Clinical Nurse Educator - Population Health - 141190

UC San Diego Health is proud to be a four-time Magnet-designated organization and has now earned Magnet with Distinction from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Magnet is the gold standard for nursing excellence, achieved by only about 10% of hospitals worldwide. Magnet with Distinction is awarded to the highest-performing Magnet organizations, with only a select few earning this prestigious honor. This recognition reflects our commitment to transformational leadership, professional nursing excellence, innovation, exceptional patient outcomes, and an empowering practice environment where nurses thrive.

Population Health Services Organization helps support UC San Diego Health's Primary Care practices and is part of the team-based model of care. Our department supports patient outreach focusing on areas from wellness to end of life across the lifespan. Our goal is to ensure timely care connections, help with health education, and inform patients about our model of right care, right place, right time. Our mission is to support the Quadruple AIM: quality, cost, patient and team experience/wellbeing. This is an exciting opportunity for a nurse with demonstrated nursing education interest and process improvement knowledge to grow with us as we build out our programs helping all patients, especially vulnerable populations across all ages who need additional help to better manage their health and safety at home.Applies skills and experience as a professional nurse educator to ensure optimal clinician knowledge and skills through education and training in either general or specialized nursing education and/or training. Leads implementation of new programs as it relates to student expansion. This position is on site Monday - Friday with students. During student/ university breaks, this position will be able to work from home as appropriate.

Key Responsibilities:

• Works with our Population Health Clinical Nurse Educator (CNE) 4 to build out training modules for student rotations within Population Health.
• Oversees day-to-day students; initial tech setup, orientation, outreach, and documentation.
• Evaluates student nurse competencies and skills and targets education and training.
• Plans and delivers evidence-based education and training program curriculum. Incorporates principles of adult learning in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of programs.
• Ensures that nursing education and training activities are compliant with all legal and certification requirements, as well as medical center and organizational standards of care.Responds to regulatory mandates for research and management of sentinel events.
• Pursues professional development and continuing education and training opportunities to keep abreast of regulatory and procedural changes related to clinical education and training programs.
• Supports consistent nursing student rotations by acting as a liaison and Population health rotation promoter. In collaboration with nursing schools, builds learning experience that is congruent with Population Health programs and needs.
• Participates in committees, task forces, and projects that evaluate a variety of issues, including quality of care, patient safety, and licensure and accreditation requirements as directed.
• Other duties as assigned.

While not required, a cover letter is highly recommended when applying to this position.

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing.

• Registered Nurse (RN) license issued by the State of California.

• Three (3+) or more years of relevant experience.

• Must be able to work on site to work with students.

• Recent ambulatory care RN experience with progressive expertise in patient care services.

• Knowledge of delivering clinical nursing education and training material for orientation and skills/competency learning and leadership development.

• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to provide education, training, and resources, and to develop positive working relationships with nursing staff and leadership.

• Detail oriented, with proven organizational skills to effectively manage time, prioritize tasks, and see projects through to completion on deadline.

• Strong skills in written and verbal communications, with the ability to collaborate productively in a team environment with all levels of internal and external personnel and to convey complex clinical information in a clear, concise manner.

• Thorough knowledge of a broad spectrum of professional nursing practices and issues.Thorough knowledge of methodology for conducting evidence-based research, data collection, analysis, and reporting.

• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills to manage multiple levels of information and responsibilities, and to quickly assess moderately complex problems to develop potential solutions.

• RN experience in education/teaching students and/or high-risk patient populations on disease states.

• RN experience in case management or ambulatory care.

• Demonstrated PDSA/A3 or other lean process improvement to support greater efficiency and quality of care.

• Must be able to work various hours and locations based on business needs.

• Employment is subject to a criminal background check and a pre-employment physical.