Intelligent Staffing Inc. is hiring: ICU Educator - (#PR) in Los Angeles

The Critical Care Clinical Educator is an excellent clinician who assists the Adult and Transitional Care leadership team in providing educational support to staff, patients, and families. Works in collaboration with the medical and hospital staff to provide multidisciplinary care of patients. Utilizing knowledge of educational needs in a healthcare environment and adult learning principles, the Critical Care Clinical Educator provides for the development of selected core curriculum, program planning, and clinical oversight for new and existing staff. Has instructional responsibilities to improve the quality of care and applies good verbal and non-verbal skills to achieve service goals of good clinical outcomes, customer satisfaction, and a positive work environment. Responsible for assisting the Directors and managers (ICU and PCU) in planning, implementing, and evaluating Critical Care Services and Transitional Care Services quality performance improvement programs through departmental and interdepartmental quality improvement and organization-wide planning activities. Demonstrates investment in the overall forward movement of the unit and the organization.

1. Accountable to Director of Critical Care Services for overall work performance.
2. Acts as a resource in identification of hospital staff with specific expertise for education and/or need for remediation and develops opportunities for growth.
3. Assists with organization and facilitates annual updates for all staff, including regulatory topics, skills days, and BLS/ACLS training and retraining.
4. Develops and implements a systematic process for the assessment, development, and evaluation of the facility’s health care staff in order to promote positive patient outcomes and experience.
5. Demonstrates understanding and commitment to the facility’s IRAISE values, mission, vision, goals, policies, procedures, role expectations, and other functions needed to perform in the Critical Care and transitional care environments (ICU and PCU).
6. Demonstrates a thorough understanding of the adult learning process and is able to apply the process in instructing, guiding, and evaluating the learning of others, adapting to unique age-related, developmental, or cultural/language needs of participants.
7. Demonstrates clinical performance in the department, acting as a clinical resource.
8. Demonstrates clinical experience and/or expertise in ICU monitoring devices: IAP, Impella, Prismaflex, CRRT, defibrillator, Integra ICP monitoring, invasive/non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring, external pacemakers, Zoll hypothermia monitoring, etc.
9. Demonstrates excellent communication skills in relationships with management, staff, physicians, patients, families, and the community.
10. Displays a professional commitment to the organization, supporting the unit team and promoting unity and teamwork intra/interdepartmentally through positive working relationships.
11. Maintains clinical expertise by attending educational programs, reviewing pertinent literature, clinical practice, and networking with peers.
12. Participates in classroom and clinical orientation of new employees, providing for coordination of preceptorships and competency validation.
13. Participates in hospital committees as assigned and pertinent to specific area of practice.
14. Assists and supports Shared Governance Model.
15. Participates in nursing unit activities, in collaboration with the manager, and provides educational resources for staff meetings, unit in-services, and patient education.
16. Participates in the Department and organization-wide Performance Improvement Program through orientation, education, departmental and interdepartmental quality control, quality improvement, and quality planning activities.
17. Participates in the development of core curriculum and self-study modules for selected topics.
18. Participates in the formulation and review of policies and procedures, standards of care, and/or standards of practice.
19. Plans and participates in patient education as indicated.
20. Promotes problem solving (critical thinking).
21. Plans, coordinates, and conducts learning programs which are relevant to the learning needs of the hospital staff, patients/clients, and community.
22. Provides a professional and competent role model for customer service and collaborative practice; acts as an administrative resource.
23. Recruits, selects, schedules, and assists outside instructors for selected programs.
24. Serves as a course facilitator for selected workshops and other courses.
25. Supervises and evaluates the work performance of team members.
26. Facilitates career development: career coaching, assisting in role transition, planning for succession, etc.
27. Supports a safe, blame-free, and healing environment for patients, visitors, and personnel.

1. Ability to provide learning experiences in both verbal and written formats is required.
2. National certification in Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) could be in progress.
3. May require: AHA Instructor status in one discipline.
4. BLS and ACLS.
5. Expertise/experience in hospital nursing practice highly desired.
6. Possess basic computer skills.
7. BSN and MSN required and previous educator experience preferred.
8. 5 years recent critical care experience required for those new to the educator role.

Highest Education Level Required: Bachelors

Highest Education Level Preferred: Masters

Required Degrees And Majors:

• Bachelors in Nursing

Optional Degrees And Majors:

• Masters in Nursing (Preferred)

Required Licenses And Certificates:

• (Basic Life Support AND
• Adv Cardiac Life Support)