Built in 1973, Dignity Health Methodist Hospital of Sacramento is committed to providing daily excellence in health care for residents of Sacramento’s southern suburbs, including the Elk Grove, Wilton, and Galt communities. Methodist Hospital is home to a 158-acute-care-bed facility with 1,120 employees, 283 medical staff, and 29 Emergency Department beds. Methodist Hospital also owns and operates Bruceville Terrace – a 171-bed, sub-acute skilled nursing long-term care facility adjacent to the hospital that provides care for the elderly, as well as those requiring extended recoveries. Methodist Hospital is home to the Family Medicine Residency Program, an accredited and nationally recognized program that provides resident physicians with specialty training in primary care family medicine. Together, the hospital and residency program implemented a ground-breaking curriculum addressing the identification, treatment, and assistance of human trafficking victims and created a one-of-a-kind health clinic for victims, the Human Trafficking Medical Home.
The incumbent is the clinical educator for a program or area of clinical practice. As an RN Clinical Educator for Perioperative Services, the Nurse Educator functions as an expert clinician in the above arena. They are responsible for designing, implementing, and evaluating patient-specific and population-based programs of care and associated competencies for patient care staff. The Educator provides expert knowledge and skill in a specialized area of practice to other nurses and the multidisciplinary health care team. They serve as a leader, consultant, mentor, and change agent to achieve quality, cost-effective outcomes. They have the ability and responsibility to communicate within and across the system to affect improved patient outcomes. The Educator has a responsibility to generate and evaluate evidence-based practice through innovative evidence-based interventions, best practice guidelines, and modification of professional standards, organizational policies that direct the care of nursing professionals and other providers to improve patient outcomes. The Educator functions include observing direct clinical practice, including assessment, evaluating outcomes, teaching, as well as clinical competency development and assessment. The Educator works in partnership with the department management team. The Educator must role model the following role-based competencies: critical thinking, nursing judgments, clear communication, and collaborative teamwork.
As the Clinical Nurse Educator for Perioperative Services at Dignity Health Methodist Hospital of Sacramento, you will lead the education and professional development of surgical staff across four operating rooms at the main hospital and four at the outpatient surgery center. This vital role supports the delivery of safe, high-quality surgical care by developing and implementing evidence-based training programs and clinical competencies. You'll be part of a collaborative, mission-driven team in a facility known for its innovation and dedication to excellence. Your leadership will help shape the future of perioperative nursing practice and ensure exceptional outcomes for our patients.
$10,000 sign-on Bonus offered for fully qualified new hires. Per policy, current employees are not eligible.
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