VitalCore Health Strategies·New Castle, Delaware
The Nurse Educator is responsible for orienting, mentoring, and supporting nursing staff while ensuring quality patient care outcomes. They also perform clinical nursing duties, including medication administration, patient monitoring, and coordinating care plans within the correctional facility.
VitalCore Health Strategies, (VCHS), an industry leader in Correctional Healthcare, has an opening for a Registered NurseTrainer/Educator at Baylor Women's Correctional Institute in New Castle, Delaware!
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The Nurse Educator supports and mentors preceptors to effectively orient new staff members.
Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to meet the educational needs of staff to promote quality patient outcomes.
Demonstrates advanced clinical and communication skills.
A registered Nurse (RN) delivers quality care consistent within the scope of practice as outlined by the local state nurse practice act for Registered Nurses.
The RN works in accordance with local practice acts and regulations and delegates and ensures supervision of nursing activities and functions to other competent nursing personnel appropriate to their scope of practice.
The RN assumes responsibility and accountability for the quality of care delivered; works to ensure a safe environment for themselves, the patient, and other staff members.
The RN acts as a patient advocate to promote the quality of health care delivered in the facility and always serves as a leader to promote best practices within the profession of nursing.
Orients, educates, mentors, and supports nursing staff.
Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.
Administer medications to patients and monitor patients for reactions and side effects.
Record patients’ medical information and vital signs.
Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients’ condition.
Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans.
Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients’ responses and conditions.
Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity.
Direct or supervise less-skilled nursing or healthcare personnel or supervise a particular unit.
Prepare patients for and assist with examinations or treatments.
Instruct individuals, families, or other groups on topics such as health education, disease prevention, and childbirth as well as develop health improvement programs.
Prepare rooms, sterile instruments, equipment, or supplies and ensure that stock of supplies is maintained.
Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient’s condition.
Additional duties as assigned by facility.
Keywords: Registered Nurse, RN, Correctional Healthcare, Nurse, Nurse Educator, RN educator, clinical educator
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