Description
Position Title: Clinical Educator
Department: Nursing Administration
Reports To: Director of Nursing
FLSA Status: Exempt
Summary:
The clinical educator is responsible for preparing and mentoring current and future generations of clinical and non-clinical staff. Clinical educators play a pivotal role in strengthening the workforce, serving as role models and providing the leadership needed to implement evidence-based practice.
Duties and Responsibilities (include, but are not limited to the following):
- Design and implement academic and continuing education programs, hospital orientation, and a selected part of nursing orientation for new nursing department employees.
- Conducts needs assessments using a variety of strategic tools.
- Perform advanced evaluations and provide guidance for testing new procedures.
- Plans, prepares and maintains materials for use in educational programs for accuracy and relevance to the target audience.
- Identifies and evaluates instructional materials in all types of media, formats, platforms and methodologies.
- Prepares short and long-term planning and programs to address identified needs.
- Assess and set goals for educational programs, updating them when needed.
- Serves as an educational consultant to facilities, task forces, committees, and projects relating to policy, procedure and program development.
- Create a culture which supports and encourages continual learning.
- Able to take a patient assignment based on hospital needs.
Supervisory
- This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities; however, this position may oversee clinical and non-clinical staff during education meetings or programs.
Requirements
Qualifications
- A minimum two years of experience developing educational programs preferred.
- Three years teaching experience or coordination preferred.
- Five years minimum acute care experience preferred.
- Experience in an Intensive Critical Unit preferred.
Education and/or Experience
- Current RN license for State of California.
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Health Services, or equivalent preferred.
- Certified Nurse Educator certification preferred.
- Masters in Nursing preferred
- BLS and ACLS
Skills Required
- Current Registered Nurse license for the State of California
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Health Services, or equivalent
- Certified Nurse Educator certification
- Master's degree in Nursing
- Basic Life Support certification
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support certification
- Minimum two years of experience developing educational programs
- Three years of teaching or coordination experience
- Five years of acute care experience
- Experience in an intensive critical care unit
What We Do
Sonoma Specialty Hospital serves as Sonoma County's only Long-Term Acute Care Hospital, dedicated to treating medically complex patients who require extended acute care stays due to severe illness or catastrophic injury. Their specialized care focuses on critical challenges, including ventilator weaning, healing severe wounds, and providing comprehensive rehabilitation to help patients recover and successfully transition back to their daily lives.
