Summary: To direct, plan, coordinate, implement and evaluate hospital wide and community education and training services.
Essential Functions:
To perform this job, an individual must perform each essential function satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodation.
1.Performs needs assessment to determine the educational and training needs of services/disciplines yearly.
2.Provides consultation to hospital departments regarding educational and training as requested.Analyzes educational trends and requests for educational services and recommends long-range educational goals and objectives at least annually.Recommends priorities for educational and training programs development to management, as need develop or change.
3.Formulates policies, procedures, objectives and practices pertaining to hospital wide educational services as determined or deemed necessary.
4.Provides hospital input in collaboration with community health programs and services as requested.
5.Evaluates existing programs for effectiveness of results as determined by process evaluations.Assists the department managers in identifying unit specific education and training needs; provides the services with training resources needed to implement the program in a timely manner.
6.Works to secure appropriate programs approved with CEU agencies in a timely manner.
7.Maintains professional affiliations as appropriate.Participates in professional activities annually to keep abreast of new courses and development in the field.
8.Participates on hospital committees as requested.
9.Servies as trainer/coordinator for special training programs offered to employees, patients, and community.Serves as trainer/coordinator for Hospital Orientation Program and hospital wide certifications programs (BLS, ACLS, etc.)
10.Services as trainer/coordinator for Company’s Online system offered to employees to complete mandatory courses.Maintains the required records and statistics for these programs.
11.Develop programs; serves as trainer in specific programs as requested by the services and/or required by regulatory agency.Recruits’ hospital staff and outside trainers with specific expertise to conduct training sessions as requested.
12.Prepares education data for accreditation and regulatory reviews as required.Maintains required records, reports, statistics, etc., for administrative purposes as specified per policy and as requested by management.Maintains annual cost data records pertaining to education and training programs.Maintains ongoing education/training records for in-services coordinated by the education department.
13.Other duties as assigned.
QualificationsCurrent State license or Compact State License (if lives outside of SC)Education: BSN, required. MSN in nursing or education, preferred.
BLS – required upon hire and continuously thereafter.
ACLS – required within 6 months of hire and continuously thereafter.
Experience: Sufficient previous teaching/training experience (preferably 2 years) in an educational or health care setting.A good working knowledge of hospital organization, policies and procedures.Instructional skills and knowledge of learning theory, educational techniques and methodology. Leadership skills and administrative ability and knowledge of educational techniques and functions. Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgement, and the ability to work with minimal supervision. Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.