RN Preceptor & Manager of Clinical Practice
Company: Visiting Nurse Services Westchester
Location: White Plains
Posted on: January 23, 2025
Job Description:
The RN Preceptor position is an exciting new leadership
position!
This individual will be responsible for designing and implementing
an ongoing educational program that will promote professional
growth within the agency by developing and applying clinical and
management skills. In collaboration with agency leadership, the RN
Preceptor & Manager of Clinical Practice is responsible for the
clinical training of all professional staff and will play an active
role in orientation for clinical staff and graduate nurse
residents. Creating and implementing a graduate nurse program in
home health will enable the company to grow exponentially.
As a "destination employer" VNS Westchester is widely considered a
highly desirable place to work, where people actively seek out
employment opportunities due to its reputation for career growth,
positive work culture, competitive benefits, and strong brand
image, essentially making it a "dream company" within the industry
for potential employees to aspire to join and stay at
long-term.
We are well known in the community as a desirable place to work. A
place current employees consider their home away from home.
Responsibilities:
- Develops, implements and evaluates the delivery of clinical
staff education and training to VNSW clinical staff.
- Plans and conducts initial clinical orientation and field-based
training and supervision of graduate nurse residents and ongoing
staff development and educational programs with an integrated
approach to include regulatory changes, performance improvement
plans, best practices and Agency initiatives.
- Promotes the development of clinical skills to meet the needs
of the agency and patients.
- Conducts field competencies of staff on orientation, graduate
nurse residents and assists the Clinical Manager with field
competencies as part of remediation and/or performance improvement
plan.
- Identifies opportunities to improve care delivery.
- Utilizes all methods of clinical instruction available:
classroom, internet, webinars, videos, clinical learning management
platforms and home visits to accomplish clinical education
objectives.
- Participates on the QI committee and other committees as
assigned.
- Collaborates with Clinical Managers and Agency leadership to
design, develop and provide clinical staff development, and
evaluate the effectiveness of the clinical education by performance
and compliance indicators.
- Collaborates with Clinical Manager in completing a 3-month
Post-Orientation review for all new clinical hires.
- Conducts field observation visits and reports findings and
submits required documentation to Clinical Manager. Collaborates in
formal staff evaluation and staff performance improvement
processes.
- Coordinates co-visits and communication with new staff members,
graduate nurse residents for the purpose of orientation/training
and clinical staff development when need.
- Participates in QAPI initiatives and reporting
- Assist in the development and implementation of new clinical
initiatives
- Follow up with clinicians in relation to patient care planning
and documentation.
- Participates in quality improvement activities as
appropriate.
- Participates on work groups and special projects with
leadership as needed.
- Serves as a clinical resource to clinical staff.
- Attends Interdisciplinary case conferences.
Qualifications:
- NYS Professional License and current registration to practice
as a Professional Registered Nurse.
- Minimum Five years of experience as an RN in a Certified Home
Health Agency;
- Must possess content knowledge and technical skills in
homecare.
- Excellent communication, organizational and interpersonal
skills.
- Experience as clinical instructor/preceptor for a nursing
program for at least 3 years.
- Demonstrated ability to utilize a variety of teaching
methods.
- Exhibits professional integrity and core values of VNSW.
- Adheres to professional Code of Ethics;
- CPR Certification.
- Professional Liability in the amount of $1,000,000.
- OASIS certification within one year of accepting the
position.
- Automobile in good working order and auto insurance in the
amount specified by VNSW.
- Valid driver's license.
- Competent with a home health EMR, knowledge of Home Care Home
base is preferred preferred.
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