Acute Care Education Coordinator RN

Where You'll Work

Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center is an internationally recognized leader in research and clinical excellence that has given rise to breakthroughs in cardiovascular care, neuroscience, oncology, transplantation, and more. Our team's efforts have led to the creation of many research programs and initiatives to develop advanced treatments found nowhere else in the world. In our commitment to advancing standards in an ever-evolving healthcare environment, our new McNair Campus is designed around the human experience-modeled on evidence-based practices for the safety of patients, visitors, staff, and physicians. The 27.5-acre campus represents the future of healthcare through a transformative alliance focused on leading-edge patient care, research, and education. Our strong alliance with Texas Heart® Institute and Baylor College of Medicine allows us to bring our patients a powerful network of care unlike any other. Our collaboration is focused on increasing access to care through a growing network of leading specialists and revolutionizing healthcare to save lives and improve the health of the communities we serve.

Job Summary and Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Serve as a clinical resource for continuous compliance

2. Monitor and evaluate quality of care and patient outcomes based upon standards of care as well as the findings of nursing research, hospital policies / procedures and applicable patient care protocols

3. Identifies opportunities for improvement and facilitates in the development of action plans in collaboration with the staff, senior staff and manager

4. Assists with staffing coverage to ensure delivery of safe quality patient care. Performs clinical / technical duties when needed

5. Assist in developing educational programs to enhance the clinical and technical education for all staff

6. Role models assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation in providing individualized quality patient care

7. Assists in the investigation, evaluation, monitoring and processing of Incident Reports and medication variances to determine trends and provisions of action plans

8. Assists in developing and implementing orientation and preceptor programs

9. Build and upload scenarios into the Laerdal and Gaumard laptop UNI program.

10. Monitor maintenance and upkeep of simulators. Add verbiage to skills : Ability to operate, build, and troubleshoot the technical components of simulation software. Fast learner and retainer of simulation related concepts directly related to disassembling and reassembling simulator devices.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• Five (5) years of experience in an acute care setting, with at

least 3 years' in the specialty being covered.