Registered Nurse Preceptor Home Health

Company:

Ascension at Home Together with Compassus

 

Position Summary

The Home Health Registered Nurse Preceptor - PPV is responsible for modeling the Compassus values of Compassion, Integrity, Excellence, Teamwork, and Innovation and for promoting the Compassus philosophy, using the 6 Pillars of Success as the foundation. S/he is responsible for upholding the Code of Ethical Conduct and for promoting positive working relationships within the company, among all departments, and all external stakeholders. The Home Health Registered Nurse Preceptor functions as an educator, mentor, facilitator, change agent, consultant, leader, and respected expert resource to new hires and all team members. S/he is responsible for orientation, education, development, and retention of newly hired team members.

Position Specific Responsibilities

• Attends and participates in staff meetings, educational programs, and community events, as requested.
• Communicates identified needs and potential solutions to supervisor.
• Stays informed of current Medicare/Medicaid regulations.
• Evaluates to ensure the effectiveness of educational content and delivery as evidenced by charts maintained to meet Medicare/Medicaid regulations.
• Assists in the audit of records as requested to assess for compliance and understanding of education and educational content provided.
• Implements educational content to support the quality of care and services provided by the agency.
• Implements educational content while precepting and mentoring, and supports successful onboarding of new employees which improves engagement and decreases staff turnover.
• Assesses documentation to ensure it reflects the quality of care and services provided and identifies education required to improve documentation and quality of care provided.
• Collaborates between agency and team members to provide education and updates education to support effective onboarding, optimal outcomes, patient satisfaction, orientee satisfaction with onboarding, quality care, and compliance.
• Manages delivery of educational content throughout the agency to ensure successful onboarding of new team members/leaders, to meet ongoing home health care needs, and to ensure plans of care are updated to accurately reflect new orders, interventions, and instructions.
• Collaborates with Home Health Director, RVP, Director of Education, and Clinical Educator throughout orientee onboarding to promote optimal quality and outcomes, to support compliant QAPI program and any Plans of Correction following internal/external surveys/audits.
• Reviews staff turnover data and collaborates with the Clinical Excellence Department to determine the success and effectiveness of onboarding education as evidenced by reduction in staff turnover, to develop process improvement measures to improve this outcome.
• Completes routine and emergency assessments of patients as indicated by departmental policy.
• Provides coordination and education of interdisciplinary clinical care among all disciplines (RN Case Manager, PT, OT, ST, MSW, PPV RN, LPN/LVN, and HHA) as indicated by Plan of Care through case management.
• Maintains reduced patient caseload to facilitate precepting new hires for short periods, and when not precepting will be available to support patient care needs of program location.
• Supervises the care given by Licensed Practical Nurses and Home Health Aides.
• Records observations, treatments, and other pertinent information.
• Educates on and provides clear, concise communication to the interdisciplinary team (IDT) and attending Physician regarding patient/family needs and measures to alleviate symptoms, and monitors response to measures implemented.
• Educates on and provides physical and emotional intervention to support the patient and family in the period of crisis through case management.
• Educates on and prevents unwarranted hospitalizations by meeting patient and family needs in the home.
• Educates on and develops patient-specific plans of care and coordinates patient care, changes in condition, medication, or treatment in conjunction with the ordering Physician or NPP.
• Provides education on and collaborates with IDT to meet the needs of patients, changes in condition, medication, and treatment.
• Educates on and collaborates with the IDT to coordinate home health care for the patient and family to ensure skilled need, continuity, quality of care, and concerns or updated orders.
• Provides education to orientees, patients, and caregivers regarding care of patients, disease process, symptom control, treatments, and procedures including, but not limited to, wound care and IV therapy.
• Educates orientees, patients, and caregivers on home health services and Medicare benefits, homebo