Registered Nurse PACT Educator

<p>The Clinical Nurse Educator delivers a fundamental understanding of adult learning principles and a lifelong learner that can practice with flexibility and adapt or change learning strategies based on the assessment of learning needs within the healthcare organizarion.</p><h3>Major Duties</h3><p>Careers at Montana VA Health Care System Fort Harrison Chamber of Commerce Helena Chamber of Commerce The PACT Clinical Nurse Educator is responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising staff education. Duties of the position are, but not limited to: Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate educational needs to facilitate each learner development and skill training of clinical staff. Utilize innovative teaching strategies, assessment skills, and evaluation of outcomes. Assume responsibility for the coordination of education; focus on staff education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the healthcare continuum. Knowledge and active participation in the department level quality improvement process and initiatives, as well as customer service programs. Influence care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team. Provide competent, evidence-based education to staff. Provide educational instruction and training for nursing staff in clinical and outpatient units. Knowledge and understanding of instructional design, implementation and application related to education and training. Complete learning needs assessments and develop educational training programs for clinical staff. Assist with the orientation of new employees, evaluate Their progress, and development and implementation of learning plan for improved identified deficiencies. Serve as trainer and consultant for Resuscitation Education Initiative (Redi) Program, Including certification as Basic Life Support (BLS) instructor. Monitors and tracks BLS/Advanced Life Support (ALS) Compliance within the organization. Collaborate with interdisciplinary team to support and evaluate responses to emergency situations within the facility, to include BLS and ALS. Organize, participate, and evaluate mock codes. Partner with residency program including the development of curriculum utilizing strategic learning methodologies such as simulation, lecture case studies, and virtual reality. Develop proficient level coaching and mentoring skills. Systematically evaluate current practice, formulate outcomes for groups of patients and organizational processes within the area of expertise. Collaborate with other clinical nurse educators and interprofessional healthcare teams and the ongoing clinical education activities including in services, training, competency assessment, and evaluation of both current and new staff nursing skills. Review current nursing literature for new trends and changes based on evidence-based research with the ability to propose practice and documentation revisions based on evaluation of outcomes. Collaborate with leadership and unit managers to identify educational training needs for staff, while supporting activities that foster competence, critical thinking, and decision making. Provide consultation and collaboration through their participation within the organizational committees. Analyze, interpret, and evaluate data to determine outcomes and changes related to educational programs. Other duties as assigned. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards 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: Monday to Friday Telework: This position is authorized for telework - situational (ad hoc) and has NOT been authorized as virtual or remote. Location negotiable may be discussed during the interview process to meet the Return to Office Requirement. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.</p><h3>Requirements</h3>U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Subject to background/security investigation. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. Must pass pre-employment physical examination. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). You may be required to serve a probationary period. Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.