Associate Clinical Professional Development Educator

Job description

Job Description Develops and provides orientation, staff development and continuing education for all levels of nursing and related departments. Job Responsibility: - Formulates and implements orientation program; assesses new nurses and plans an orientation program based on the level and scope of each individual’s learning needs. - Plans orient’s assignments to provide experience and competence in delivery of care; evaluates performance of orientee and shares progress with orientee, Nurse Manager, and staff members assisting with orientation. - Collaborates with Nurse Manager to identify preceptors for orientee; maintains documentation of orientee’s progress; provides staff development; coordinates needs assessments with nursing leadership to plan staff development. - Participates in appropriate clinical service meetings and shares information regarding present programs, plans and future offerings; provides guidance and remediation to nurses participating in staff development. - Provides all mandated in-service programs for all tours of duty; orients staff to new equipment and procedures. - Guides staff in providing patient teaching; functions effectively within organizational str...