Job Title: Adult Nurse Educator

Location: Columbia, SC

Company Overview:

Cooperative Health has been serving the midlands area since 1981. We are South Carolina’s largest and most cost-effective community health center system and we are hiring! We are looking for people who are passionate about providing accessible, high quality, compassionate healthcare in the Spirit of the Good Samaritan.

Description:

The Clinical Nurse Educator is a registered nurse who serves as a training and administrative liaison and resource person for clinical staff members to include Certified Medical Assistants, Licensed Practical Nurses, and Registered Nurses within the Department of Clinical Operations. The Clinical Nurse Educator provides support and guidance for adherence to policies and procedures, ensures compliance to state and regulatory agency requirements, ensures that all clinical staff members maintain professional licensure requirements; and is responsible for coordinating and developing training. The Clinical Nurse Educator (Adult Practices) will focus on nursing team members at Adult & Family Practice clinics (primary health and other practices/programs) as s/he provides assistance with training and staff educational development. S/he shall also support the mission, vision and values of Cooperative Health, and work towards realizing its objectives through support of teams within the department.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Coordinates and participates in employee training and determines clinical competency. Ensures that nursing staff is properly evaluated during their probationary period, annually, and periodically as needed
• Responsible for ensuring that newly hired employees are properly orientated to the site to include all temporary employees and student externs, with and in coordination with charge nurses and clinical practice managers
• Assists with the development of policies, procedures, and standards reflective of evidence-based practice
• Effectively communicates new policy and procedure updates to clinical staff
• Uses knowledge of policies and procedures to identify and act on non-compliance
• Assists in rectifying and evaluating all incident reports
• Assists the charge nurse to resolve identified issues affecting the delivery of clinical care
• Ensures compliance with all infection control policies and procedures; ensures all potential infections are correctly documented and appropriate care is rendered
• Provides education and serves as resource for VFC Program as outlined by DHEC
• Performs chart audits to ensure that identified quality measures are appropriately documented
• Performs monthly pharmacy inspections to ensure medications in the clinical area are monitored and managed properly
• Coordinates and leads annual competency assessments for clinical staff in conjunction with charge nurses
• Provides clinical consultation, technical assistance and on-going training as necessary to clinical staff
• Conducts monthly and periodic BLS Instruction for all cooperative employees
• Other duties as assigned.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited nursing school required
• Five (5) years of experience in a medical facility, nursing home, private practice or community health center with at least three (3) years in nursing supervision, quality management, and/or nursing education
• Proven leadership abilities, management skills, and have knowledge of policies, procedures, quality assurance and compliance
• Previous experience with electronic medical records, with knowledge of statistics, data collection and Health Informatics preferred
• Currently licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of South Carolina
• Current BLS certification

Competencies:

• Ability to embody the mission and vision of Cooperative Health.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to communicate with people from a variety of socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.
• Ability to prioritize, organize and carry out work assignments independently and efficiently.
• Ability to maintain appropriate degree of confidentiality.
• Proficient in use of computer programs including Word, Excel, PowerPoint

COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement Statement

Cooperative Health falls under Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) guidelines related to COVID-19 Vaccinations which will require employees to be fully vaccinated

The above information is intended to describe the most important aspects of the job. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required in order to perform the work.

Cooperative Health provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Cooperative Health complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.