Registered Nurse - Renal Educator

Summary

POSITION TITLE : REGISTERED NURSE - RENAL EDUCATOR

Duties

The Registered Nurse Renal Educator is responsible for the development and delivery of education programs for the patient care service staff.

The Renal Educator will lead the orientation of new employees, evaluate their progress, and develop and implement a learning plan for improving identified deficiencies.

The Renal Educator will be accountable for completion of annual staff competencies and all training activities. Additionally, the Renal Educator updates and maintains unit policies to ensure compliance with the highest standard for delivery of patient care.

Duties include but are not limited to :

• Providing unit-specific competencies as requested, unit based orientation of new staff (., unit-specific yearly competencies, equipment), in- services as requested on specific topics, coordination and teaching, new equipment training, serve on nursing and medical center-wide committees / councils, simulation training, including staff competencies and ACLS and BLS skills, help with other educational services such as preceptor courses, annual mandatory education classroom and computerized and education fairs.
• Provisions effective mechanisms for all nursing staff to actively prepare for, and participate in, accreditation and regulatory review processes and is actively involved in the Joint Commission accreditation compliance processes.
• Works collaboratively and consults with management and multidisciplinary teams to develop, implement, and evaluate educational programs for staff, maintain and enhance clinical competence, and manage ongoing education and competency programs.
• Functions as a resource for other healthcare professional groups for standards to develop and meet medical center performance standards.
• Utilizes innovative educational need assessment tools (. questionnaires, interviews, observation, and group decision) in planned educational activities.
• Manages program resources to facilitate safe, effective, and efficient care.
• Recommends educational media based on findings from research and new technology.
• Demonstrates expertise in educational programs.
• Maintains current knowledge of multidisciplinary resources, programs, and services.
• Authors unit-based policies as a member of the Dialysis Team.
• Collaborates with Nurse Managers, preceptors and nursing staff to facilitate staff development and competency assessment at unit level.
• Initiates / monitors educational programs that identify staff competency patterns and trends.
• Assesses individual learning styles of nursing personnel and develops learning activities per style requirements.
• Monitors the continuity and quality of patient care delivered by staff under their scope of responsibility.
• Providing education to support the facility's goal to become a High Reliability Organization.
• Serves as a role model and clinical leader to nursing staff for clinical excellence, research, and best practices.
• Conveys information to staff at various levels from novice to expert.
• Demonstrates familiarity with established policies and procedures and administration of the unit in accordance with the Joint Commission, other regulatory agencies, and VA policy.
• Provides training and education on all new equipment.
• Attends / participates in service-wide skills fairs and in-services.
• Identifies opportunities for improvement that require interdisciplinary collaboration, and develops, implements, and evaluates plans that result in improved patient care and / or productivity of providers at the program level.
• Delivers education to all shifts.
• May be required to provide direct patient care in response to just-in-time training needs.
• May be required to sit, stand, or walk for extended periods of time.
• May be required to type for extended periods of time.
• Other duties as assigned.

Pay : Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards

Paid Time Off : 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)

Retirement : Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Insurance : Federal health / vision / dental / term life / long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

Licensure : 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

Work Schedule : Primarily Monday - Friday, 8 : 00am - 4 : 30pm, may need to cover tours providing education to staff which may include weekend and / or off-tour hours to meet the needs of the service. Dialysis On-call required.

Telework : Not Authorized

Virtual : This is not a virtual position.

Relocation / Recruitment Incentives : Not authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS) : Not Authorized

Financial Disclosure Report : Not required

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package :