Clinical Preceptor

Responsibilities

• Facilitates coordinated transitions from orientation program to independence within targeted goals.
• Tracks required orientation progress and provides progress to the Ambulatory Clinical Educator.
• Conducts new employee competency assessment and validates competencies throughout the orientation period.
• Validates the ongoing competencies of current clinical staff as directed by the Ambulatory Clinical Educator.
• Reviews skills with new employees to determine level of understanding and re-educates as necessary.
• Provides patient centered care and coordination of care for a patient population with diverse community-based healthcare needs.
• Develops comprehensive and patient-centered plan of care.
• Uses clinical evidence-based protocols and technology as identified by standard scope of practice and disease processes.
• Provides disease specific education and self-management strategies for patients to achieve an optimal patient independence.
• Follows physician ordered plan of care and facilitates changes to the plan of care as needed to achieve desired patient outcomes.
• Identifies risk for acute hospitalization and proactively prevents adverse events.
• Coordinates care across the continuum as a patient advocate.
• Supervises and develops care plans for service line specific disciplines.
• Demonstrates competency and proficiency in case management for provision of care, clinical expertise, documentation, utilization effectiveness, patient experience and quality outcomes.
• Completes all documentation accurately and submits to office within 24 hours of visit, phone call and/or change in treatment or orders.
• Participates in interdisciplinary team meetings and case conferencing to ensure patient quality care, patient advocacy, utilization and outcomes.
• Makes recommendations related to training and skills development to clinical education team.
• Provides comprehensive and constructive feedback for employees.
• Consistently demonstrates strong organizational skills, ability to prioritize responsibilities, and appropriately delegates assigned tasks.
• Complies with regulatory governance, organization policies and procedures.
• Expert in service line rules and regulations.
• Reviews documentation to ensure compliance with state regulations, conditions of participation and payer requirements.
• Super-user of electronic health record.
• Responsible for OASIS and/or HIS review and accuracy.

Qualifications

• Education: Graduate of State Board approved program for Registered Nurses BSN.
• Experience: Minimum of 2 years of home health or hospice case management.
• Licenses/Certifications: Valid driver’s license when driving any vehicle for work-related reasons. Auto insurance. Current license to practice nursing according to state where service is provided. COS-C certification must be obtained within 12 months of hire (Home care only). Valid Mandatory Reporter course completion by state requirement. Person Centered Care (PCC) course completion within first 12 months of hire and annual completion of competency validation activities. BLS #UPatHomeNursing.