Education Coord, Patient Family (RN or RRT)

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This position is a Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) or Registered Nurse (RN) that is a certified asthma educator with 3 years clinical experience and 2 years education/training experience. This person is responsible for the planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient and family asthma and tracheostomy education for Cook Children's Health Care System. This individual is skilled at working with patients and families with health literacy challenges. Responsibilities include bedside education for patients and families, staff education and competency validation for tracheostomy care, and involvement on quality improvement and process improvement process teams that address evidence-based improvements for asthma and tracheostomy care.

Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm

Salaried position.

Education/Certification/Licensure:

• Registered Nurse (RN) or Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) required.
• 3 years clinical experience required.
• 2 years education/training experience required.
• Certified Ashtma Educator required.
• Baccalaureate degree, master's in education, health literacy, adult learning, or related field strongly preferred.
• PALS required.
• CPR required.

About Us:

Cook Children's Health Care System

Cook Children's Health Care System offers a unique approach to caring for children because we are one of the country's leading integrated pediatric health care delivery organizations. Patients benefit from the integrated system because it allows Cook Children's to use all of its resources to treat a patient and allows for easy communication between the various companies by physicians with a focus on caring for children and adolescents.

Cook Children's is an equal opportunity employer. As such, Cook Children's offers equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected class in accordance with applicable federal laws. These opportunities include terms, conditions and privileges of employment, including but not limited to hiring, job placement, training, compensation, discipline, advancement and termination.