Nurse/Midwife Educator INew Career Framework April 2014 AET

Job Description

General Information
Job Title: /

Nurse/Midwife Educator I – Grade 109

Job Family:Nursing / Division: All
Reporting Relationships and Key Interactions
Reports to
  • Nurse Educator II
Professionally accountable
  • Executive Director of Nursing
Direct reports / Key Interactions
  • The nursing community, physicians, allied health professionals, administrators and all other members of the multi-disciplinary team

  • Graduate Registered Nurse, Registered Nurse, Sub-Specialty Nurse

Responsibilities
Job Summary
Nurse Educator 1 contributes to assuring the delivery of high quality education in clinical and classroom settings to patients, families and the public and/or nurses employed across HMC. They achieve this by working as a member of a clinical and/or education team Working within educational governance or accreditation frameworks an Educator 1 can contribute to the design, delivery and evaluation of high quality evidence-based continuing, in-service and/or patient education related to an area of practice, staff and/or patient needs. They are involved in ensuringtheir teaching activities reflect standards, policies and competency formulation related to nurse and/or patient education needs. They contribute to collaborative clinical nursing clinical networks involved in the developing education. They are instrumental in ensuring professional, regulatory, organisational or credentialing requirements for nursing staff and/or patients are met and documented. They may work with patients and their families and/or nurses and monitors the work of those undertaking delegated tasks or activities.
Common Responsibilities
This job description should be read in conjunction with the HMC Registered Nurse/Midwife Scope of Practice, the HMC Competency Framework for the Education Track, HMC Code of Leadership Behaviours and the HMC Code of Professional Behaviour and Ethics for Nurses and Midwives.
To fulfil the responsibilities summarized above, the Nurse Educator 1 works collaboratively offering informed input in areas associated with education designed for nursing personnel, patient, families and the public, and where appropriate members of wider interdisciplinary team. Their responsibilities include:
Professional and Ethical Practice
  • Acts in ways that others can learn and mirror professional responsibility including accountability and appropriate delegation.
  • Contributes to the integration of knowledge related to legal and ethical issues of patient nurse education into the design and implementation of education activities, policies and procedures related to patients and families, learners, faculty, and the educational environment.
Practice
  • Functions as an advocate for evidence-based, person-centred nursing and/or patient education practice.
  • Ensures institutional trends, issues and agendas associated with education for patients and families and/or nurses are prioritized.
  • Demonstrates competent communication skills when giving feedback on performance and/or exploring diagnostic or prognostic information.
  • Works with learners to identify their needs and preferred styles to maximize learning.
  • Develops a range of skills to support learning and assessment.
Leadership and Management
  • Supports members of the clinical team in order to nurture their skills and capabilities, assure familiarity with policies and procedures associated with care and guide their development.
  • Works within a framework of professional integrity use strategies to shape and implement change.
  • Collaborates with nursing colleagues, patients, families and the public, and the wider healthcare team to influence curriculum and deliver activity.
  • Contributes to enhancement of the clinical learning environment.
  • Models professional behaviour including involvement in personal professional development, engagement in lifelong learning, and develop skills in the dissemination of information through publication, presentations, advocacy and representation.
  • Provides high quality learning and teaching activities, materials and presentations based on sound educational principles, evidence and/or theory under supervision/as delegated.
Education, Learning and Development
  • Integrates corporate philosophy and mission, current nursing and healthcare trends and best practice in order that patients and families achieve optimum health and/or staff function effectively.
  • Uses educational theory, analysis of real world contexts and best available evidence to inform teaching activities.
  • Engages with issues/concerns raised by learners or staff in clinical practice and work with others to assist in reaching a resolution.
  • Participates in evaluating educational activity and auditing the clinical learning environment in order to identify gaps and needs and devise action plans where necessary.
Research and Improvement
  • Identifies learning needs of learners and develops and assesses the quality of education activity in order to improve learning.
  • Exhibits a spirit of enquiry related to teaching and learning, learner development, evaluation and aspects of the educator role.
  • Shows interest in improvement methodology and/or patient safety initiatives.

Specific Responsibilities
Specific experience
Specific qualification(s)
Specific competences
Job Requirements
Educational Qualifications & Certificates
Essential Education:
  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing/Midwifery (or in the field of health practice e.g. Mental Health) or equivalent health related degree, and/or post graduate award leading to, or in addition to, a valid nursing license that meets the requirements for licensing in the State of Qatar.
  • Has undertaken certified specialty education as per the Job Description

Preferred Education:
  • As above

Required certification/licensure:
  • Valid nursing license from the country of origin AND be eligible for license in the Supreme Council for Health State of Qatar
  • Relevant life support/resuscitation certificates preferred, but there will opportunity to undertake as part of orientation

Experience
Essential Experience:
  • Minimum 3 years post registration experience.
  • This should include an experience in a role in support of educational activity (e.g. as a preceptor), and an experience in an education role (e.g. clinical instructor or patient/parent educator)

Preferred Experience:
  • As above

Skills
Language Skills:
  • English – reading, writing, spoken – proficient (essential)
  • Arabic (preferred)
Computer Skills:
  • Competent IT skills that enable online literature searching, and presentation of feedback/learning to peers using powerpoint and/or word programs.

Competencies
Common Leadership and Professional Competencies
The professional and behavioural expectations of all nurses are outlined in the HMC Code of Leadership Behaviours and the HMC Code of Professional Behaviour and Ethics for Nurses and Midwives. These documents should be read in conjunction with the Job Description.
They outline the importance of putting the patient first, taking professional responsibility, being committed to advance and inspire colleagues and integrating with the multiprofessional team for the benefit of patients.
Specific/Technical/Functional Competencies
Clinical Practice
  • Demonstrates a range of communication skills using a variety of media
  • Works as a team member
  • Contribute to ensuring the clinical learning environment is conducive to education
  • Engages in the education design process cycle within specialties
  • Contributes to development of educational activity based on gap analysis
Research & Evidence based practice
  • Maintains currency through active engagement with literature, media, and materials
  • Reviews literature related to their field/speciality and integrates to enrich the quality of the learning experience
  • Develop skills in order toengage in scholarly activity and dissemination of outputs
Education, Learning and Development
  • Undertakes continuing education at a minimum compliant with the Supreme Council of Health requirements for relicensure
  • Maintains competence in using hospital IT systems
  • Maintains familiarity with HMC policies and procedure relevant to area/field of practice
  • Develops skills required for effective use of teaching, learning and assessment strategies
  • Engages in IHI Open Learning
  • Undertakes presentations within the clinical environment annually
  • Promotes positive orientation and preceptoring process through support
  • Develops and sustains personal and professional knowledge/skills, maintaining a professional portfolio

Note: The Job Description is not intended to be all-inclusive. The employee may perform other related duties to meet the ongoing organizational needs.
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June 2014

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