Registered Nurse / RN Clinical Educator

Company: Ardent Health Services
Location: Pittsburg
Posted on: January 27, 2023

Job Description:

Job Description Overview

Join UT Health East Texas as a Full Time, Day Shift, RN Clinical Educator! Advancing Healthcare Together - The Future of Healthcare is in East TexasWhy University of Texas Health - East Texas? Our People. Our people truly are our greatest strength. They make a massive difference in the amazing care we provide every day. We work closely together to create a positive experience for our patients and each other. Our Purpose. We will build on your experience and provide meaningful and purposeful career growth for your future. You will have the opportunity every day to make a difference in someone's life and change the course of healthcare. Our Place. Pittsburg, Texas is a small town with a huge heart where you will have the privilege of caring for your neighbors. Everybody is somebody here. Representing the very best in healthcare, UT Health East Texas is comprised of 10 hospitals and more than 50 clinics across east Texas. With nearly 7,500 employees and over 1,000 licensed in-patient beds, UT Health East Texas provides healthcare services to thousands of patients annually through our hospitals, clinics, Level 1 trauma facility, air emergency fleet and EMS service in a metropolitan service area of a quarter-million people. Our Tyler hospital is seeking an experienced Specialty Clinical Nurse RN (Nurse Educator). We are looking for your experience, knowledge and patient care skills in our Nursing Education department where you will be responsible for: What You Will Be Doing:The Specialty Clinical Nurse provides experienced nursing clinical expertise in a focus area to promote standards of practice and continuity of care. The position serves as a liaison to improve collaboration amongst physicians and the nursing team. Continuity of care and clear communication between levels of nursing care and physicians is a responsibility of this position. The Specialty Clinical Nurse will provide direct care and serve as a mentor for primary care nurses through role modeling and bedside teaching.

• Collaborates with physicians and nursing team to uphold standards of practice and resolve issues related to continuity of patient care and communication between the team.
• Interacting with co-workers and other hospital staff, guests and patients providing outstanding customer service
• Identifies gaps in clinical competence and knowledge or skills that affect patient outcomes.
• Bridges the gap between levels of care and addresses care fragmentation by providing crucial information regarding physician preferences to care givers.
• Supports the shared governance nursing care environment thru active participation and leadership in unit councils focusing on clinical excellence.
  Responsibilities
  
  So what experience are we looking for in our RNs?

• Bachelor's degree or greater than five years of business experience
• Communication and leadership skills. Nursing skills in caring for patient in specialty area and the ability to use patient care equipment utilized in providing patient care.
• Current BLS required, ACLS preferred
  Qualifications
  
  BEHAVIORAL STANDARDS:Service
  • Patient Centered Customer Service: Genuinely care about people.
  • Cultivate a compassionate environment: Changing lives for the better together.Quality
    • Clinical and Operational Excellence: A relentless drive to be the best.
    • Holistic Approach: Think and act for the benefit of the whole.People
      • Promote a collaborative environment: Build effective working relationships with others.
      • Identify and Develop Talent: Prepare others to deliver excellence.Financial
        • Business Acumen: Know, own and drive our business.
        • Continually Simplify and Improve: Work to make everything as efficient as possible.Growth
          • Foster Innovation: Seek and apply leading edge solutions.
          • Set Clear Direction: Tell others where you are going, how to get there and why.PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
            • Ability to sit for long periods of time while completing work on a computer
            • Ability to move throughout the workplace ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS:
              • May work in areas that are confined and/or crowded, as well as possible exposure to communicable diseases and to blood and bodily fluids. Now that you have read about what you will be doing and the experience we seek, it is time to apply and make a difference in the lives of our patients. UT Health East Texas is an equal opportunity employer (including veterans and persons with disabilities). The University of Texas Health East Texas is an equal opportunity educator and employer (including veterans and persons with disabilities). - - - - - -
                With 30 hospitals and hundreds of clinics, Ardent Health Services is a premier provider of health care services, delivered with compassion for patients and their families and with respect for employees, physicians and other health professionals. Nearly half of our facilities have been recognized among healthcare's best places to work. -
                Our hospitals and health systems include; Hillcrest Health System in Oklahoma, UT Health East Texas, BSA Health System, and Seton Medical Center Harker Heights in Texas, Lovelace Health System in New Mexico, University of Kansas Health System St. Francis Campus in Kansas, Portneuf Medical Center in Idaho, as well as Hackensack Meridian Health at Pascack Valley, and Hackensack Meridian Health Mountainside hospitals in New Jersey.
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