Job Description

Schedule: Monday-Friday, Day Shift - 24hrs

At Children’s, the region’s only full-service pediatric healthcare center, our people make us the very best for kids. Come cultivate your passion, purpose and professional development in an environment of excellence and inclusion, where team members are supported and deeply valued. Opportunities for career growth abound as we grow our services and spaces, including the cutting-edge Hubbard Center for Children. Join our highly engaged, caring team—and join us in providing brighter, healthier tomorrows for the children we serve.

Children's is committed to diversity and inclusion. We are an equal opportunity employer including veterans and people with disabilities.

A Brief Overview
The Clinical Skills and Resuscitation Educator provides clinical skills validation via course instruction and simulation experiences to clinical roles upon hire. Responsible for ensuring a synchronized and sustainable approach to resuscitation training across Children's Nebraska. Coordinates activities related to Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) and manages resuscitation course systems, including course content, schedules, and program design to meet AHA standards. Collects and analyzes data for resuscitation collaborative databases.

Essential Functions

• Provides skills lab competency validation instruction for defined clinical staff.
  • Implements skills validation sessions that incorporate adult learning strategies, ethical principles, critical thinking skills, professional growth, open communication, and collaborative relationships.
  • Incorporates BLS, PALS, PEARS, Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals, error prevention techniques, and language of caring concepts and skills into scenarios.
  • Develops and uses versatile skills at adapting teaching style based how learner responds, making changes as needed to promote critical thinking development.
  • Provides real-time debriefing of each skill validation with learners to identify strengths and opportunities for skill development based on scenario.
  • Collaborates with area educator to communicate strengths and opportunities for each employee after skills lab completion.
  • Ensures regular skills lab evaluation process is completed by participants. Aggregates data by role and provides professional quarterly report to department and area leaders with findings and recommendations. Makes recommendations for process or skill changes to skills lab curriculum as recommended.
  • Uses collective evaluation information to strengthen own skills for teaching.
• Coordinates PALS and embedded resuscitation course classroom activities as lead instructor, ensuring standards are met and quality education is provided. Executes resuscitation collaborative data analysis and entry.
  • Develops and publicizes yearly PALS and embedded resuscitation course schedules to internal and external audiences with enough provider and renewal courses to meet anticipated needs. Coordinates room and AV reservations as appropriate. Based on anticipated class size, obtains number of instructors for each course to ensure appropriate ratio of instructor/learner. Coordinates registration process & information letters with department education specialist.
  • Provides primary instruction for PALS Instructor course
  • Supervises PALS and BLS instructors to ensure AHA requirements are met. Provides orientation course; Monitors instructor performance during class; provides feedback as needed on performance; provides course evaluation feedback to individual instructors post class; updates instructors with changes to AHA requirements as appropriate. Creates, maintains, and evaluates system for files on each instructor to verify AHA requirement.
  • Provides required AHA monitoring of PALS & BLS instructors connected to the AHA Training Center. Provides feedback and recommendations for process improvement as identified.
  • Provides PALS and embedded resuscitation courses instruction for each course using adult learning principles. Must be physically present for each course per AHA requirements. Provides leadership and oversight for each course to ensure logistics and quality of program. Maintains knowledge of AHA standards and requirements for PALS program.
  • Collaborates with Resuscitation Program Coordinator to incorporate Children’s resuscitation system changes into resuscitation courses taught.
  • Perform patient chart review to accurately obtain and analyze data necessary for entry to resuscitation collaborative databases. Develop quarterly reports to present to medical alert committee.
• Collaborates with department peers and program leaders to teaching department course curriculums as requested. .
  • Educational activities reflect identified needs of the target audience and/or organizational priorities related to clinical practice.
  • Designs each educational activity to include documentation of a needs assessment, description of target audience, educational objectives, content outline, teaching methods, evaluation strategies, and designation of appropriate resources.
  • Uses a creative, engaging teaching style that promotes critical thinking development.
  • Teaches Pediatric Advance Life Support class a minimum of three times per year.
• Maintains equipment and supplies for skills lab workflow.
  • Develops and maintains technical competency on simulation equipment
  • Develops and maintains ability to problem solve/trouble shoot issues with skills lab equipment
  • Based on role-specific competency requirements, obtains and maintains required equipment and supplies needed for skills stations
  • Ensures all equipment/supplies are clean and in working order for each class.
  • Uses chain of command to communicate issues with participants; curriculum; equipment/supplies for prompt resolution.
• Regular attendance at work is an essential function of the job.
• Perform physical requirements as described in the Physical Requirements section

Education Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university in nursing required, equivalent work experience may substitute for education. Required

Experience Qualifications

• Minimum four (4) years’ experience in pediatric nursing Required

Skills and Abilities

• Strong pediatric clinical nursing knowledge and background.
• Knowledge and proficiency in applying the nursing process, nursing skills, and nursing research into patient care, teaching, and systems.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing to include use of computer technology in program presentations and/or data analysis.
• Able to be self-directed, with minimum supervision, and detail oriented.
• Must be able to perform a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature, without loss of efficiency or composure, and be able to perform under stressful conditions when confronted with multiple requests, demonstrating prioritization skills.

Licenses and Certifications

• RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure Upon Hire Required and
• Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association Upon Hire Required and
• PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support Required and
• PALS INSTRC - PALS Instructor Required and
• Current and valid certification in pediatric specialty Preferred

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