RN Clinical Services Preceptor - Home Health

Job Description

Job Description

Description :

This position requires 50-75% travel. Must be a Registered Nurse with prior Home Health Experience.

Clinical Services Preceptor

General Summary :

To consistently strive for clinical excellence through teaching, supporting, counseling, coaching, evaluating, and serving as a role model for new and existing Registered Nurses, Licensed Vocational / Practical Nurses, and Home Health Aides. Assists in planning, presenting, evaluating, and revising staff development activities that comply with established policies, procedures, processes, federal conditions of participation, state licensure regulations, and accrediting body standards. Ensures clinical integrity through timely and accurate documentation reflective of the patient’s plan of care and interventions provided. Concurrently, participates in Clinical Manager training to perform the role in assigned agencies when need dictates.

Essential Functions / Skills :

• I nstructs, counsels, and monitors the work of orientees in the aspects of home health care relative to the essential functions of the respective job; educates orientees concerning policies, procedures, and processes.
• Collaborates with DOCS / Clinical Manager / Administrator in planning and structuring an established orientation program to meet the individual orientation ee's needs; plans daily assignments for orientationeers.
• Performs ongoing assessments and regular formal evaluations of staff during the orientation period; documents all observations and discusses progress and any revisions to the orientation plan with the appropriate clinical supervisor.
• Performs in-home visits with orienteers to observe skills, competency, readiness, and remedial educational needs and reviews documentation for completeness.
• Utilizing internal and external resources, coordinates additional training / educational / credentialing offerings commensurate with agency needs, i.e., wound care, venipuncture, CPR classes.
• Serves as a role model, providing leadership and demonstrating professionalism.
• Serves as a resource by guiding new and current team members to appropriate resource materials and clinical supervision when appropriate.
• Guides and assists new team members into integrating company culture and environment.
• Nurtures, supports, and guides new and current team members through training and mentoring.
• Monitors time management and productivity of new and current team members.
• Provides valuable formative and summative feedback from the training and mentoring process to appropriate clinical supervisor along with any recommendations for successful engagement and retention.
• Performs random sampling of clinical record reviews to identify deficient practices that could result in potential deficiencies. Participates in performance improvement activities to ensure quality patient care and outcomes.
• Embraces and adheres to the company’s mission, vision, and core values.
• Fosters a culture of integrity, safety, and compliance.

Other duties as assigned.

This description is a general statement of essential functions that are required to be performed regularly and continuously. It does not exclude other duties as assigned.

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Experience :

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