RN Staff Development Coordinator - Bedford, NH, United States - Ridgewood Center

Description

Ridgewood Center is hiring for a Nurse Staff Educator
Nursing Student Loan Debt Repayment and Tuition Assistance
*Tuition, Travel, and Wireless Service Discounts
*Health, Dental, Vision, Company-paid life insurance, 401K, Paid Time Off
*Employee Assistance Program to support mental health
*Employee Foundation to financially assist through unforeseen hardships
*The primary function of the Nurse Educator is to orient and educate all nursing personnel in the nursing center and to ensure safe effective nursing care according to the federal, state, and facility guidelines, policies and procedures.
Report to the Director of Nursing
*Develop education programs in response to staff needs and teach staff current accepted patient care and nursing center practices.
*Supervise and monitor new nursing employees throughout their individualized orientation period.
*Perform annual competency testing and evaluation and clinically appraise nursing staff performance to identify areas for education.
*Provide oversight to Employee Health Program to include administering and tracking of tuberculosis and hepatitis vaccine and tracking of influenza immunizations for all employees.

Genesis HealthCare is a leading provider of healthcare services from short-term to long-term care and a wide variety of living options and professional clinical services.

We are changing how care is delivered by bringing together people like you - passionate, highly skilled and motivated to make a difference.

We improve the lives we touch through the delivery of high-quality healthcare and everyday compassion.
*We Care Deeply about YOU Guided by our Core Values, Code of Conduct and Ethics program, we foster a culture of care and compassion. We focus on improving the quality of care through creativity and innovation, honesty and integrity in all we do.
*We provide career ladders, education and training opportunities so you can build a long and successful career with Genesis.
*We know you are the vital link between Genesis, our patients and residents We take great pride in meeting or exceeding CDC and CMS standards.

Requirements:
*Must be a graduate of an accredited School of Nursing with current RN license

• Minimum three years full-time or equivalent clinical experience preferred
• Two years of clinical experience in long-term care nursing with one year as an educator preferred
• Excellence in clinical nursing skills required
• Experience in Gerontology preferred
• Training and/or experience in adult learning preferred