks and role model expected behaviors.
• Ensure the integration of Care Checks into clinical activities to enhance Relationship Centered Care.
• Validate staff competency in Care Checks and provide consistent meaningful feedback with more focused feedback as needed.
• Communicate quantitative and qualitative information regarding the patient experience to the staff and the Interdisciplinary Patient Care Team.
• Collaborate with the Nurse Manager/Assistant Nurse Manager/physician dyad and escalate concerns as appropriate.
• Follow up on all patient concerns in a timely manner and provide service recovery as needed.
• Demonstrate caring, respect, compassion, empathy, and active listening through dialogue, body language, and actions.
• Oversee the development and implementation of the nursing education budget, including capital equipment allocation, and make recommendations according to company financial goals.
• Maintain, review, and evaluate educational record keeping and reporting systems and modify as necessary.
• Conduct and participate in meetings related to the area of assignment.
• Conduct and participate in research activities including pilot studies/initiatives related to education, healthcare management, clinical practice, and other associated areas.
• Perform as a clinical leader who actively creates and supports nursing practice and an environment of care that reflects clinical excellence.
• Demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and communication techniques necessary to provide care, based on physical, psychosocial, educational, safety, and related criteria, appropriate to the age of the patients served in assigned area.
• Identify physical, behavioral, and emotional characteristics typical for the age group.
• Modify approaches based on patient age-specific needs and responses to treatment.

Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing or Master’s degree in Nursing/related Healthcare field with experience in Nursing Education and/or Nursing Leadership.
• Candidates enrolled in a graduate program will be considered with close graduation dates committed.
• Licensed as a registered nurse with current registration in New York State.
• ACLS and BLS certifications.
• ONS Chemotherapy Administration Certification required if assigned to oncology.

Preferred Skills:

• Master’s in Nursing Education preferred.
• Professional Board certification in clinical specialty.