RN Patient Education Specialist - TVC Infusion Clinic

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About this role

Guide nursing staff and Information Services in designing and using patient and family education materials and technologies. Help standardize education tools, improve EHR content, and evaluate education processes and outcomes.

What could you bring from clinical work?

• Nurses: Your experience adapting patient teaching to learning needs in acute care could help you develop and standardize patient and family education tools.

Full job description from Legacy Health

Overview
RN Patient Education Specialist will guide nursing, staff, and Information Services in the design, implementation, adoption, and integration of patient/family education materials and education technologies in collaboration with inter-professional operational leaders. The Specialist applies in-depth knowledge of evidence-based learning principles to optimize patient/family education management and delivery processes that consider diverse learning styles, literacy, and culture and support patient/family engagement. Works collaboratively with inter-professional teams to leverage educational strategies that strengthen clinical practice and improve patient/family self-efficacy for optimized outcomes.

Responsibilities

Develops in-depth knowledge of organizational patient/family education and engagement tools and technologies.

Participates in development, monitoring, and measurement of patient/family education and engagement tools.

Collaborates with site-based leadership to facilitate implementation and utilization of patient/family education technologies.

Supports standardization of patient/family education tools and technologies.

Develops methodologies to evaluate the structure, processes, and outcomes of patient/family education solutions.

Demonstrates expertise in bridging the organization’s clinical functions with current or future technology solutions, with focus on patient/family education and engagement.

Integrates knowledge of patient/family education technology, clinical technology, and information technology to advise leadership on technology investment and configuration.

Participates in development and optimization of EHR content and assures consistency with current practice guidelines and evolving practice standards.

Applies technical system knowledge to ensure workflow design objectives are met.

Assures information system design supports accurate and reliable data extraction and reporting.

Communicates effectively with all members of the healthcare delivery team, leadership, and staff.

Qualifications
Demonstrated knowledge of adult learning principles as evidenced by the ability to facilitate learning for patients/families, nursing staff and other members of the healthcare team. Effective teaching and communication skills. Strong meeting facilitation and group process skills. Ability to work effectively in teams, and independently. Knowledge of performance excellence Lean principles; ability to apply performance excellence Lean process. Demonstrated ability to collaborate with staff and leadership to implement change. Strong interpersonal skills that allow effective working relationships with a wide range of people, including peers. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Self-motivated and engaged, able to lead design initiatives while remaining detail and goal oriented. Project management and leadership experience preferred. Working knowledge of quality improvement and process/policy development and documentation preferred.

Education: MSN/MN required.

Experience: Five years of acute care nursing experience required.

Licensure
Licensure/Certification: Current RN Oregon licensure.

Pay Range USD $49.89 - USD $74.34 /Hr.
Our Commitment to Health and Equal Opportunity
Our Legacy is good for health for Our People, Our Patients, Our Communities, Our World. Above all, we will do the right thing.

If you are passionate about our mission and believe you can contribute to our team, we encourage you to apply—even if you don't meet every qualification listed. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can grow and succeed.

Legacy Health is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits unlawful discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion or creed, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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