Nurse Educator
Job Description:
- Assesses, identifies, implements, co-ordinates and evaluates departmental nursing staffs continuing education, training and development plans to ensure provision of competent and quality patient care.
- Responsible for nursing staff induction, clinical education / training, in-service education, personal and professional growth.
- Serves as resource person in education/nursing training matters and clinical issues to provide high quality standard of care
- Plans and provides direct clinical supervision for nursing students and junior staff
- Facilitates the clinical learning environment of nursing students to improve nursing students learning experiences
- Monitors and evaluates nursing students feedback; develop action-plans collaboratively with ward nursing colleagues to improve nursing students learning experiences
- Collaborates with education institution to ensure nursing students application of learning into practice, e.g. hand hygiene compliance
- Utilizes effective teaching strategies to develop critical thinking and clinical reasoning among nursing students, newly recruited nurses and nursing staff
- Coaches preceptors and clinical instructor on their role effectiveness and assessment of nursing trainees and junior nurses performance e.g. formative and summative assessment, learning action plans
- Conducts nursing staff orientation, training and continuing education programmes to maintain level of competency
- Conducts learning needs analysis to identify learning gaps and training needs of nursing staff at ward/cluster level
- Provides career counselling/coaching for all levels of nursing staffs professional development
- Responsible to maintain and perform the following core competencies competently:
- Clinical teaching / supervision - Structured teaching - Assessment of trainees and nurses clinical performance [formative & summative]
- Reviews and revises existing curriculum following constructive recommendation on training/practice issues in order to meet the current educational needs of the hospital
- Participates in the implementation and development of e-learning resources
- Mentors and inducts potential acting nurse clinician for education track
- Works collaboratively with ward/unit/cluster Nursing Officers and Senior Nursing Officers to [i] maintain clinical standards; [ii] conduct total performance management (includes career coaching and staff development) and [iii] assume joint managerial responsibilities, e.g. patients and / or familys feedback, eHOR etc
Secondary Responsibilities:
- Maintains clinical competency by seeking educational opportunities to maintain current knowledge and acquire new knowledge related to nursing practice
- Collaborates with ward/cluster nursing leaders in nursing research initiatives/evidence-based practice to improve patient outcome
- Participates in educational audit/quality improvement projects/risk management
- Participates in nursing workgroup/committee at cluster/hospital level
- Takes on additional responsibilities or tasks as assigned by the Senior Nurse Educator,
- Deputy/Assistant Director (Nursing) and Chief Nurse
Requirements
- Registered Nurse with at least 9 years of post-registration clinical experience, of which a minimum of one (1) year experience in clinical teaching/professional development and continuing education at an acute hospital setting, and 2 years as Assistant Nurse Clinician
- Diploma in Nursing with relevant post-basic advanced certification and Degree in Nursing from recognized training institution as approved by Singapore Nursing Board. A teaching qualification would be an advantage Interest to teach nursing training and development activities
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Good computer skills and proficient in MS Office applications such as MS Word, MS Excel and PowerPoint
Job ID: L479539V
All Successful candidates can expect a very competitive remuneration package and a comprehensive range of benefits.
Kindly email your resume in a detailed Word format to gesse.tan@peopleprofilers.com
We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified
People Profilers Pte Ltd
20 Cecil Street, #08-09, Plus Building, Singapore 049705
Tel: 69509745
EA Licence Number: 02C4944
EA Registration Number: R1108448
EA Personnel: Tan Lili Gesse