Job Description

Clinical Education Specialist - Critical Care at BJC HealthCare summary:

The Clinical Education Specialist - Critical Care is responsible for developing, implementing, and evaluating educational programs for clinical staff, focusing on critical care and patient experience improvement. This role involves coordinating hospital-wide education initiatives, collaborating with leadership and departments, and ensuring compliance with continuing education standards. The position requires a Master's degree and nursing licensure, with a primary goal of supporting professional development and clinical excellence in a healthcare setting.

• Involved in teaching critical care and other courses to new hires, new employee orienation, CPI education and hospital/system level committee work

Additional Preferred Requirements

• RN 
• Critical Care Background 
• Education Background 

Christian Hospital has been serving St. Louis and the surrounding metro areas since 1903. U.S. News & World Report ranks Christian Hospital No. 5 in St. Louis for overall clinical excellence and No. 9 in Missouri, which puts us in the top 6% of all hospitals in the state!

The U.S. News adult methodology ranks clinical specialties and rates common care procedures and conditions. Christian was nationally ranked as “high performing” in the clinical specialty of geriatrics and in the following seven of 21 common procedures and conditions: heart attack, heart failure, kidney failure, diabetes, COPD, pneumonia and stroke. High performing in a specialty means we were in the top 10% nationally of all evaluated hospitals for that specialty or procedure and condition.

Northwest HealthCare , six miles west of Christian, offers 24- hour emergency care, the Sleep Disorders Center and a variety of outpatient diagnostic and imaging services.

The Education Department provides state of the art, comprehensive, continuing education for all employees. To facilitate innovative, progressive, lifelong opportunities for all employees and the community we serve. The Education Department promotes a culture of continuous learning through the sharing of information to promote opportunities for personal and professional growth for all employees within the organization.

Role Purpose

Responsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of education and practice programs for clinical staff that promote the provision of a superior patient experience for patients and their families. Coordinates and manages house wide educational programs and resources that support clinical educators and leaders at the unit/department level.

Responsibilities

• Manages key house-wide or multidepartmental programs to support education needs of clinical staff.
• Develops, implements and evaluates continuing education programs, curriculums for orientation and ongoing professional development of clinical staff that meet and/or exceed national standards for continuing education requirements.
• Collaborates with administration, patient care services, leadership, shared leadership councils, staff and key department and BJC system personnel to develop education plans and implementation patient care and regulatory requirements.
• Analyzes developmental and educational needs and evaluates effectiveness of educational activities.
• Designs educational programs that are cost-effective, meet the needs of adult learners, and are based upon sound educational principles.

Minimum Requirements

Education

• Master's Degree

Experience

• 2-5 years

Supervisor Experience

• No Experience

Licenses & Certifications

• RN or RRT

Preferred Requirements

Education

• Master's Degree

Experience

• 5-10 years

Licenses & Certifications

• Cert/Lic in Area of Expertise

BJC Total Rewards

At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
• Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance available on first day
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance

To learn more, go to our Benefits Summary

*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer

Keywords:

clinical education, critical care training, nurse educator, continuing education, patient care, healthcare training, clinical staff development, hospital education programs, RN education, professional development healthcare

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