EDUCATIONAL NURSE COORDINATOR (Mott Children's Hospital - Children's Emergency Services)

Children's Emergency Services (CES) is a primary entry point for C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, a verified Level One Pediatric Trauma Center and U.S. News & World Report nationally ranked children’s hospital providing care to children and young adults ages 0-20 years. CES nurses partner with board certified pediatric emergency medicine faculty and pediatric residents to provide expert family-centered care for over 34,000 patients each year presenting with injuries and illnesses across the wide range of acuity from minor to complex critical care.

• Develop, coordinate, execute, evaluate, and update nursing and tech orientation for the Children's Emergency Services (CES). Develop, educate, and evaluate unit preceptors. Coordination of multidisciplinary, interdepartmental orientation experiences.
• In collaboration with the Clinical Nursing Director and Nursing Leadership Team, monitor and evaluate the orientees performance in the clinical area during the first 6 months of employment.
• Provide regular communication to the Nursing Director and new employees on performance/progress. Provide remedial orientation/education as needed.
• Identify on-going educational requirements and facilitate continuing education as appropriate.
• Conduct individualized and group learning programs for nursing and tech staff based on needs assessments and monitoring of the unit’s clinical patient care standards and outcomes.
• Assist in the design and implementation of staff developmental plans with respect to education.
• Facilitate the completion of unit based mandatories and institutional regulatory requirements.
• Actively participate in CES Nursing Leadership Team, research, CQI and facility wide educational groups.
• Maintain accurate documentation in hospital records and other databases.
• Serve as nursing role model through the provision of direct patient care in all treatment areas of the CES on a regular basis.

Required Qualifications:

• Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Michigan
• Bachelors Degree in Nursing or equivalent education and experience
• Pediatric Specialty Certification or ability to obtain pediatric specialty certification within 6 months of hire
• Minimum of five (5) years recent experience in an Emergency Department that predominately cares for children
• Teaching experience within a variety of settings with demonstrated knowledge of adult learning concepts and the nursing developmental model
• Active involvement and leadership in unit and institutional teams.
• Current PALS & ACLS Provider
• Current TNCC & ENPC Provider

NOTE: Required qualifications must be met by the candidate in order to be interviewed and considered for the position.

RESUME REQUIRED (for both internal & external applicants): You must attach a complete and accurate resume to be fully considered for this position.

Preferred Qualifications:

• MSN
• Progressive professional development in a pediatric emergency setting
• Demonstrated ability to utilize an evidenced based data driven approach to facilitate/create change at the bedside
• Demonstrated involvement in patient/staff quality and safety
• Demonstrated ability to produce quality academic work (abstracts, posters and formal presentations)
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with nursing leadership to resolve clinical and operational issues
• Demonstrated ability to model and promote positive, constructive, and professional relationships
• Demonstrated ability to successfully work with others in assessing, designing and implementing innovative educational programs
• Demonstrated ability to create and support an environment characterized by safe discussion, constructive feedback, conflict resolution and direct communication
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate change, develop creative solutions, prioritize, problem solve, and evaluate outcomes
• Demonstrated excellent written and verbal communication skills

Salary & Nursing Framework Level:
This UMPNC RN posting is posted under the Role-Specific Advancement Model (RSAM) as: ENC- COMPETENT.
Actual RSAM LEVEL and salary will be determined at time of hire.
RSAM levels range from ENC-COMPETENT to ENC-EXPERT TO ENC-MASTERY. TO ENC- MASTERY PLUS

Required qualifications must be met by the candidate in order to be interviewed and considered for the position. Posting may be filled after the initial 5-day posting period.
Applicants who have left the UMPNC bargaining unit must include on their resume dates of past employment including months and years of service along with effort. Positions less than 20 hours/week may be combined.

Hours/Week: 40 hours
Shift: Nights, Monday thru Friday. Flexibility required for rotation to all shifts, to potentially include weekends, to meet the educational needs of staff.
Location: C. S. Mott Childrens Hospital- Children's Emergency Services
Note: This position may include an 8 hour/week staffing component in CES as part of the appointment fraction.

All new employees will be expected to float to a designated unit(s) in times of low census.

This position is covered under the collective bargaining agreement between the U-M and the Michigan Nurses Association and the U-M Professional Nurse Council union, which contains and settles all matters with respect to wages, benefits, hours and other terms and conditions of employment.