Education Coordinator-Outpatient
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, TX
Description
We are searching for an Education Coordinator-Outpatient. Someone who will ensure effective and efficient education and training of clinical staff at the practice level and to assist in the implementation of designated centralized components of the educational program. The educational program consist of: 1) centralized orientation, 2) annual competence assessment, 3) practice orientation and preceptor/buddy development, 4) required training, 5) ongoing staff development, 6) student affiliations, and 7) performance improvement.
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Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in nursing required, master's preferred
- RN - Lic-Registered Nurses Texas Board of Nursing or Nursing Licensure Compact required
- BLS - Cert-Basic Life Support American Heart Association required
- 2 years Clinical Nursing Experience required
- 1 year Preceptor or Educator Experience preferred
- Utilization Management experience required.
Responsibilities:
- Provides nursing consultation and clinical expertise to individual clinics and ancillary departments to facilitate clinical operations and patient care
- Coordinates continuous state of readiness initiatives for department
- Manages special projects and performance improvement initiatives for the department
- Mentors and Develops staff to assist with employee orientation and program implementation.
- Designs, Implements, Coordinates and Evaluates educational programs for clinical and nonclinical staff.
- Develops and Coordinates employee orientation programs (departmental and clinic-specific), schedules new employees for required orientation components and monitors their progression.
- Performs department learning needs assessment annually.
- Develops training plan curriculum based on assessed needs