Children's National Medical Center
Clinical Instructor (RN) (PT 24 hrs/wk) - Heart and Kidney Unit
Children's National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, us, 20022
Clinical Instructor (RN) (PT 24 hrs/wk) - Heart and Kidney Unit
All nursing practice is based on the legal scope of practice, national and specialty nursing standards, CNMC Policies and Procedures, and in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations. The Professional Model of Care requires registered professional nurses to be responsible and accountable for their own practice. CNMC supports the development of RN relationships within the community; specifically those relationships associated with the health and well‑being of the community at large. Directs, oversees, and maintains responsibility for clinical orientation for nursing clinical fellows. Serves as a "hands‑on" direct care giving and teaching role with patients, families and nursing clinical fellows. Directly supervises activities of nursing clinical fellows.
Qualifications Minimum Education BSN (Required)
Minimum Work Experience 5 years nursing experience required; experience in care of children preferred.
Functional Accountabilities
Discuss with each orientee the role expectations of orientee, Clinical Instructor, Advanced Practice Specialist and Staff Development.
Specialist related to orientation and ongoing education.
Review individual orientee learning needs and develop an individualized education plan for orientee; communicate orientation outcomes to all involved.
Use teaching methods that facilitate education using adult learning principles.
Participate in competency training for Unit.
Identify patient and family educational needs with orientees.
Clinical Instruction
Provide direct patient care in area of specialty independently or in the role of a preceptor.
Identify weekly clinical experience goals with each orientee in conjunction with Manager, Coordinator, Advanced Practice Specialist, and/or Staff Development Specialist; plan appropriate assignments and learning experiences according to didactic sequence and needs of each orientee.
Plan patient care assignments—select experiences a day ahead and be flexible with changes; communicate with manager and charge nurse.
Use individual & dual assignments. Individual – assign orientee to one or more clients— the orientee may be responsible for only certain aspects of care or total care. Dual – the orientee works along with a staff member or CI to care for one or more clients; define role expectations of the orientee & specific objectives for the assignment.
Develop follow‑up activities with orientee after patient care experience.
Arrange for other clinical experience—i.e., clinics, ORs, cath lab, etc., as appropriate for fellows and direct these experiences.
Patient Care Instruction
Participate in planning patient and family education, in collaboration with orientee and nursing staff; select teaching/learning methods appropriate to content and families learning preference.
Participate in planning patient and family discharge needs, in collaboration with orientee, case manager, nursing staff, and physicians.
Allow orientee to prepare for the patient care assignment by reviewing the patient’s diagnosis, status of the patient, current management plan (meds and nursing care). Prior to patient care the orientee should be able to describe pathophysiology and explain nursing care; develop med cards; describe med action, desired effect, dosage range, side effects; major nursing implications and explain related diagnostic tests if any had been done.
Help orientee organize their patient care priorities; role play possible scenarios and provide support to the orientee by asking questions to encourage critical thinking.
Post Clinical Conference—Facilitate patient care discussions at a post conference; have orientee record experiences related to the case history of the patient in their clinical log, care given, personal response to clinical encounters, and questions for follow‑up; document achievement of competencies of each orientee.
Participate in teaching content in the didactic and lab setting; facilitate socialization of the orientee to the workplace; serve as a role model to the orientee in terms of patient care provider, teacher, and leader.
Participate in providing direct patient care through assignment with orientee; teaching patients and families utilizing selected teaching/learning methods; implement discharge activities as appropriate to patients and families.
Safety
Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance.
Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation.
Stop in the face of uncertainty and take time to resolve the situation.
Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication.
Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co‑workers.
Attend carefully to important details—practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review in order to self‑check behavior and performance.
Primary Location District of Columbia—Washington
Work Locations CN Hospital (Main Campus) 111 Michigan Avenue NW Washington 20010
Job Nursing
Organization Position Status : R (Regular) - PT – Part‑Time
Shift : Day
Work Schedule : 24 hrs/week
Job Posting Jan 2, 2026, 1:56:24 PM
Full‑Time Salary Range $89,752 – $149,593.60
Children’s National Hospital is an equal opportunity employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, identity, or other characteristics protected by law. The “Know Your Rights” poster is available here: and the pay transparency policy is available here: Know Your Rights Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Poster.
