Overview
Clinical Educator in Nursing Jobs in Bahrain at RCSI Medical University of Bahrain
Title: Clinical Educator in Nursing
Company: RCSI Medical University of Bahrain
Location: Bahrain
Objective: To support students in their clinical learning experience by developing their knowledge and skills to be applied in clinical placements, simulation laboratories, clinical laboratories as well as designated clinical teaching hospitals, including Government Hospitals, Royal Medical Services, Primary Healthcare Centres, private hospitals and other organisations related to healthcare with the aim for the students to become proficient in the key clinical skills.
Reporting to: Deputy Head of School of Nursing & Midwifery
Principle Accountabilities:
• Support the academics in planning and conducting clinical assessments and delivering simulation and clinical skills practical sessions.
• Coordinate the development and approval processes of clinical modules across all levels within the undergraduate programme in coordination with the Programme Director.
• Review student clinical placement documents, policies, procedures, and surveys in collaboration with the Clinical Teaching and Learning Committee and SONM faculty with the aim to develop action plans and improve students’ clinical experiences.
• Provide module specific feedback to students about the previous clinical placement at the start of each semester.
• Assess, follow-up, and evaluate students with difficulties, poor clinical performances and/or clinical professional misconduct and liaise with the Level Directors and Clinical Placement Coordinators (CPCs).
• Take necessary actions to improve the clinical learning environments based on students’ feedback provided.
• Coordinate with the Clinical Nursing Coordinator (CNC) to develop a clinical placement database and plan individual student experiences, based on the learning outcomes of the programme.
• Coordinate with the CNC and CPCs to plan clinical placement schedules.
• Conduct orientation sessions for students at the module level before the beginning of the clinical placements.
• Conduct orientation sessions for clinical tutors/mentors during the clinical supervision workshop and as needed before the beginning of the clinical placements.
• Resolve operational matters, including scheduling of clinical placements and adjustments to assessment requirements, to balance students’ workload.
• Conduct clinical rounds at various allocations and submit related reports (soft copy) to the CNC and CPC.
• Support the CPCs in conducting clinical debriefing sessions with students and clinical tutors/mentors.
• Provide support and guidance for clinical tutors/mentors and CPCs in relation to handling student professional misconduct in the clinical settings.
• Counsel students on clinical, academic, and extracurricular matters to foster their progress in the clinical modules.
• Maintain a student clinical evaluation and incidents database in collaboration with the CNC and CPCs and follow-up on related clinical improvement plans.
• Highlight and communicate any issues with students’ clinical documentation to Level Directors/Clinical Module Coordinators.
• Support the Level Directors/Clinical Module Coordinators with reviewing students completed clinical documents.
• Organise and conduct audits for new and existing clinical placement allocations, in collaboration with the CNC and other nursing faculty members.
• Develop end-of-year clinical reports in collaboration with the CNC and submit them to the CTLC.
Requirements
Person Specification:
• Registered Nurse in the Kingdom of Bahrain
• Master’s degree in nursing or other health care specialisation
• Excellent communication, organisation and time-management skills
• A keen interest in teaching and interacting with undergraduate students
• A recognised teaching qualification in health care is desirable
Experience:
• 5 years of clinical experience
• Experience of teaching clinical skills to student nurses in simulation and clinical laboratory environments
• Experience of teaching and mentoring student nurses in clinical practice environments
• Experience using E-learning/VLE systems would be desirable
• Experience of teaching and assessing students in an academic environment is desirable
