RN Nurse Educator Behavioral Health, 5 West - Gainesville, Florida - Behavioral Health

Company: Malcom Randall Department of Veterans Affairs Medi
Location: Gainesville
Posted on: May 13, 2022

Job Description:

RN Nurse Educator Behavioral Health, 5 West - Gainesville, Florida
Duties

The Nurse Educator is an essential employee who provides formal/informal/virtual instruction for clinicians, support staff, patients, and families in the acute care arena. The Nurse Educator collaborates with multiple disciplines in the assessment, planning, organization, implementation and evaluation of an effective program including orientation, regulatory training, continuing education and in-services. The Nurse Educator establishes effective relationships with all Nursing Service personnel and serves as a liaison. The Nurse Educator is a role model in demonstrating excellence in practice, serves as a clinical mentor/preceptor for clinical and administrative staff, promotes specialty certification through education, facilitates classes, provides clinical supervision of staff members/students/residents, and consults/collaborates in patient care, infection control and research.

The Nurse Educator demonstrates leadership in delivering and improving holistic care through collaborative strategies with others. This position collaborates with the nursing leadership team and nurse educator peers to develop competencies, support evidence-based research initiatives, conducts and oversee quality improvement, maintain safety and quality standards, supports the Unit Practice Council as well as support nursing strategic initiatives. The Nurse Educator serves as a BLS instructor/champion and will participate in completing checkoffs for other services based on facility needs.

This position requires the Nurse Educator to work in staffing as needed to include the care of infectious disease patients and during emergency management conditions such as seasonal weather. This position requires the Nurse Educator to work evenings, nights, weekends, and off tours to ensure training and educational requirements are met.

Work Schedule: Full time position with variable hours to include off tours and weekends as necessary to support patient care needs, staff training and competence. Baseline tour of duty is 7:30-4:00, M-F.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: not authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

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