Clinical Nurse Educator, Intensive Care
Company: ECHN
Location: Manchester
Posted on: July 3, 2025
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Job Description:
$8,000 SIGN ON BONUS! We are a small community hospital where
your voice is heard! We believe in sharing ideas and working with
staff to create innovative ideas to improve employee engagement and
patient care. What we offer: Generous Vacation that is front loaded
based on budgeted hours. Ex. 40 hours/ week = 26 days a year! Sick
Time on an accrual basis 401(k)/Medical/Dental/Vision
Insurance/Employee Assistance Program/Voluntary Benefit Options
Tuition Reimbursement- eligible after 3 months of employment! Free
Parking at all work sites: MMH- Employee Parking garage and parking
lot, RGH- Parking lot Perk Spots (Discounts at local retailers,
restaurants, travel, and childcare centers) Career Growth within
the organization via career ladders, committee involvement, and
more. POSITION SUMMARY: Provides clinical expertise, education,
consultation, leadership, and research in selected clinical areas
to benefit patients, staff, and the organization. Promotes
compliance with regulations by working with ECHN staff to develop
practices that are relevant and compliant. Facilitates project
teams as well as organizational department efforts to improve
systems and process within ECHN. EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION: Must be a
graduate of an accredited School of Nursing and hold and maintain
current a Registered Nurse license in the State of Connecticut.
Must hold a BSN from an accredited University. Masters Degree in
Nursing Preferred matriculation required after one year in
position. Must have certification in Basic Cardiac Life Support and
Advanced Cardiac Life Support upon hire or receive certification
within the new employee introductory orientation period and
maintain clinical competency during employment within this role.
Basic certification in the area of specialty is preferred:
Education/Critical Care Nursing. EXPERIENCE: Must have at least
five (5) years or more of progressive experience in clinical
practice, nursing education, and/or nursing management in an acute
care setting. COMPETENCIES: Strong leadership skills, attention to
detail and excellent communication skills. Ability to maintain
confidentiality. Maintains clinical competency for the area of
assignment. ESSENTIAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES: Disclaimer: Job
descriptions are not intended, nor should they be construed to be
exhaustive lists of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or
working conditions associated with the job. They are intended to be
accurate reflections of the principal duties and responsibilities
of this position. These responsibilities and competencies listed
below may change from time to time. Provides educational leadership
to direct care providers to enhance specialized patient care within
the Intensive Care Units, Step Down Units. Assesses the quality of
care for a specific patient population. Creates an environment of
nursing excellence in which high quality care can be provided.
Coordinates and implements orientation of nursing staff.
Collaborates to develop individualized orientation programs and
monitors orientees progress. Collaborates with Nurse Manager to
address orientee concerns/problems. Ensures accurate completion of
orientation paperwork. Collaborates with medical providers, patient
care staff, and unit management in the planning, implementation,
and delivery of educational curricula. Plans and implements annual
competencies through collaboration with the Nurse Manager and
Medical providers. Assists with documenting staff completion of
nursing competencies. Monitors trends and implements educational
strategies to ensure compliance with quality standards and
parameters. Uses a comprehensive approach, a high level of
discriminative judgment, advanced knowledge, and expert skill to
identify problems and issues that interfere with patient care and
that may require intervention. Provides clinical practice
interventions that result in improvements in clinical outcomes,
patient /family satisfaction, resource allocation, staff knowledge
and skills, health care team collaboration, and organizational
efficiency. Collaborates with members of the healthcare team to
develop standards of care, clinical procedures, or quality
improvement plans. Implementation and adherence are evaluated to
compare outcomes, refine guidelines, improve clinical management,
and further promote consistent adherence. Participates in system
evaluation of technology and its impact on patients and resources.
Acts as an expert resource that provides pertinent information
which enables nurses and others to make decisions based on a wide
range of relevant and appropriate alternatives. Supports the
Clinical team in their ability to care for this patient population.
Participates in both formal and informal teaching and coaching of
staff nurses, graduate nursing students, other healthcare
professionals and patients/ families. Demonstrates commitment to
career development and professional practice of self and staff.
Fosters a spirit of inquiry by documenting problems to determine
research needs or by generating or refining identified research
problems. Interprets and applies research findings. Analyzes and
evaluates the appropriateness of research and applies research
findings to advance clinical practice and patient care delivery.
Evaluates outcomes. Collaborates with nurses, nurse educators,
physicians, and other healthcare providers and patients and their
families to result in teambuilding, synergism, and integrative
solutions. Acts as positive role model for nurses demonstrating
practical integration of theory and evidenced based practice.
Utilizes evidence based practice in clinical procedures,
administrative policies and educational materials for patients,
staff, and others. Acts as a change agent to provide a link between
a variety of resources and staff and asserts clinical and
professional leadership in the practice setting or healthcare
system, in health care policy and delivery decisions, or in the
administration of direct care programs. Acts as a knowledgeable,
strong, risk taking nurse leader. Conveys a strong sense of staff
advocacy and support.
Keywords: ECHN, New England , Clinical Nurse Educator, Intensive Care, Healthcare , Manchester, Northeast
