CPR Instructor (Part-Time)

Rush University Medical Center

Contact Information

Address:

Website:

• www.rush.edu

Email:

• Mark_A_Hester@rush.edu

Application Deadline:

• 05/31/23

Salary:

• 72 to 80 hours per pay period

  Benefit Highlights:

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage
  • 403B Savings plan with employer match
  • Paid Time Off
  • Educational Assistance for Rush University or other accredited colleges/universities, including a program for spouses and dependents
  • Family care discount programs for child, adult and elder care
  • Nursing professional career growth ladder

Position Details

Job Description:

The Training Center CPR Instructor supports the work of the Rush Training Center in a manner consistent with the American Heart Association (AHA) mission and guidelines. The the Training Center CPR Instructor provides instruction and education for Heart Saver, BLS, ACLS,PALS, and NRP courses as appropriate. The Training Center CPR Instructor exemplifies the Rush mission, vision, and values and acts in accordance with Rush policies and procedures.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensures provision of emergency cardiac care education: BLS, ACLSPALS, and NRP
• Under the direction of the Training center Manager, assists with planning, organization, and successfully conducts, when appropriate, Provider and Provider Renewal courses for the Rush Health system.
• Travels to sites across the Rush Health System to provide emergency cardiac care education.
• Maintain records in compliance with AHA guidelines
• In collaboration with Training Center Manager facilitates relationships for course development and scheduling within the colleges of medicine, nursing, and allied heath and within the community.
• Coordinates content, handouts, teaching aids and faculty for emergency cardiac care educational programs
• Ensures that each course follows the most current guidelines and core curriculum of the AHA.
• Uses the most current AHA) training materials.
• Monitors the course faculty during emergency cardiac care programs. Actively participates in site and instructor review per AHA guidelines
• Other duties as assigned by the Training Center Manager and the Nursing Director
• Manage equipment, audiovisual and simulation, for emergency cardiac care programs
• Ensures appropriate equipment, in sufficient quantity, is available and in good working order.
• Coordinates equipment needs with METC, General Education Recourses, University Simulation Lab and other departments as necessary.
• Demonstrates proper use of all equipment to faculty teaching training center programs.
• Reports damaged or poorly functioning equipment to the appropriate person for repair.

Knowledge:

• Clinical experience as RN, Paramedic-EMT
• Current State of Illinois licensure or certification, as applicable
• Baccalaureate degree preferred
• Progressive experience as an American Heart Association instructor
• Must attain and maintain current Instructor Status in BLS, ACLSPALS, NPR as appropriate to licensure level and current clinical practice.
• Intermediate skills in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint
• Required Proficiency with database software, learning management systems preferred.

Skills:

• Motivated to teach
• Motivated to facilitate learning
• Interact effectively with others in difficult situations
• Demonstrates ability to follow directions and seek assistance as needed.

Abilities:

• Work requires the ability to walk throughout the Medical Center and to be standing or walking through most of the course.
• Work requires travel throughout the Rush Health System
• Work requires lifting or carrying objects 35-40lbs, and bending and kneeling on the floor to demonstrate resuscitation techniques.
• The ability to check documents for errors, use a keyboard to enter or retrieve data.

Work conditions include performing procedures where carelessness could result in injury or illness and contact with potentially infectious materials and/or strong chemical agents.

Company Highlights:

• Rush University Medical Center is a five-time Magnet facility, the highest recognition given for nursing excellence. Rush was also one of the first organizations in the country to initiate and empower a shared governance model- that still exists to support influence from nursing for practice oversight.
• Leading academic medical center, acute care hospital with 664 licensed beds.
• Ranked #19 in the nation with 9 specialties rated among the countries best from US News & World Report, 2021-2022.
• Leader in LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equity by the 2022 Healthcare Equity Index.
• #2 ranking for quality patient care from Vizient in 2020.
• Leapfrog Group A' grading and named the Medical Center a Top Teaching Hospital in December 2021. 

Disclaimer:

The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements.

To Apply:

https://Rush.iGreentree.com/CSS_External/CSSPage_Referred.ASP?Req=2023-1977

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