Clinical Instructor
Company: Tufts Medical Center
Location: Boston
Posted on: May 7, 2024
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Job Profile Summary ----This role focuses on providing professional
and nonprofessional nursing care services in accordance with
physician orders. - In addition, this role focuses on performing
the following Clinical Nurse duties: Assesses, plans, implements,
and evaluates the care needs of a designated group of patients or
provides nursing care and identified clinical support tasks within
the scope of practice for achievement of the patient's plan of care
as directed. - Provides professional nursing care to patients.
Requires a nursing license. - - A professional individual
contributor role that may direct the work of other lower level
professionals or manage processes and programs. - The majority of
time is spent overseeing the design, implementation or delivery of
processes, programs and policies using specialized knowledge and
skills typically acquired through advanced education. - - A senior
level role that requires advanced knowledge of job area typically
obtained through advanced education and work experience. -
Typically responsible for: managing projects / processes, working
independently with limited supervision, coaching and reviewing the
work of lower level professionals, resolving difficult and
sometimes complex problems. - -Job Overview -Under the direction of
the Professional Development Director, the Clinical Instructor is
responsible for upholding and driving the standard of practice
within their respective units/practice areas as set by national and
professional organizations, and the most current evidence guided
practice. The Clinical Instructor ensures that competencies for all
staff are validated within their defined practice areas. -The
overall goal of the Clinical Instructor role is the acquisition of
knowledge, skills, and attitudes that translate into practice and
contribute to the safety of patients/families and provision of
quality care. In addition to acquisition of knowledge, skills and
attitude, specialty excellence includes the evaluation and
measurement of current clinical knowledge, proficiency of technical
skills, application of critical thinking and performance by members
of the nursing team. The Clinical Instructor leads the
implementation and interpretation of these measures and methods and
identifies areas for practice improvement within defined area of
clinical practice. - - - - -Job Description -Minimum
Qualifications: -1. Registered Nurse (RN) license. -2. Basic Life
Support (BLS) certification. -3. Three (3) years of demonstrated
clinical nursing experience in relevant specialty area. -
-Preferred Qualifications: -1. Bachelor of Science in Nursing
(BSN).2. Specialty Nursing certifications. -Duties and
Responsibilities: The duties and responsibilities listed below are
intended to describe the general nature of work and are not
intended to be an all-inclusive list. - Other duties and
responsibilities may be assigned. - -1. Utilizes clinical
expertise, integrating nursing theory and practice. - Employs
evidence-based practice in decision-making and patient care. - -
-2. Utilizes the nursing process for the delivery and management of
patient's care across the continuum of care appropriate to the
developmental age of the patient population. - Collaborates with
members of the health care team related to patient plan of care,
developing practice guidelines, and unit-specific procedures. -3.
Develops and monitors systems that support advancement in nursing
practice. Uses clinical skills to provide ongoing assessment and
evaluation of nursing care. Ensures evidence-based standards of
care are being practiced clinically. - -4. Interacts with, mentors,
provides and facilitates feedback to staff including nurses,
Clinical Care Technicians (CCTs) and Unit Coordinators (UCs), to
advance nurses, knowledge, skills, and practices, and capabilities
to provide care in changing circumstances. -5. Serves as a resource
for patients, family members and nursing staff as issues arise
regarding the patient's hospitalization or care experience. -6.
Utilizes the performance improvement process to assess the response
to nursing care from patients, families and others. -7. Coordinates
and directs patient care to ensure patients' needs are met and
hospital policy is followed. -8. Maintains open communication with
managers whose departments provide support services to the clinical
area in order to ensure the appropriate level of service at all
times. -9. Evaluates and communicates to CND & PDM Manager changing
needs of the unit, including staffing requirements. -10. Plans
orientation program for employees based on current clinical
practice standards and nursing research. -11. Coordinates,
facilitates, conducts, and evaluates orientation programs and
innovative learning approaches for staff utilizing principles of
adult learning theory. -12. Implements all aspects of orientation
program including teaching formal didactic classes as part of
monthly orientation on new employees, affiliating faculty and
students -13. Accountable for competence achievement of staff
through planning, collaboration, coaching and mentoring. -14.
Validates staff competency through various learning methodologies
including real time/ bedside demonstration and fostering
just-in-time education. -15. Conducts/facilitates learning/training
workshops for all levels of care providers -16. Communicates and
consistently supports the philosophy and goals of the unit,
department and hospital. -17. Supports the development of staff to
serve as preceptor for new employees. -18. Assists in the
development and implementation plan of performance improvement
activities. -19. Provides advisement for data collection methods
for quality indicators. -20. Delegates appropriately to others in
accordance with job description and competency level. - - -21.
Supports the ongoing development of staff through coaching,
mentoring and role modeling. -22. Collaborates with other members
of leadership team in providing appropriate educational
opportunities for licensed and unlicensed personnel. -23.
Identifies through needs assessment, continuing education
opportunities that augment knowledge, skills, and attitudes of all
nursing staff. -24. Guides and mentors staff in career development,
role transition, and succession planning -25. Participates in and
provides leadership to departmental and hospital committees as
requested. -26. Assists in the development of practice initiatives
through unit-based group activities. -27. Enhances own professional
growth and development through participation in educational
programs, keeping current with literature, in-service meetings, and
workshops. -28. In collaboration with the interdisciplinary team:
Ensures excellence in outcomes for all quality, safety, patient
experience metrics and regulatory requirements; Participates in the
identification of patient safety issues and highlights these to the
Professional Development Director and Clinical Nursing Director -
-Physical Requirements: - -1. Prolonged, extensive, or considerable
standing/walking. -2. Lifts, positions, pushes and/or transfer
patients and equipment. -3. Considerable reaching, stooping,
bending, kneeling, crouching. -4. Frequent exposure to hazardous
chemicals, sick patients, bodily substances, noise and possible
exposure to radiation, lasers, electric shock, etc. -5. Regularly
exposed to the risk of bloodborne diseases and other transmissible
infections. -6. Contact with patients under wide variety of
circumstances. -7. Subject to varying and unpredictable situations.
-8. Handle emergency and crisis situations. -9. Subjected to
irregular hours. - -Skills & Abilities: -1. Excellent clinical
nursing practices. -2. Knowledgeable about continuous process
improvement methodologies. -3. Demonstrates the knowledge and
skills necessary to educate staff in the provision of care
appropriate to the patient age groups regularly served. -4.
Demonstrates the ability to be flexible, organized and function
well under stressful situations. -
Tufts Medicine is a leading integrated health system bringing
together the best of academic and community healthcare to deliver
exceptional, connected and accessible care experiences to consumers
across Massachusetts. Comprised of Tufts Medical Center, Lowell
General Hospital, MelroseWakefield Hospital, Lawrence Memorial
Hospital of Medford, Care at Home - an expansive home care network,
and large integrated physician network. We are an equal opportunity
employer and value diversity and inclusion at Tufts Medicine. Tufts
Medicine does not discriminate on the basis of race, color,
religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, genetic
information, veteran status, national origin, gender identity
and/or expression, marital status or any other characteristic
protected by federal, state or local law. We will ensure that
individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation
to participate in the job application or interview process, to
perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and
privileges of employment. Please contact us to request
accommodation by emailing us at .
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