Registered Nurse Clinical Educator - Peds/PICU - Tucson, AZ

Registered Nurse Clinical Educator - Peds/PICU

Job Category Nursing

Schedule Full time

Shift 1 - Day Shift

$10,000.00 Sign On Bonus with 2+ years of RN Educator experience.

Registered Nurse Clinical Educator – Pediatrics

Tucson Medical Center (TMC) is Tucson’s only non-profit community owned hospital. Employees choose to work at TMC because of our of integrity, community, dedication, and compassion which we show through the exceptional care we provide to our patients and our community. Our passion for caring for the Tucson community has expanded over the last to include community partnerships, new medical specialties, and medical clinics to further provide the care our community deserves.

Why Join Tucson Medical Center?

We don’t only care for our patients, we care for our TMC family too. As a member of our family you can expect to enjoy a wide variety of benefits. In addition to all the benefits you would expect from a leading medical facility (medical, dental, vision, 401K with match) we also provide:

• Family Style Atmosphere with a Supportive Team
• Competitive Pay
• Career Growth Opportunities
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Health and Wellness Coaching
• Extensive Onsite Gym for $12.00 a Month

Unit Information:

This is a 33 bed unit with all private rooms. Two rooms are utilized as video epilepsy monitoring rooms. We care for newborn infants to young adult patients with diagnoses that range from medical/surgical patients and orthopedic surgeries including scoliosis, fractures and congenital repairs to cranial surgeries, diabetics, transfers from Nursery ICU (for home transition teaching) and the Mother/Baby Unit. All nursing staff is PALS certified and take an EKG class. Parents are allowed to be in the room 24/7. We round bedside with an interdisciplinary team: physicians, nursing, social work, case management, pharmacy, and other ancillary departments. We believe and live: family centered care! The ratio is 1 RN to 5-6 patients with PCT support as a part of this team.

SUMMARY

Provides on-going orientation and professional development for all levels of personnel within a clinical department or hospital wide. Provides clinical orientations, competency assurance and on-going education opportunities. Works in collaboration with other Clinical Educators in development and implementation of hospital-wide education programs.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree in Nursing required, preferred Master’s degree.

EXPERIENCE: Three (3) years of RN experience preferably in a related unit/department within an acute care setting.

LICENSURE OR CERTIFICATION: Current RN licensure permitting work in the state of Arizona and current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required. Additional certification may be required per department.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Knowledge of critical care techniques, tools and responses required to ensure optimal patient care.
• Knowledge of nursing protocols and patient care practices that ensures optimum care.
• Skill in developing educational programs including training materials and educating staff in a variety of subjects.
• Skill in evaluating performance and recommending improvements.
• Skill in the use and maintenance of computer systems and programs, especially NRCPR, PC File and Folder, Word, EXCEL, e-mail and attachment capabilities, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• Skill in communicating with staff involved in critical care, and physicians to ensure the proper care of patients.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to inquiries or complaints from employees, patients and/or their representatives, and the general public.
• Ability to work with concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions, and to apply mathematical operations to solve or analyze job-related situations.
• Ability to identify positive or negative variances from expected outcomes.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

Ability to interpret an extensive variety of instructions and deal with several abstract and concrete