Clinical Nurse Educator - PICU

• In collaboration with the Manager, makes decisions regarding the need for new educational initiatives; the design, delivery and assessment. This is driven by quantitative data reflecting employee competence, the culture of patient safety, and effective family centered care and qualitative data assessing employee/ patient/ family satisfaction, with implications for changes to educational initiatives and assessment criteria, tools, and processes.
• In collaboration with clinical leads, makes decisions regarding clinical staff performance in their respective practice settings. He/ she participates in the assessment of competence of each clinical staff member, with respective managers or identified clinical leads.
• Serves as a professional and clinical role model for staff demonstrating behaviors consistent with the organizational/ education competency framework, Sidra values and Sidra policies, procedures and guidelines.
• Ensures that education is provided in accordance with established guidelines, policies and protocols of Sidra and the State of Qatar to support standards of health service delivery.
• Works collaboratively and creatively with all team members to achieve divisional/ departmental/ unit service objectives optimizing evidence and relevant research and change theory.
• Develops key performance indicators for clinical staff.
• Manages resource utilization to secure timely, efficient, accessible and effective education for employees.
• Continually evaluates learning, making necessary modifications to optimize educational process/ program.
• Supports quality data collection and analysis as the process of evaluating outcomes; learning, staff/ family centered care and satisfaction, patient/ family outcomes.
• Collaborates with clinical managers, colleagues, and leadership team to plan, implement and evaluate the educational needs of staff and family.
• Initiates changes/ improvements based on educator/ staff/ family feedback.
• Promotes the effective orientation, precepting and support of new staff and affiliated students in the practice setting; provides a welcoming work environment.
• Promotes retention of all staff by creating a healthy work environment that facilitates teamwork. Treats colleagues, patients and visitors with dignity and respect at all times.
• Contributes, as necessary, to performance appraisals (probationary and annual reviews) with respective clinical leads ensuring evidence is concrete and objective.
• Develops individual learning plans with clinical leads arising from appraisals as necessary. Provides clear feedback to team members in a manner that is conducive to maintaining and improving performance.
• Supports Clinical research.
• Role models conflict resolution when required, promoting evidence based solutions where accessible.
• Establishes and maintains effective administrative processes related to educational programs and processes.
• Prepares reports and maintains records of activity and outcomes. Participates in staff meetings.
• Develops, reviews and revises educational policies and procedures in collaboration with managers as required.
• Participates in Sidra wide Performance Improvement activities and committees as assigned.
• Develops and sustains own knowledge, clinical skills and professional awareness and maintains a professional profile. Provides documented evidence of performance and maintenance of skills consistent with position.
• Supports new Sidra employees and affiliated students with a safe and effective learning environment to support the assessment, development or advancement of competence in the Sidra environment
• Integrates knowledge of learning theory and curricula design in delivering educational initiatives to meet the needs of Sidra employees and affiliated students.
• Deputizes for the Manager as required
• Adheres to Sidra's standards as they appear in the Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest policies
• Adheres to and promotes Sidra's Values

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
• Registered Nurse

• 5+ years of recent inpatient pediatric cardiac intensive care experience in a tertiary or quaternary referral center
• 2+ years of recent experience in an educator role or staff development role in an acute care Hospital or as clinical faculty

• Current Nursing License from country of origin.
• Eligibility for Qatar Nurse Educator licensing.

• Knowledge of health education/ health promotion theories and modalities
• Knowledge and understanding of age-specific learning principles
• Knowledge of evidence-based practice, research, and ability to evaluate learning outcomes
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated commitment to continuing education to improve teaching practices that facilitate learning
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite
• Fluency in written and spoken English

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