Rehab Clinical Educator - Valley Health/Mary Free Bed

Mary Free Bed Summary

We have the great privilege of helping patients and families re-build their lives. It’s extraordinarily meaningful work and the reason we greet the day with optimism and anticipation. When patients “Ask for Mary,” they experience a culture that has been sculpted for more than a century. Our hallmark is to carefully listen to patients and innovatively serve them. This is true of every employee, from support staff and leadership, to clinicians and care providers.

Mary Free Bed is a not-for-profit, nationally accredited rehabilitation hospital serving thousands of children and adults each year through inpatient, outpatient, sub-acute rehabilitation, orthotics and prosthetics and home and community programs. With the most comprehensive rehabilitation services in Michigan and an exclusive focus on rehabilitation, Mary Free Bed physicians, nurses and therapists help our patients achieve outstanding clinical outcomes. The growing Mary Free Bed Network provides patients throughout the state with access to our unique standard of care.

Mission Statement

Restoring hope and freedom through rehabilitation.

Employment Value Proposition

At Mary Free Bed, we take pride in our values-based culture:

Focus on Patient Care. A selfless drive to serve and heal connects all MFB employees.

Clinical Variety and Challenge. An inter-disciplinary approach and a top team of professionals create ever-changing opportunities and activities.

Family Culture. We offer the stability of a large organization while nurturing the family/team atmosphere of a small organization.

Trust in Each Other. Each employee knows that co-workers can be trusted to make the right decision for our family, patients, staff, and community.

A Proud Tradition . Years of dedicated, quality service to our patients and community have yielded a reputation that fills our employees with pride.

Age Specific Responsibility

Must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served in assigned department. Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to age-specific needs and to provide the care needed as described in the department’s policies and procedures.

Summary

​​The Clinical Educator will provide development expertise for both licensed and unlicensed rehabilitation team members by functioning as an educator, consultant, facilitator, change agent and leader.​

Essential Job Responsibilities

​​Provide patient care, treatment, and services within the scope of their license, certification or registration and as required by Federal and State laws and regulations.

​Develop and apply evidenced based nursing practice standards to achieve optimal patient outcomes.

​Oversees evidence based, individualized, effective care to patients and families in an environment of clinical excellence.

​Oversees the development, planning, presentation and evaluation of educational activities within areas of expertise which fosters the development of competencies in the learner.

​Provides and supports Shared Governance and professional practice activities to achieve departmental and overall nursing organizational goals.

​Oversee the orientation of new employees on nursing units including development and maintenance of weekly orientation objectives and monitoring each employee's progress.

​Supports house wide professional practice education programs such as nursing assessment, preceptor classes, shared governance and professional practice ladder.

​Understands PI principles and oversees process improvement and risk management issues.

​Serves to enhance staff nurse retention by role modeling professional practice.

​Clinical Practice Outcomes:

​Collaborates with clinical staff and Nurse Practitioner /Physiatrist in the management of complex patients requiring advanced skill and knowledge through integration of the multiple disciplines needed to achieve optimal patient outcomes

​Demonstrates clinical expertise by providing supportive interventions during patient care crisis.

​Assists patient care team in applying evidenced based practice to design, revise, implement and evaluate patient plans of care.

​Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team in the development, revision, use and maintenance of protocols, pathways/order sets.

​Collaborates with Shared Governance Councils to ensure evidenced based care is provided and outcomes evaluated.

​Collaborates with Director to ensure human and fiscal resources are available to provide care.

​Assists the Director in the formal and informal performance evaluation of nursing staff as appropriate.

​Staff Development:

​Plans and directs individualized orientation for each new staff member on unit and monitors the orientee’s progress throughout their orientation.

​Monitors and revises education programs (orientation, preceptor, CE luncheons) to reflect current trends in efficiency, clinical practice and research.

​Responsible for the selection, training, assignment and evaluation of unit-based preceptors.

​Collaborate with staff to enable them to demonstrate learning and the continuing competencies/skills needed for advancement in their clinical practice.

​Supports Nursing research through application of research to practice, presentation of research findings, and assisting staff in participation in research projects.

​Leadership:

​Collaborates with the Shared Governance Education Council to ensure the development of yearly education plan for unit(s) based on needs assessment and oversees the development and implementation of the education plan with outcomes to measure the plans effectiveness.

​Provides guidance, resources and knowledge for professional growth of others through in-services and educational programs

​Serves as a clinical expert to Shared Governance Councils, committees, and administrative teams.

​Collaborates with nursing leaderships and other professionals in teaching, consultation, management, research, facilitation and change agent activities.

​Professional Development:

​Completes CE credits each year (1/2 must be Rehab-specific) Educators may use CE’s from classes they teach. The CE's may not be used more than once. 12 CE’s must be non-teaching.

​Supports the education of all Valley - MFB staff by presenting Valley - MFB educational programs.

​Serves as a role model in the roles of educator, facilitator, change agent, practice consultant, researcher, and leader to promote the professional growth of peers.

​Promotes the professional practice of nursing​

Customer Service Responsibilities

Demonstrate excellent customer service and standards of behaviors as well as encourages, coaches, and monitors the same in team members. This individual should consistently promote teamwork and direct communication with co-workers and deal discretely and sensitively with confidential information.

Responsibilities in Quality Improvement

Contribute by identifying problems and seeking solutions. Promote patient/family satisfaction where possible; participates in departmental efforts to monitor and report customer service.

Essential Job Qualifications

Masters of Science, Nursing (MSN) or Masters of Science in related field required or actively pursuing MSN

RN/PT/OT with five years clinical experience

RN Nursing License or PT/OT License valid in Virginia

BLS Certification (Basic Life Support) - American Heart ‘Healthcare Provider’ (HCP) - AHA approved

Certification in specialty required or within 6 months of hire date

Expertise in a clinical specialty area Knowledge and skills to develop adult education programs.

Understanding of Performance Improvement and outco