Clinical Practice Educator-Coronary Care Unit

Reporting to the CCU Nursing Manager, the Clinical Practice Educator will be responsible for the delivery of safe and quality patient care through evidence-based clinical practice and nurses’ professional growth and development.
Requirements:

The applicant must be a Registered Nurse with current licensure with the Kenya Nursing Council. They must have BScN, ACLS certification. S/he should be proficient in Microsoft Office packages. The successful candidate should have a minimum of five (5) years of nursing experience in the Critical Care Department in an acute care Hospital.

Responsibilities

Leads the team in the development, implementation, and monitoring of unit-based clinical policies and procedures;
Guides nurses in the assessment of patient care needs and the planning, implementation, and evaluation of nursing interventions;

Identifies learning needs of the nurses and assumes responsibility for the development and implementation of unit-based in-service programs for all nursing staff;

Makes daily rounds of all patients in the unit while reviewing patient allocation to determine correct patient assignment to the nurses;

Ensures that all documentation related to patient care is done as well as ensure that staff are familiar with the documentation policy;

Participates in the Nursing Division Nursing Quality Assurance audit program;

Guides nursing staff in initiation of and participation in Hospital-wide as well as Unit-based nursing research projects;

Ensures a monthly report of learning activities and spot checks are submitted to the relevant entities on time;
Takes lead in unit-based Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) projects.

Job Requirements
Required education
: Bachelor's degree

Required relevant work experience
: 5 years

Required languages:
English (Spoken: fluent | Written: fluent)