Nurse Educator

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 training.

KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS Ensure compliance with Higher Education & Training and American Heart Association (AHA) standards

Design and assess learning materials and interventions

Facilitate the learning process, incl. theoretical and clinical facilitation

Coordinate and administer student-related processes

Required Education ESSENTIAL EDUCATION Professional / General Nurse qualification

Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing Education

DESIRED EDUCATION Postgraduate Diploma in a Nursing Speciality (e.g. Emergency Nursing, Health Services Management, Adult Crtical Care, Perioperative Nursing)

SANC registered as an Assessor and Moderator

Master's degree in Nursing

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

1 year's experience working with higher education and training students

Desired Experience N/A

Required Job Skills And Knowledge

• Mediclinic Training, Emergency Medical Care and Nursing Policies and Procedures
• Adult Learning Principles
• Instructional Design (ADDIE model) and the application thereof
• Kirk Patrick levels of evaluation
• Bloom's Taxonomy of assessment and evaluation
• Nursing and Emergency Medical Care Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s)
• Group facilitation tools, techniques and best practices
• Workplace assessment
• Demonstrate competence in compilation procedures
• Understanding of learning and development quality management
• Mentoring and coaching
• Training needs analysis, design and evaluation (including curricula development)
• Education and Training legislation and other relevant healthcare-related legislation and its application within Mediclinic training environment
• Computer Skills (MS Office suite)
• Scholarly skills
• Moderation