RN-Educator - NICU

The NICU RN Educator coordinates the planning, development, and implementation of education for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Will provide bedside education to the NICU nurse, ensuring competency through both monthly skill validation and frequent monitoring of all staff. Will serve as the education and quality resource for all nursing practice issues and as the orientation resource for all new employees in the NICU. Will oversee policy, procedure and standard development and revision through evidence based practice changes. Additionally, will perform routine audits to ensure education needs are being addressed for both neonatal nursing staff and neonatal transport staff. Will contribute to all evaluations including the neonatal transport team.

• Collaborate with supervisors, managers, nurse practitioners and physicians to address issues related to nursing practice and documentation trends. Facilitate practice and documentation changes when needed.
• Develop, maintain, and monitor staff competencies and keep records for annual review. Report any non-compliance of staff competencies to manager at the beginning of each month.
• Plan and coordinate unit educational presentations as needed. Provide opportunities for less experienced staff to grow and develop their unit specific skills. Develop and coordinate advanced nursing educational opportunities.
• Participate in the unit chart review meeting, quality meeting and UPC.
• Collect data on patient outcomes in the unit.
• Review overall compliance by staff with regulatory agencies related to patient safety including DNV, OSHA, CMS, and IDPH.
• Utilize information technology to obtain evidence-based practices and the latest research to provide current best practice information to care providers on the unit.
• Write new Evidence Based Practice, review all procedures and standards annually and provide suggested edits/consolidations. Ensure that the NICU policies/procedures/standards reflect current practice and are consistent.
• Perform educational evaluation for both unit nursing staff and applicable transport staff.
• Develop and coordinate orientation for various groups, such as, new RNs and HCTs, travel RN staff, float staff, and volunteers.
• Collaborate with other departments to develop consistent education and orientation programs (nursery, float, pediatrics, etc.).
• Recruit potential candidates for Delivery RN and oversee their annual competency training.
• Be available for consultation to additional special interest committees.
• Recruit, prepare, and coordinate unit RN staff for preceptor positions.
• Serve as a resource for professional growth with RNs interested in the professional advancement ladder.

• Assigns preceptors for all new hires
• Develops schedule for new hires and adjusts according to progress
• Teaches all Club Joey classes
• Serves as primary record keeper for NICU staff education files
• Maintains orientation competency completion and sign offs

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Carle