**Department:** Education-Clinical **Shift:** Days **Daily Work Times:** Variable **Scheduled Biweekly Hours:** 80 **Position Summary:** Responsible for evaluating the learning needs of staff and providing on-going education within assigned unit scope of practice by using evidence-based research, following hospital policy and procedures, nursing process guidelines, standards of care, and accrediting body standards. Develops orientation and competency curriculums. **Essential Functions and Responsibilities:** **Incorporates the roles of educator, facilitator, change agent, leader, consultant, or researcher in the learning activities that support the nurse in developing and maintaining continuing professional nursing competence.** 1. **Educator** : Utilizes principles of adult learning, nursing process, and nursing theory to foster the educational development of staff, the healthcare team and self. * Develops, plans, and implements educational activities within their area of expertise and directly or indirectly fosters the development of competence in the learner. * Provides role orientation development, which engages the learner in critical thinking and problem solving. * Develops an annual educational plan, based upon an assessment of each nursing unit/nursing group, which defines core and ongoing competency validation consistent with current practice, assures consistent standards of practice across the continuum, and meets all legal and program accreditation requirements. * Develops, coordinates, and evaluates basic and advanced nursing continuing education programs consistent with American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Commission on Accreditation Criteria and other applicable national accrediting bodies. * Ensures documentation of employee orientation, competency validation, and continuing education activities in assigned areas. * Supports and assists staff in developing preceptor and teaching skills. * Identifies creative competency verification and continuing education methods, which are cost effective, utilizing risk/benefit analysis skills and stimulate an ongoing learning environment/culture. * Differentiates educational issues from system/compliance issues. * Studies and evaluates matters relating to continuing education and recommend appropriate action. **2.** **Leader:** **Utilizes leadership principles and support organizational and administrative structures to achieve department and organization goals.** * Participates in quality improvement initiatives in specialty areas. * Orientation of new department members in clinical orientation. * Supports leadership efforts to monitor educational activities of staff. * Ensures that the educational activities are congruent with the organizations mission, vision, and goals. 3. **Consultant:** Acts as a formal or informal consultant to clinical and administrative staff. * Participates in the development, facilitation, and evaluation of unit, departmental, service line, and corporate goals and objectives, especially as they relate to clinical practice, patient outcomes, and defining systems/models of care delivery. * Promotes professional cohesiveness among clinical staff, positive working relationships with other departments, and interdisciplinary team building in health care delivery. * Represents the clinical specialty in networking with hospital/system-wide committees, professional associations, external agencies, and related programs. * Provides feedback to the learners, leadership, and the organization related to the effectiveness of the learning and the learning activity. * Identifies the need for state legislation in the field of continuing education and recommend appropriate action. * Provides continuing education activities and providers of continuing education. * Reviews or initiates other duties related to continuing education. * Reviews matters relating to continuing education and recommends appropriate action. _Required:_ * Bachelor Degree in Nursing or Bachelor of Science or Arts in related specialty. * Minimum of three years experience in clinical setting. * Current State of Michigan Registered Nurse license. + BLS certification as Healthcare Provider or equivalent through the Military Training Network (MTN). * ACLS required for Emergency Department and Critical Care, mandatory within one year of hire. * PALS/NRP required in Obstetrics. Certification where applicable, mandatory within one year of hire.