ADJUNCT EDUCATOR NICU - EDUCATION in Opelika, Alabama at East Alabama Medical Center

EAMC MISSION

• At East Alabama Medical Center, our mission is high quality, compassionate health care, and that statement guides everything we do. We set high standards for customer service, quality, and keeping costs under control.

• The NICU Adjunct Educator is an EAMC bedside nurse who currently works in the NICU and continues in this primary role to maintain current, clinical expertise. While in the Adjunct Educator role, works four (4) hours per week or sixteen (16) hours per month and reports to the Director of Education Services. Meets monthly with Education Director to coordinate schedule and training needs to include new initiatives, products, and/or equipment and/or re-education and follow-up education. Rounds on units, provides education, identifies training needs, and performs assessment of knowledge application at the department level (Peds, Nursery, NICU, Child Birth Unit, and Mother Baby Units). Serves as a mentor to Nurse Residents, early adopters/superusers for projects/initiatives, subject matter experts for training materials, programs and/or committees, competency validators, and education representative for Unit Council. Maintains frequent communication with bedside staff on educational opportunities and participates in Education Department bi-annual staff training days to develop and maintain educator skills. Serves as a role model for bedside staff

• Minimum Education
  • Bachelor’s in Nursing or within 3 months of graduation from a Bachelor’s in Nursing program.
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  Minimum Experience
  • Two (2) years of progressive clinical nursing experience with primary care management of patient population.
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  Required Registration/License/Certification
  • Registered Nursing License
  • BLS
  • NRP
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  Preferred Education
  • Master of Science in Nursing
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  Preferred Experience
  • N/A
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  Preferred Registration/License/Certification
  • Certification in specialty
  • NRP Instructor
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  Other Requirements
  • N/A