Nurse Educator

Overview

The job-holder assesses, identifies, implements, co-ordinates and evaluates departmental nursing staffs’ continuing education, training and development plans to ensure provision of competent and quality patient care. They are responsible for nursing staff induction, clinical education / training, in-service education, personal and professional growth.

Job Responsibilities

Primary Responsibilities:

· Serves as resource person in education/nursing training matters and clinical issues to provide high quality standard of care

· Plans and provides direct clinical supervision for nursing students and junior staff

· Facilitates the clinical learning environment of nursing students to improve nursing students’ learning experiences

· Monitors and evaluates nursing students’ feedback; develop action-plans collaboratively with ward nursing colleagues to improve nursing students’ learning experiences

· Collaborates with education institution to ensure nursing students’ application of learning into practice, e.g. hand hygiene compliance

· Utilizes effective teaching strategies to develop critical thinking and clinical reasoning among nursing students, newly recruited nurses and nursing staff

· Coaches preceptors and clinical instructor on their role effectiveness and assessment of nursing trainees and junior nurse’s performance e.g. formative and summative assessment, learning action plans

· Conducts nursing staff orientation, training and continuing education programmes to maintain level of competency

· Conducts learning needs analysis to identify learning gaps and training needs of nursing staff at ward/cluster level

· Provides career counselling/coaching for all levels of nursing staffs’ professional development · Responsible to maintain and perform the following core competencies competently:

- Clinical teaching / supervision - Structured teaching - Assessment of trainees and nurses’ clinical performance [formative & summative]

· Reviews and revises existing curriculum following constructive recommendation on training/practice issues in order to meet the current educational needs of the hospital

· Participates in the implementation and development of e-learning resources

· Mentors and inducts potential acting nurse clinician for education track

· Works collaboratively with ward/unit/cluster Nursing Officers and Senior Nursing Officers to [i] maintain clinical standards; [ii] conduct total performance management (includes career coaching and staff development) and [iii] assume joint managerial responsibilities, e.g. patient’s and / or family’s feedback, eHOR etc

Secondary Responsibilities:

· Maintains clinical competency by seeking educational opportunities to maintain current knowledge and acquire new knowledge related to nursing practice

· Collaborates with ward/cluster nursing leaders in nursing research initiatives/evidence-based practice to improve patient outcome

· Participates in educational audit/quality improvement projects/risk management

· Participates in nursing workgroup/committee at cluster/hospital level

· Takes on additional responsibilities or tasks as assigned by the Senior Nurse Educator,

· Deputy/Assistant Director (Nursing) and Chief Nurse

Requirements

· Registered Nurse with at least 9 years of post-registration clinical experience, of which a minimum of one (1) year experience in clinical teaching/professional development and continuing education at an acute hospital setting, and 2 years as Assistant Nurse Clinician

· Diploma in Nursing with relevant post-basic advanced certification and Degree in Nursing from recognized training institution as approved by Singapore Nursing Board. A teaching qualification would be an advantage Interest to teach nursing training and development activities

· Good interpersonal and communication skills

· Good computer skills and proficient in MS Office applications such as MS Word, MS Excel and PowerPoint