Educator: Nurse

Mediclinic is an international private healthcare services group, founded in South Africa in 1983, with divisions in Switzerland, Southern Africa (South Africa and Namibia) and the United Arab Emirates.

The Group is focused on providing specialist-orientated, multidisciplinary services across the continuum of care in such a way that the Group will be regarded as the most respected and trusted provider of healthcare services by patients, medical practitioners, funders and regulators of healthcare in each of its markets.

MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB The Educator presents and facilitates Higher Education and Training programmes and courses for Mediclinic students and employees to acquire competence as independent healthcare practitioners. They provide both classroom and practical staff training.

KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS

• Ensure compliance with Higher Education & Training and American Heart Association (AHA) standards
• Design and assess learning material and interventions
• Facilitate learning process, incl. theoretical and clinical facilitation
• Coordinate and administrate student-related processes

Required Education ESSENTIAL EDUCATION Professional Nurse

Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing Education (Nurse Educators)

Postgraduate Diploma in a Nursing Speciality, e.g. Critical Care Nursing (if appointed as a specialist nurse educator)

Master’s Degree in Nursing

DESIRED EDUCATION N/A

Required Experience ESSENTIAL MINIMUM EXPERIENCE 5 years’ experience as a Professional Nurse / Paramedic

Desired Experience N/A

Required Job Skills And Knowledge

• Instructional Design (ADDIE model) and the application thereof
• Demonstrate competence in compilation procedures
• Nursing Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
• Computer literate (Microsoft Office)
• Mediclinic Training and Nursing Policies and Procedures
• Group facilitation tools, techniques and best practices
• Understanding of learning and development quality management
• Blooms taxonomy of assessment and evaluation
• Adult Learning Principles
• Mentoring and coaching
• Scholarly skills
• Assessment and Moderation
• Education, Training and other relevant healthcare related legislation and its application within Mediclinic training environment