The Clinical Education Specialist will be supporting our Behavioral Health service lineand is accountable for the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of education related to orientation, mandatory/required education, continuing education and professional development within a specialty area, site or organizational framework. The individual incorporates existing and new practice, quality, safety and regulatory standards into education that aligns with the organization/unit culture and goals.
About this position:
This position has a main location of UMMC, but does support multiple Fairview sites.
Responsibilities/Job Description
Job Expectations:
Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates competency based orientation and education programs for new staff.
Provides didactic, experiential and skills based orientation for the specialty.
Reviews and revises competency validation tools in collaboration with advanced practice and operational leaders.
Follows up with new staff to evaluate competency progression and organizational assimilation.
Partners with leaders to develop individualized learning plans for new staff who need additional assistance to successfully complete orientation.
Performs needs assessments and gap analyses to ascertain needs for ongoing education and competency validation.
Distributes needs survey to staff, obtains data and does analysis at least annually.
Participates in unit/department/specialty improvement work, including data collection, in relation to educational needs.
Provides recommendations on educational needs.
Develops annual plan for ongoing competency validation and education.
Collaborates with leaders to acquire and analyze data to develop a plan for competency validation of unit/department/specialty staff.
Plans and implements competency validation program.
Develops plan in collaboration with leaders for mandatory, required, continuing and professional development educational offerings.
Partners with organizational team to publish and disseminate education calendar.
Ensures that regulatory requirements related to education and competency are met.
Develops and implements education.
Utilizes adult learning principles and a creative, innovative approach to education to engage learners.
Considers factors related to safety, effectiveness, and cost in planning and delivering educational activities.
Collaborates with content experts (e.g. Advanced Practice Nurse Leaders [APNL] and Professional Practice Lead [PPL]) to develop evidence based content.
Initiates, develops, implements and evaluates educational offerings for mandatory and continuing education.
Develops and oversees inservices on new products, policies, procedures and equipment.
Partners with Learning Management System (LMS) team to develop content, product and assignment list.
Facilitates tracking and reporting of competencies and education.
Obtains and disseminates reports to leaders for education/competency completion.
Assists leaders in tracking and reporting completion of mandatory/required education/competencies.
Ensures that educational records of staff contains essential regulatory information.
Assists with regulatory body surveys/reviews/visits.
Promotes professional practice development.
Maintains certification in the specialty.
Participates in formalized preceptor development program through teaching, mentoring and coaching.
Supports certification review for the specialty.
Assist APNL and operations leaders in shared governance work.
Qualifications
Required
Education:
Bachelor degree in Nursing
Experience:
3 or more years of nursing experience
License/Certification/Registration:
Current MN RN License
BLS certification
Certification in area of specialty within one year of hire.
Preferred
Education:
Master Degree in Nursing
Doctor of Nursing Practice or Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing or Doctor of Nursing Science
Together with the University of Minnesota and University of Minnesota Physicians we have created M Health Fairview. M Health Fairview is the newly expanded collaboration among the University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota Physicians, and Fairview Health Services. The healthcare system combines the best of academic and community medicine — expanding access to world-class, breakthrough care through our 10 hospitals and 60 clinics.Fairview Health Services (fairview.org) is an award-winning, nonprofit health system providing exceptional care across the full spectrum of health care services. Fairview is one of the most comprehensive and geographically accessible systems in the state, with 10 hospitals—including an academic medical center and long-term care hospital—serving the greater Twin Cities metro area.Its broad continuum also includes 60 primary care clinics, specialty clinics, senior living communities, retail and specialty pharmacies, pharmacy benefit management services, rehabilitation centers, counseling and home health care services, medical transportation, an integrated provider network and health insurer PreferredOne. In partnership with the University of Minnesota, ...Fairview’s 32,000 employees and 2,400 affiliated providers embrace innovation to drive a healthier future through healing, discovery and education.
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