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The Clinical Educator is responsible to coordinate and provide clinical education and training to clinical areas of KVH in coordination with the Patient Care Services and Human Resources Divisions. The Clinical Educator provides house-wide and most unit specific clinical education for all skill levels. The learning environment may include presentation (live and video), skill demonstration, bedside instruction, online modules, electronic clinical documentation, and independent learning modules.
The Clinical Educator is responsible to assist with clinical education in (but not limited to) new hire orientation, annual competencies, organization strategic initiatives, implementation of new equipment, implementation of significant new processes, and other organization educational needs as assigned. In collaboration with Staff Development and the CNO, the Clinical Educator will track compliance and work directly with employees to promote compliance regarding mandatory and required clinical informatics educational competencies.
The Clinical Educator may be asked to serve as an educational resource for KVH department specific implementations, committees, and strategic initiatives. The Clinical Educator may also be the primary point-of-contact for the creation and ongoing maintenance of the Nursing Assistant Certification program. Qualifications What is required...
Graduate of an accredited nursing program & currently licensed in the State of Washington Current CPR card (maintenance required) Recent experience in formal clinical education and development of educational programs What is preferred... Five years recent experience in an acute care setting preferred Preceptor, mentorship, and/or leadership nursing experience Previous experience with presenting to groups and/or individuals Master’s degree in nursing or related educational field Additional Information Wage: Wage range currently starts at $44.70/hour and goes up to $79.60/hour.
Actual wage will be based on years' of applicable experience. FTE: .8 (32 hours/pay period)
This position is benefits eligible Union Status: This is a WSNA union covered position Company Description KVH is an integrated healthcare delivery system that includes 24-hour emergency care, inpatient, and outpatient hospital services through KVH Hospital. Clinics and services provided include family medicine, internal medicine, a geriatric nurse practitioner program, home health and hospice, physical therapy, orthopedics, general surgery, pediatrics, women’s health, and urgent care.
Kittitas Valley Healthcare expects all employees to uphold our Vision & Mission. The KVH Vision, Mission & Guiding Principles can be found at http://www.kvhealthcare.org/mission-and-vision. KVH puts ‘employee care’ high on the priority list, with health benefits like low cost medical, dental, and vision insurance and a robust employee wellness program.
KVH offers company contribution toward your choice of medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage, including coverage available for spouses/ domestic partners, and dependent children. KVH believes that continuing education is critical to our mission and vision. We have implemented many educational programs such as the Medical Assistant Apprenticeship program and certification pay toS encourage continuing education.
We want our employees to know they are valued. One of the ways we show this is by quickly vesting employees, making them pension eligible after just one year of part-time status. To view more details about the comprehensive benefits package we offer to eligible employees visit our website - Benefits - KV Healthcare www.kvhealthcare.org
About the role
The Clinical Educator is responsible to coordinate and provide clinical education and training to clinical areas of KVH in coordination with the Patient Care Services and Human Resources Divisions.