Nurse Educator | Full Time | Rotating Day/Nights | Concord Hospital Laconia/Franklin

Summary

Under the direction of the Patient Care Unit Director, the Nurse Educator serves as the clinical expert for the patient populations served on that unit or department, and as an organizational resource in that specialty. He/she is responsible for development, competence assessment, teaching, and evaluation of unit based orientation, inservices and continuing education programs for clinical staff. The Nurse Educator is responsible for professional nursing practice and delivering quality patient care.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing from an accredited college. Master's degree in nursing preferred or commensurate education and experience

Certification, Registration & Licensure

Certification required: Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers certification, or equivalent course credentialed by American Heart Association.

Licensure required: Licensed to practice in nursing in the state of New Hampshire

Refer to Management of Mandatory Required Certification, Competencies and Education/Training Policy for department specific certifications.

Experience

Minimum of 3 years of acute care clinical experience in unit/department specialty area(s). Previous teaching/leadership experience desired.

Responsibilities

• Excels in the provision of patient care and participates in establishing excellence in standards of care and

  practice.

• Verifies competency of staff through testing and observation of practice.

• Manages resources judiciously.

• Develops instructional plans and methodologies to respond to learning needs of staff.

• Markets, conducts, evaluates and maintains records for educational sessions covering unit-based

  orientation, on-the-job training, computer use, preceptor programs, customer service, clinical education,

  retraining and clinical leadership development.

• Coordinates, prepares and updates curriculum to meet unit-based clinical and professional standards and

  to ensure continued accreditation.

• Serves as a leader, researcher, change agent and consultant for quality educational opportunities and

  organizational activities.

• Continuously improves quality.

• Fosters exemplary customer service

• Provides direct patient care.

Employee Benefits

Competitive and comprehensive employee benefits and growth opportunities await you when you join our team.

• Health insurance and dental benefit
  • Available to full-time (30+ hours) and part-time employees (20-29 hours)
• Wellness programs
• Life/LTD insurance
• 403B retirement savings account with employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement
• On-site childcare
• Complimentary on-site employee fitness center
• Paid time off
• Career development
• Employee Activities Committee
• Military Program (offering a supportive environment for those serving or who served in the armed services)
  • Streamlined military leave process
  • Enhanced military leave policy
  • Enrichments to benefits and paid-time-off
  • Organizational resources committed to employees and their families
  • Education for employees and managers
  • Recognition of service

Concord Hospital is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is our policy to provide equal opportunity to all employees and applicants and to prohibit any discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status.

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Physical and Work Requirements

The physical demands and characteristics of the work environment described here are representative of those that will be encountered by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The Dictionary of Occupational Titles Material Handling Classification is MEDIUM. The employee must regularly lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 pounds, frequently lift, carry or push/pull up to 10 - 25 pounds, and occasionally lift, carry or push/pull up to 20 - 50 pounds.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to hear, sit, speak, stand, walk.

The employee is frequently required to do fine motor, reach, and smell. The employee is occasionally required to bend, climb, kneel, squat, and taste.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision, depth perception, far vision, near vision, and peripheral vision.

The employee is frequently exposed to airborne contaminants, airborne pathogens, bloodborne pathogens, bodily fluids, toxic or caustic chemicals. The employee is occasionally exposed to chemotherapeutic agents, electrical hazards - shock, moving mechanical parts, non-weather related heat or cold, radiation, slippery surfaces.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.