Nurse Educator

Come Join Our Team! We Are Hiring!We are currently hiring a Nurse Educator in Milwaukee, WI. This is a full-time position that does not require working late nights, weekends, or holidays.

Why Progressive Community Health Centers?Founded in 1999, Progressive Community Health Centers is an independent non-profit organization that operates four clinic locations in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. More than 100 employees support our agency's mission to improve the health and quality of life of the community by providing culturally competent services that address identified needs. We provide high quality, comprehensive care to roughly 16,000 patients annually, a majority of who are low-income. No one is ever turned away from our clinics based on insurance status or ability to pay. We value a patient-centered philosophy and provide range of services that include family medicine, internal medicine, women's health, urgent care, dental, radiology and integrated behavioral health. We also offer supportive services such as case management, health education and benefits enrollment.

Job Summary

This is a key education and training position within the clinical team. The position reports to the Chief Operating Officer with support of the organization's delivery of safe, effective, and efficient patient services. This accountability is exercised by assessing, monitoring, reviewing, planning, organizing, implementing, managing, and evaluating processes, workflows and functions that provide nursing and patient care according to accepted standards of practice and performance. The Educator develops, implements, and evaluates educational plans/programs and utilizes methods, measurements, and tools to evaluate achievement of learning goals. This individual is responsible for defining and achieving service and quality outcomes that are sensitive to nursing and patient care and is a resource to other clinic leaders. The position has shared responsibility for compliance with accreditation, regulatory, federal, and state rules, and regulations as well as organizational policy and procedures. The position must be able to work flexible hours to encompass coverage of the clinic. The educator will work closely with other clinic leaders, department leaders, mid-level, and support staff to ensure the delivery of quality, safe and cost-effective health care.

Responsibilities

Accomplishes nursing human resource objectives by orienting, training, assigning, and coaching employees; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising job contributions; adhering to policies and proceduresAssess and provide education for nursing support personnel, including but not limited to; Medical Assistants, Licensed Practical Nurses and Registered Nurses. This includes onboarding, performance management, training and competency assessment.Use expert clinical knowledge to anticipate, assess, develop and implement education and resources for patient care staff.Identify, develop and assess competencies of patient care staff.Based on staff assessment, plan, develop, implement, and evaluate orientation and staff development programs.Apply adult learning principles to training staff and in the development and review of learning tools.Maintain compliance with PCHC policy and procedures and with external regulatory bodies such as HRSA, OSHA and CLIA.Perform clinical nursing staff role and responsibilities to meet patient care needs at the clinic as needed.

Education AND Experience

Associate degree in Nursing is required.Bachelor's Degree in Nursing is preferred.Two years of experience in ambulatory care nursing is required.Two years of clinical educator experience is preferred.Requires current state of Wisconsin Registered Nurse License or a Multi-state Nursing License from a participating state in the NLC (Nurse Licensure Compact) (or eligible for Wisconsin licensure).

It is mandatory that all employees, employed providers and volunteers are vaccinated. All hired candidates must submit proof of vaccination prior to their orientation. This is a mandatory requirement for Progressive Community Health Centers. The purpose is to minimize exposure to and transmission of COVID-19 and the influenza virus in the workplace by providing occupational protection to employees and thereby preventing exposure to members of the community, which we serve.

Equal Employment Opportunity: Progressive Community Health Centers is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against employees or prospective employees on basis of age, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sexual orientation, disability, arrest and/or conviction record, military status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic or status protected by law.