Clinical Practice Educator, Private Wing

Responsibilities:

Leadership/ Administrative Duties 

• Leads the team in development, implementation and monitoring of unit based clinical policies and procedures
• Takes lead in identification, definition and monitoring of unit based clinical indicators.
• Is responsible for continuing education/training for nurses in assigned unit.
• Assists the nurse manager and lead physician to initiate innovative and evidence based strategies to improve care for both adult and paediatric patients.
• Participates in development of a culture of safe practice in collaboration with clinical teams and actively participate in multidisciplinary clinical rounds.
• Participates in evaluation of care and outcomes through Mortality and Morbidity discussions, clinical incidence trends and clinical indicators.
• Participates in establishment of standards of care with unit staff, and monitors delivery of care according to established standards.
• Together with the Nurse Manager, conducts regular evaluation of nurses and designs individual development plans based on identified learning/training needs.
• Is responsible for staff files and all learning material at unit level.
• In collaboration with the manager nursing Practice, fosters development of nurses to maximum potential through providing educational/training opportunities and exposure to appropriate learning forums.
• Ensures monthly report of learning activities and spot checks are submitted to the relevant people on time.
• Communicate effectively with the multidisciplinary team about all clinical matters such as infection control in assigned unit, spot checks and documentation.
• Is a resource person for the care team for all clinical matters.
• Supervision of Nursing Staff             
• Makes daily rounds of all patients in the unit and assesses their health status to identify care needs.
• Reviews patient allocation to determine correct patient assignment according to the nurse's competence.
• Assists the nurses at bedside in assessment of both adult and pediatric patient assessments to identify individual patient needs.
• Assists the nurse to plan and implement individual interventions based identified patient needs.
• Guides nurses to evaluate effectiveness of care given through re-assessments.
• Ensures patients receive appropriate teaching about their condition and treatments.
• Participates in discharge planning and ensures participation of patient's family and significant others.

 Continuing Education       

• Ensures adequate orientation and settling of new nurses to assigned unit.
• The CPE works closely with nurses at bedside and conducts regular skill checks to identify their training/learning needs and designs individual training programs.
• Designs a plan for continuing unit based learning and works with the nurse manager to ensure participation of all nurses.
• Uses clinical incidences as learning opportunities for nurses and with them plans corrective and preventive actions.
• Maintains records of all learning activities for the unit and individual nurses' participation.
• Designs methods to motivate nurses in assigned unit to pursue individual professional growth and development.
• Develops and maintains effective networks both internal and external to improve nursing practice.

 Documentation

• Participates in evaluation of nursing documents to ensure their appropriateness in capturing patient information.
• Ensures nursing staff are familiar with the documentation policy and trains nurses on the use of all nursing forms/charts e.g. MEWS, PEWS
• Ensures compliance to documentation policy through spot-checks on nursing forms such Initial assessment, Vital signs chart, Patient Education Record, and fluid chart, treatment sheet and progress notes chart.

 Nursing Research & Quality Initiatives

• Takes lead in unit based Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) projects, Clinical Care Program Certification (CCPC), and ensure participation by nurses.
• Guides nursing staff in initiation of and participation in unit-based as well as hospital wide nursing research projects. 

Requirements:

• Registered Nurse with current licensure with the Nursing Council of Kenya
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSc,N)
• Certification in BLS
• Proficient in Basic computer skills
• Minimum 5 years continuous nursing experience in acute care hospital.
• Experience in teaching
• Demonstrates expert knowledge and skills in care of Adult & Paediatric medical surgical patients.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to teach and cascade information at all levels