Clinical Education Specialist - New York, United States - Hospital for Special Surgery

Hospital for Special Surgery

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New York, United States

2 weeks ago

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HSS is consistently among the top-ranked hospitals for orthopedics and rheumatology by _U.S. News & World Report_.

As a recipient of the _Magnet _Award for Nursing Excellence, HSS was the first hospital in New York City to receive the distinguished designation.

Whether you are early in your career or an expert in your field, you will find HSS an innovative, supportive and inclusive environment.

Working with colleagues who love what they do and are deeply committed to our Mission, you too can be part of our transformation across the enterprise.

Clinical Education Specialist (CES)

Ambulatory Surgery Centers

The
Clinical Education Specialist is responsible for identifying ways to improve nursing performance, create consistent procedure guidelines throughout the Patient Care Services department, and integrate evidence-based practices to patient care.

The CES will be responsible for implementing theory based professional practices evaluating and promoting best care plans for patients and their families.

The role will serve as a resource and mentor to nursing staff ensuring curriculum, policies and procedures remain up to date and in compliance with regulatory agencies.

The CES will generate data-driven plans that take both quality and cost of care into account using appropriate research practices and methodologies to get accurate data and drive practical change to improve clinical practice.

The Clinical Education Specialist serves as a clinical resource for all levels of nursing staff. Provides both clinical leadership and education through ongoing clinical evaluation with the nursing staff.

Supplies analytical support to the nursing leadership to plan and predict education needs based upon patient and nurse performance data and direct observation of nursing practice.

The CES possesses mastery of clinical decision making, critical thinking, knowledge acquisition and dissemination, problem identification and identification of safety issues in practice.

The CES will provide clinical point of care support to the clinical staff.

The CES will work with the professional development team on programs such as orientation and onboarding, competency program, RN Residency and Fellowship programs.

The CES Understands the Magnet Program and integration of Magnet standards into the nursing department infrastructure. The CES supports the shared governance model. Maintains active engagement in council membership.

Passion

Commitment to achieving higher levels of performance both personally and for the organization
Demonstrates focus and alignment with the organizational goals
Displays the desire to be a lifelong learner
Driven to create and achieve results

Teamwork

Mentors and coaches team members in clinical practice
Demonstrates necessary skills for team building, including open communication and promotion of a collegial atmosphere
Collaborates with the interprofessional team to review patients' goals/needs
Assist nurses with physical assessment and administration of medications as needed, clinical skills as appropriate and performs nursing tasks
Be a resource for staff to find research, protocols, and teaching materials
Collaborates with team to write abstracts, Magnet and PTAP documents

Excellence

Collaborates with the team to coordinate the plan of care for all complex patients
Partners with Patient Care Directors regarding clinical practice, staff communication, time utilization, change facilitation and staff assignments
Serves as a resource to Coordinate clinical activities to ensure the highest level of patient care, incorporating patient safety, interdisciplinary communication, patient satisfaction, and resource utilization
Active engagement, council membership and serves as cochair on councils
Actively maintains clinical skills to serve as clinical support for the staff
Utilizes performance improvement model (Plan-DoStudy-Act) to improve patient outcomes
Collaborates with nursing leadership to ensure department goals and Magnet requirements are met
Serves as a Nurse Planner. Utilizes American Nurses Credentialing Center Commission on Accreditation/ Continuing Education Approval Program (ANCC-COA) criteria to assess needs, plan, implement and evaluate continuing nursing education activities which qualify for continuing education credit.
Critical Thinking: Analyzes problems, issues and opportunities. Systematically and logically able to make decisions that support the mission, vision, values and goals of the organization.
Project Management: Develops and implements projects using a systematic approach to translate work plans into actionable components and measurable outcomes.

Creativity