Clinical Nurse Educator, NICU, Registry

apartment UChicago Medicine location_onChicago, IL, US

Job Description

Join UChicago Medicine, as a Registry Clinical Nurse Educator (RN) in our NICU Department.

In this role, the Clinical Nurse Educator is a nurse with previous educational experience whose focus is on supporting existing staff development and nursing education. This nurse is an educator, consultant, role model, staff/patient advocate, change agent, leader and cost effective professional. The Clinical Nurse Educator elevates the standard of professional nursing practice at UCM by developing, coaching and mentoring staff to become expert clinicians and leaders.

The Margaret M. and George A. Stephen Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Comer Children’s Hospital provides Level IV NICU care, which is the highest level of newborn care according to the American Academy of Pediatrics’ standards. Comer Children’s is one of only a few children’s hospitals in Illinois that provides Level IV NICU care just steps away from our birth center. Our pediatric surgical subspecialists on staff can perform advanced surgical procedures when needed. We also offer extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a type of life support for infants with heart or lung problems.

Essential Job Functions:

Utilizes standardized and customized assessment tools and testing methodologies to measure staff knowledge and skill in core nursing practices and within specialty areas.
Collects data regarding employee learning needs, at least annually, through the methods of observation, interviewing, focus groups and instrumentation.
Interprets the medical center’s strategic imperatives, policies, guidelines, and other internal demands in order to design education that supports these strategic goals and key objectives.
Offers recommendations for the deployment of educational resources to enable the achievement of organizational goals.
Interprets health care trends and incorporates current research into the design of learning needs assessments and the identification of learning needs.
Collaborates with key staff to develop a comprehensive annual educational calendar.
Participates in the design of centralized and unit-based preceptor education and development initiatives.
Prepares educational objectives, lesson plans, handouts, self-learning modules, instructional manuals, and tests for programs.
Serves as faculty in organization wide education events, as appropriate.
Evaluates all learning activities using objective performance criteria and recommends corresponding changes in education plans.
Utilizes appropriate tools and testing methodology for assessing changes in learners’ knowledge, skills, and clinical practice as well as for determining education project/program effectiveness.
Develops knowledge and skill based measures to collect performance data and integrates measurement activities and findings into quality projects.
Researches available funding sources and submits funding proposals in order to implement support and expand new or existing programs to meet the educational needs.

Required Qualifications:

BSN required
Minimum requirement of three years of clinical practice in specialty area
Knowledge and previous application of adult learning principles
Demonstrated leadership skills evidenced by serving as a charge nurse, preceptor or episodic teacher
Demonstrates complex decision-making skills and problem solving ability

Preferred Qualifications:

Master of Science in Nursing or related education field preferred
Certification in specialty area preferred
Previous experience in a role as an educator preferred
Previous experience working within multidisciplinary teams or nursing leadership committees preferred

Position Details:

Job Type/FTE: Registry (0.15 FTE)
Shift: Day
Work Location: Onsite
Unit/Department: NICU
CBA Code: Non-Union

Why Join Us

We’ve been at the forefront of medicine since 1899. We provide superior healthcare with compassion, always mindful that each patient is a person, an individual. To accomplish this, we need employees with passion, talent and commitment… with patients and with each other. We’re in this together: working to advance medical innovation, serve the health needs of the community, and move our collective knowledge forward. If you’d like to add enriching human life to your profile, UChicago Medicine is for you. Here at the forefront, we’re doing work that really matters. Join us. Bring your passion.

UChicago Medicine is growing; discover how you can be a part of this pursuit of excellence at: UChicago Medicine Career Opportunities

UChicago Medicine is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, civil union status, parental status, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status and other legally protected characteristics.

As a condition of employment, all employees are required to complete a pre-employment physical, background check, drug screening, and comply with the flu vaccination requirements prior to hire. Medical and religious exemptions will be considered for flu vaccination consistent with applicable law.

Compensation & Benefits Overview

UChicago Medicine is committed to transparency in compensation and benefits. The pay range provided reflects the anticipated wage or salary reasonably expected to be offered for the position.

The pay range is based on a full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) and is reflective of current market data, reviewed on an annual basis. Compensation offered at the time of hire will vary based on candidate qualifications and experience and organizational considerations, such as internal equity. Pay ranges for employees subject to Collective Bargaining Agreements are negotiated by the medical center and their respective union.

Review the full complement of benefit options for eligible roles at Benefits - UChicago Medicine.

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