At Memorial Hermann, we're about creating exceptional experiences for both our patients and our employees. Our goal is to provide opportunities for our diverse employee population that develop and grow careers in a team-oriented environment focused on patient care.

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Job Summary
Position responsible for developing, providing, and coordinating direct staff education, indirect patient education, orientation training, and development of curriculum and individual learning plans and monitoring staff.

Job Description

Our Burn ICU is a 14 -20 bed mixed acuity unit, at our Level 1 Trauma Facility in The Medical Center. We are located in the brand new, renovated Sarofim Center with State of the Art burn teams, and excellent management of care.

The John S. Dunn Burn Center is the only comprehensive burn center in Houston and is verified by the American Burn Association.

The burn center cares for all types of burn injury, inhalation injury and various skin disorders including Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis. The burn team provides the entire continuum of care, including critical care, acute inpatient care, burn reconstruction and scar management and rehabilitation.

The Silver Trauma Unit at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center specializes in the care of hospitalized older adult trauma patients, and it is the first of its kind in the nation.

Please note: The person in this position must have extensive Burn experience.

Minimum Qualifications

Education: Bachelors Degree preferred

Licenses/Certifications:

• Current State of Texas license/permit to practice professional nursing
• Completion of Basic Life Support
• Other certification based upon specific nursing unit requirements

Experience / Knowledge / Skills:

• At least five (5) years of clinical experience as a Registered Nurse
• Viewed as a "leader" in current specialty
• Demonstrates commitment to the Partners-in-Caring process by integrating our culture in all internal and external customer interactions; delivers on our brand promise of "we advance health" through innovation, accountability, empowerment, collaboration, compassion and results while ensuring one Memorial Hermann.

Principal Accountabilities

• Serves as an educational resource at the service level and for core hospital activities. Assesses, plans, develops, coordinates, implements and evaluates educational needs that are appropriate to target population.
• Develops curriculum for identified learning needs. Facilitates and coordinates individual learning plans.
• Promotes team approach to healthcare delivery. Facilitates effective patient education at the service level. Evaluates effectiveness of patient education.
• Develops and maintains new employee orientation program. Acts as clinical resource for staff. Communicates effectively with all levels of the healthcare team.
• Ensures safe care to patients, staff and visitors; adheres to all Memorial Hermann policies, procedures, and standards within budgetary specifications including time management, supply management, productivity and quality of service.
• Promotes individual professional growth and development by meeting requirements for mandatory/continuing education and skills competency; supports department-based goals which contribute to the success of the organization; serves as preceptor, mentor and resource to less experienced staff.
• Other duties as assigned.