Overview

Inspired by faith. Driven by innovation. Powered by humankindness. CommonSpirit Health is building a healthier future for all through its integrated health services. As one of the nation’s largest nonprofit Catholic healthcare organizations, CommonSpirit Health delivers more than 20 million patient encounters annually through more than 2,300 clinics, care sites and 137 hospital-based locations, in addition to its home-based services and virtual care offerings. CommonSpirit has more than 157,000 employees, 45,000 nurses and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice providers across 24 states and contributes more than $4.2 billion annually in charity care, community benefits and unreimbursed government programs. Together with our patients, physicians, partners, and communities, we are creating a more just, equitable, and innovative healthcare delivery system.

Responsibilities

This is a remote position and will require heavy travel, up to 75%.

Summary

The Virtual Certified Nurses Aide (CNA) Educator develops and implements standard certified nurses aide workflows on Virtually Integrated Care (VIC) units and is accountable for the quality and established standards for direct patient care. This role will support the professional clinical staff through advancing the skills of direct care CNAs with tasks supported virtually. This role will coach and mentor CNAs on virtual units during and throughout their daily work assignments. This role will develop and lead a CommonSpirit Health (CSH) program for CNAs/Techs that includes a progressive education plan that supports a registered nurse position and a virtual care RN within new care models. This work shall align with regional and market educational nursing programs.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversees CNA’s practice virtually to achieve best practice and skill excellence that will master CSH Care bundles compliance

• Develops and implements standard VIC CNA workflows using holistic care techniques and ensuring the patient and family are the focus of all care in collaboration with VIC leadership

• Monitors progress on established metrics and collaborate with System VP for action steps to sustain and/or improve established metrics and goals

• Demonstrates and leads CNA best practices and models of care across CSH VIC units

• Develops and leads professional and personal development for CNAs

• Develops CNA curriculum according to each state’s nurse practice act

• Instructs CNA co-horts for CSH VIC units in collaboration with VIC leadership

• Collaborates with System VP to identify grants opportunities to support education for CNA programs to support the CSH model of care

• Develops retention plan and career development program for CNAs enrolled in VIC program

• Assists in developing and implementing CNA shared governance structures local, regionally, and nationally across CSH VIC units

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelors of Science, Nursing

• Minimum 5 Years CNA instruction experience in Technical education programs

• Worked in large acute care organizations where team nursing was the norm. Ability to teach team nursing workflows.

• Strong history of working with Allied Health professionals and Registered Nurses

• Teaching experience in CNA/Tech technical education programs

• Experienced RN in Medical/Surgical Services, and/or Critical Care Services

• Current RN license in compact state

• Mandatory Reporter (Adult and Child) required upon hire

Preferred:

• MSN

• Provided CNA instruction in acute care setting

• Excellent ability to synthesize research and best practices and teach performance-based outcomes.

• Knowledgeable of High Reliability skill sets;

• Experience in early ambulation standards of practice

• History of virtual care

• Ability to teach care alignment with RNs and Allied Health.

• Ability to demonstrate creative care model design aligning RN’s with competent caregivers.

• Has a history of changing cultures and leading change with bedside clinicians.

Pay Range

$39.78 - $57.69 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.