RN/EDUCATIONAL SPECIALIST

The RN/Educational Specialist assumes the role of facilitator, trainer and resource person as necessary for new employees' orientation and staff development/continuing education, applying instructional design, organizational development, and performance consulting skills.

Essential Duties

• Consult collaboratively with departments/areas to assure appropriate education and competencies, and provide support in tracking orientation and competencies.
• Coordinates and conducts clinical simulations for health system.
• Coordinates, conducts, debriefs, and reports on mock codes to assure optimal vigilance.
• Demonstrates creative and coherent presentational skills including development of instructor-led and self-study or WBT training classes.
• Evaluates and develops training materials using most effective and efficient instructional design methods for learners and recommends hard wiring plans for achieving behavioral change.
• Facilitate new employee and student orientation, assessing successful course completion/learning gains, and may assist with PBDS administration.
• Performs needs assessment to coordinate and provide educational programs in response to learning/performance improvement needs of all RHC staff/students and designed to facilitate meeting IDPH/CMS and other regulatory agency and accrediting requirements.
• Prepares and communicates patient experience reports, and consults on patient experience.
• Provide support to staff during implementation process(es), applying change management and organizational development models.
• Schedule meeting rooms.
• Reserve, track, set up and maintain/operate audiovisual and CPR equipment.
• Serve as a facilitator/educational resource for RHC including active support on various Riverside committees/teams.

Required Experience

• Competence in technical, clinical and teaching/learning skills

Preferred Experience

• Minimum of two years of nursing experience and healthcare training, performance consulting, organizational development experience preferred

Required Licensure/Education

• Graduate of approved school of nursing, BSN required.
• Current IL RN license

Preferred Education

• American Heart Association CPR instructor, preferred

Employee Health Requirements

Exposure/Sensory Requirements:

Exposure to: 

• Chemicals: Refer to MSDS sheets.
• Video Display Terminals: Average
• Blood and Body Fluids: Minimal (only when temporarily covering a unit).
• TB or Airborne Pathogens: Minimal (only when temporarily covering a unit).

Sensory requirements (speech, vision, smell, hearing, touch):

• Speech: Needed for presentations/training, telephone communication, facilitate meetings.
• Vision: Needed to read memos and literature, determine the quality and use of visual aids, HIS information and CPR training.
• Smell: Helpful to note presence of electrical/fire safety.
• Hearing: Needed for telephone communication, meetings and listening to employee concerns, determining the quality and use of audio aids, HIS information and CPR training.
• Touch: Needed to write, computer entry, filing, CPR training.

Activity/Lifting Requirements:

Percentage of time during the normal workday the employee is required to:

• Sit: 40%
• Twist: 1%
• Stand: 35%
• Crawl: 0%
• Walk: 20%
• Kneel: 1%
• Lift: 1%
• Drive: 0%
• Squat: 0%
• Climb: 0%
• Bend: 1%
• Reach above shoulders: 1%

The weight required to be lifted each normal workday according to the continuum described below:

• Up to 10 lbs: Frequently
• Up to 20 lbs: Occasionally
• Up to 35 lbs: Occasionally
• Up to 50 lbs: Occasionally
• Up to 75 lbs: Not Required
• Up to 100 lbs: Not Required
• Over 100 lbs: Not Required

Describe and explain the lifting and carrying requirements. (Example: the distance material is carried; how high material is lifted, etc.):

Maximum consecutive time (minutes) during the normal workday for each activity:

• Sit: 240
• Twist: 0
• Stand: 180
• Crawl: 0
• Walk: 60
• Kneel: 0
• Lift: 10
• Drive: 0
• Squat: 0
• Climb: 0
• Bend: 0
• Reach above shoulders: 0

Repetitive use of hands (Frequency indicated):

• Simple grasp up to 10 lbs. Normal weight: 5-10#often
• Pushing & pulling Normal weight: 5-10#occasionally
• Fine Manipulation: Computer keyboard, typing, filing, hands-on demonstrations.

Repetitive use of foot or feet in operating machine control: None

Environmental Factors & Special Hazards:

Environmental Factors (Time Spent):

• Inside hours: 8
• Outside hours : 0
• Temperature: Normal Range
• Lighting: Average
• Noise levels: Average
• Humidity: Normal Range
• Atmosphere:

Special Hazards:

Protective Clothing Required: Germ barrier during CPR instruction. Gloves during cleaning of mannequins.