Nurse Educator - Home Care | Field - Bronx - GR

Job description:

The Nurse Educator is responsible for preparing, coaching, and evaluating nursing staff to ensure the delivery of safe, high-quality participant care. This role combines hands-on field nursing with clinical education by conducting clinical oversight at participant home visits, performing competency evaluations, developing and delivering engaging training presentations and educational materials, mentoring staff, and supporting regulatory compliance, clinical excellence, and organizational standards.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

-Develop, coordinate, and conduct orientation programs, mandatory in-services, continuing education, competency assessments, and ongoing educational activities for clinical and interdisciplinary staff.

-Serve as a clinical education SME by providing guidance and education related to clinical workflows, documentation standards, EMR utilization, organizational policies, regulatory requirements, infection control, and evidence-based practices.

-Lead the Nursing residency program, and other clinical residencies as needed.

-Evaluate the competency and performance of newly hired nursing staff during and after orientation; provide additional training recommendations and feedback regarding readiness for independent practice.

-Conduct ride-alongs with home care nurses to observe clinical practice, provide real-time coaching, reinforce best practices, and validate clinical competencies in the participant's home.

-Complete field competency evaluations for newly hired and existing nursing staff, including annual competencies, remediation plans, and return demonstrations.

-Collaborate with Clinical Management to conduct participant home visits requiring advanced clinical expertise, specialized nursing skills, competency evaluations, staff training, or additional operational support, while maintaining current clinical knowledge and proficiency.

-Maintain current knowledge of organizational clinical systems, documentation processes, operational workflows, and home care practices to effectively support staff training and respond to clinical and operational questions.

-Develop practical job aids, competency checklists, clinical reference guides, and educational materials that support standardized nursing practice.

-Prepare and deliver engaging instructor-led training sessions using Microsoft PowerPoint, case studies, demonstrations, and hands-on learning techniques.

-Identify educational gaps, operational challenges, and opportunities for process improvement through staff observations, audits, and field activities; communicate findings and recommendations to leadership as appropriate.

-Collaborate with operational, clinical, quality, compliance, and interdisciplinary teams to develop, standardize, and maintain educational materials, policies, procedures, workflows, and training programs.

-Evaluate, monitor, and coach newly hired clinical staff throughout the orientation and training period to assess clinical competency, professionalism, adherence to organizational standards, and readiness for independent practice.

- Serve as the primary training point of contact for new hires during orientation by providing ongoing guidance, feedback, coaching, and performance related support throughout the onboarding process.

- Provide recommendations to leadership regarding successful completion of orientation, extension of training, additional coaching needs, or termination of employment based on performance, competency, behavioral concerns, or failure to meet organizational standards.

Education:

Bachelor of Sciences in Nursing; Master's Degree, preferred.

Experience:

- Minimum of five (5 ) years of experience conducting training classes or as an Education Coordinator in a healthcare facility.

o Experience designing and facilitating training/learning solutions/sessions based on adult learning principles is required.

o Experience in facilitating, assessing and analyzing development needs in a person, team or organization and identifying and designing engaging learning solutions when applicable is desirable.

- Minimum of two (2) years performing participant home visits independently.

- Minimum of one (1) year of experience working with a frail or elderly population or, if the individual has less than one (1) year of experience but meets all other requirements, must receive appropriate training from the PACE organization on working with a frail or elderly population upon hiring.

License: Current active and unrestricted license in NYS as a Registered Nurse, required.

About RSC Healthcare

Launched in 2018, RSC Healthcare is an RSC Solutions company created to focus on recruiting and staffing across all positions in the healthcare industry. Our knowledgeable staff brings multiple decades of experience within the healthcare industry to assist clients in attaining the highest quality talent in the marketplace.

By leveraging RSC Healthcare’s extensive database and experienced recruiting team for candidate healthcare positions, our clients realize both substantial cost-savings and a streamlined, efficient process. We provide staffing for all levels and positions across your organization, including:

Registered Nurses
Physical/Occupational Therapists
Certified Nursing Assistants
Radiology Technicians
All skilled medical and allied health professionals

As a leader in the healthcare staffing industry, it is our goal is to connect patients with quality caregivers. Our experienced team and industry knowledge allow RSC Healthcare to deliver the qualified healthcare professionals our clients need.