It is the policy of Children’s National Hospital to ensure a “drug‑free” work environment: a workplace free from the illegal use, possession or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act), or the misuse of legal substances, by all staff (management, employees and contractors). Though recreational and medical marijuana are now legal in the District of Columbia, Children’s National and its affiliates maintain the right, in accordance with our policy, to enforce a drug‑free workplace, including prohibiting recreational or prescribed marijuana.
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Qualifications Minimum Education BSN (Required)
Minimum Work Experience 5 years nursing experience required; experience in care of children preferred.
Functional Accountabilities
Discuss with each orientee the role expectations of orientee, Clinical Instructor, Advanced Practice Specialist and Staff Development.
Specialist related to orientation and ongoing education.
Review individual orientee learning needs and develop an individualized education plan for orientee; communicate orientation outcomes to all involved.
Use teaching methods that facilitate education using adult learning principles.
Participate in competency training for Unit.
Identify patient and family educational needs with orientees.
Clinical Instruction
Provide direct patient care in area of specialty independently or in the role of a preceptor.
Identify weekly clinical experience goals with each orientee in conjunction with Manager, Coordinator, Advanced Practice Specialist, and/or Staff Development Specialist; plan appropriate assignments and learning experiences according to didactic sequence and needs of each orientee.
Plan patient care assignments—select experiences a day ahead and be flexible with changes; communicate with manager and charge nurse.
Use individual & dual assignments. Individual – assign orientee to one or more clients— the orientee may be responsible for only certain aspects of care or total care. Dual – the orientee works along with a staff member or CI to care for one or more clients; define role expectations of the orientee & specific objectives for the assignment.
Develop follow‑up activities with orientee after patient care experience.
Arrange for other clinical experience—i.e., clinics, ORs, cath lab, etc., as appropriate for fellows and direct these experiences.
Patient Care Instruction
Participate in planning patient and family education, in collaboration with orientee and nursing staff; select teaching/learning methods appropriate to content and families learning preference.
Participate in planning patient and family discharge needs, in collaboration with orientee, case manager, nursing staff, and physicians.
Allow orientee to prepare for the patient care assignment by reviewing the patient’s diagnosis, status of the patient, current management plan (meds and nursing care). Prior to patient care the orientee should be able to describe pathophysiology and explain nursing care; develop med cards; describe med action, desired effect, dosage range, side effects; major nursing implications and explain related diagnostic tests if any had been done.
Help orientee organize their patient care priorities; role play possible scenarios and provide support to the orientee by asking questions to encourage critical thinking.
Post Clinical Conference—Facilitate patient care discussions at a post conference; have orientee record experiences related to the case history of the patient in their clinical log, care given, personal response to clinical encounters, and questions for follow‑up; document achievement of competencies of each orientee.
Participate in teaching content in the didactic and lab setting; facilitate socialization of the orientee to the workplace; serve as a role model to the orientee in terms of patient care provider, teacher, and leader.
Participate in providing direct patient care through assignment with orientee; teaching patients and families utilizing selected teaching/learning methods; implement discharge activities as appropriate to patients and families.
Safety
Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance.
Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation.
Stop in the face of uncertainty and take time to resolve the situation.
Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication.
Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co‑workers.
Attend carefully to important details—practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review in order to self‑check behavior and performance.
Primary Location District of Columbia—Washington
Work Locations CN Hospital (Main Campus) 111 Michigan Avenue NW Washington 20010
Job Nursing
Organization Position Status : R (Regular) - PT – Part‑Time
Shift : Day
Work Schedule : 24 hrs/week
Job Posting Jan 2, 2026, 1:56:24 PM
Full‑Time Salary Range $89,752 – $149,593.60
Children’s National Hospital is an equal opportunity employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, identity, or other characteristics protected by law. The “Know Your Rights” poster is available here: and the pay transparency policy is available here: Know Your Rights Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Poster.
It is the policy of Children’s National Hospital to ensure a “drug‑free” work environment: a workplace free from the illegal use, possession or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act), or the misuse of legal substances, by all staff (management, employees and contractors). Though recreational and medical marijuana are now legal in the District of Columbia, Children’s National and its affiliates maintain the right, in accordance with our policy, to enforce a drug‑free workplace, including prohibiting recreational or prescribed marijuana.
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