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Must have Surgical Services experience - particularly direct OR / scrub & circulate experience

Summary:

The Advanced Clinical Educator is a master’s prepared clinician who serves as a role model, consultant, change agent and facilitator in assessing clinical learning needs and in planning, implementing, and evaluating educational activities for the clinical staff.

The Advanced Clinical Educator maintains exemplary professional interpersonal communication skills and displays advanced analytical ability, logical thinking, proficiency in concept formation and conceptualization of complex theories, as well as creativity and ability to analyze, anticipate, and recognize opportunities and potential problems.

Position Responsibilities:

• Creates an innovative, adaptive and integrated learning culture for clinical and ancillary staff to support the five points of the star and the strategic imperatives. Anticipates and forecasts trends.

• Uses organizational strategic plan and goals to determine educational priorities.

• Works collaboratively with staff members and management system-wide to assess learner characteristics, including learning styles and learning needs for program development at the system level.

• Applies clinical and learning theoretical and conceptual foundations as a basis for developing professional development programs that are culturally relevant and that incorporate concepts of multicultural and multigenerational education.

• Implements a variety of teaching strategies tailored to the learners’ characteristics, learning needs, cultural perspectives, and outcome objectives.

• Uses outcome measurements and outcome evaluation methods to align with the strategic imperatives and demonstration return on learning investment.

• Collaborates with other members of the leadership team to assure competency assessment plans for orientation and annually.

• Participates in and incorporates research and/or evidenced based practice as an advisor, investigator, collaborator, translator, integrator, or evaluator.

• Consistently uses planning methodologies when implementing, facilitating, and evaluating various system-wide projects. Develops and implements budget for projects. Designs and implements evaluation plans with measurable outcomes for projects.

• Supports lifelong learning by: Collaborating with academic institutions, healthcare organizations, professional organizations and other leaders. Advising and mentoring clinicians as they execute a professional development plan. Linking clinicians to professional development and other relevant resources.

• Collaborate with academic affiliates to bridge the gap between academia and service through program development and grant funded opportunities. Facilitate clinical learning opportunities for academic partners’ students at the pre-licensure, graduate, and doctorial levels.

Position Qualifications Required / Experience Required:

3-5 years of experience required in staff development, education, training/development or specialty area.

Must maintain knowledge and skills through continuing education and independent study.

Required Education:

Master’s Degree required.

Training/Certifications/Licensure:

License and certifications related to specialty area.

Annual Salary: $101,571 - $167,442 The actual salary/rate will vary based on applicant’s experience as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

Virtua offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including, but not limited to: medical/prescription, dental and vision insurance; health and dependent care flexible spending accounts; 403(b) (401(k) subject to collective bargaining agreement); paid time off, paid sick leave as provided under state and local paid sick leave laws, short-term disability and optional long-term disability, colleague and dependent life insurance and supplemental life and AD&D insurance; tuition assistance, and an employee assistance program that includes free counseling sessions. Eligibility for benefits is governed by the applicable plan documents and policies.

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