Education Coordinator

Where You’ll Work

Welcome to Saint Joseph Hospital, a 433-bed hospital founded in 1877 by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth as the first hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. Led by Sister Euphrasia Stafford, the mission to provide compassionate care to the underserved is still carried out today. Saint Joseph Hospital holds over two dozen national ranks and recognitions and is recognized as a 2024 Best Place to Work in Kentucky. 

Saint Joseph is part of CommonSpirit Health, a non-profit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. With approximately 175,000 team members and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians. 

Our commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nurses, and staff; through clinical excellence delivered across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2,200 care centers serving 24 states.

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As an Education Professional, you will be a vital contributor to the planning, coordination, and delivery of essential healthcare-related educational and training programs.

Every day, you will actively assist in scheduling and conducting diverse healthcare training programs. You will also provide direct coordination and/or instruction in various educational initiatives, ensuring effective learning experiences for all participants.

To be successful in this role, you will combine strong organizational and presentation skills with a deep understanding of healthcare education, a passion for teaching, and the ability to effectively engage and train diverse groups of healthcare professionals and staff.

• Clinical Expert
  
  
  • Serves as a role model in the delivery of excellent patient care for designated patient populations.
  • Collaborates with nursing and interdisciplinary colleagues to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate strategies to address complex patient care issues.
  • Assists staff with clinical decision-making and priority setting.
  • Collaborates with Clinical Leadership to develop, evaluate, and implement standards of patient care/care planning and professional practice with attention to quality, service, cost-effectiveness, comfort, safety, age-specific implications, and cultural competence.
  • Serves as a patient/family advocate, incorporating respect for and acknowledgement of cultural diversity and individual patient needs.
  • Maintains and integrates current evidenced-based knowledge into educational programming.
  • Promotes an environment consistent with the core concepts of Patient and Family Centered Care, and demonstration of the core values.
    
    
• Educator
  
  
  • Coordinating the development and implementation of 504 plans for students with disabilities.
  • Ensuring that students with disabilities have access to appropriate accommodations and modifications in the classroom and other school settings.
  • Monitoring the progress of students with disabilities and making adjustments to their 504 plans as needed.
  • Consulting with teachers, parents, and other school staff about the needs of students with disabilities.
  • Advocating for the rights of students with disabilities and ensuring that they are not discriminated against.
  • Staying up-to-date on relevant laws, regulations, and best practices related to the education of students with disabilities.
  • Coordinates orientation of newly hired employees to the organization.
  • Plans, prepares, and maintains materials for use in competency-based educational programs, utilizing current standards, regulations, and validated evidenced-based research.
  • Plans and coordinates in-services, orientation, and educational programs for clinical staff to meet competency requirements in accordance with departmental objectives and appropriate accreditation standards.
  • Collaborates with RN Educator Is and IIs across the system to develop learning needs assessments for clinical staff and programs and competency strategies to address identified learning needs.
  • Incorporates principles of adult learning in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of education and competency programs.
  • Participates in learning technologies via simulation, LMS, virtual classroom, and multimedia.
  • Communicates effectively in visual, oral, and written form and demonstrates effective presentation skills.
  • Assists in the fiscal and administrative operations through cost- effective use of resources, and participation in revenue-generating activities identified for the department and the organization.
  • Facilitates initial provider and renewal courses for ACLS, BLS, NRP, PALS (as applicable), including HeartCode administration.
  • Cooperates in the facilitation of departmental orientation and conducts a variety of in-service, orientation, and educational programs for clinical staff to meet competency assessment requirements in accordance with departmental objectives and accreditation standards, including but not limited to: Orientation; Initial and Ongoing Competencies; Core Curriculum; Required Certification Courses, Professional Development Program and Preceptor/Mentor Programs.
    
    
• Development of Self and Others
  
  
  • Maintains involvement in professional, community, and clinical specialty activities.
  • Role models customer service.
  • Collaborates and supports clinical student rotations.
  • Collaborates with RN Educator I and II colleagues to incorporate current research findings into educational activities, and supports and demonstrates evidence-based practice.
  • Challenges existing practice when not aligned with current best practices.
  • Promotes the concept of lifelong learning.
    
    
• Leader
  
  
  • Strives for congruence between educational activities and organization mission and goals.
  • Serves as a professional role model.
  • Integrates ethical principles in all areas of clinical practice.

Job Requirements

Required

• High School Graduate General Studies and Minimum of 3 years in applicable role, upon hire or
• High School GED General Studies and Minimum of 3 years in applicable role, upon hire
• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and

Preferred

• Certified Nursing Assistant: KY, upon hire or
• Emergency Medical Technician: KY, upon hire or
• Emergency Medical Technician Paramedic: KY, upon hire