RN/Health Care Trainer

About the role

Initiates the academics, skills, and testing components of the Nurse Aide Training / Home Health Aide Training Program (NAT / HHA) and other health care training programs. The Registered NAT Trainer will work with the participants of LifeStream’s publicly and privately funded training programs and LifeStream’s employees to maintain regulations, deliver updated and current health information and instruct in a manner to achieve the optimal level of knowledge the trainees need to perform in the health care and human services field. The position is an essential part of LifeStream’s Nursing team, and the RN NAT Trainer will assist in coordinating and implementing the NAT / HHA curriculum for the professionally licensed school. The RN NAT Trainer will also research, develop, and implement health care-related trainings; maintain required licensure of programs and instructors; update, conduct, and coordinate classes for LifeStream staff, DTA recipients, and members of the community. The RN NAT Trainer is responsible for the day-to-day administration and delivery of the Nurse Aide Training/Home Health Aide (NAT/HHA) Program and collaborates with the RN Manager of Clinical Education to ensure the successful delivery of all nursing education programs. The RN NAT Trainer reports directly to the RN Manager of Clinical Education, who provides supervision, performance management, and oversight of the position.

Responsibilities

• The RN Trainer functions as the primary training program contact for LifeStream’s Nurse Aide Training / Home Health Aide Training Program as well as a secondary training program contact for LifeStream’s MAP program.
• Function as the Primary Instructor with Division of Public Licensure for the LifeStream NAT / HHA Program.
• Create, update, present and deliver curriculum associated with LifeStream’s NAT / HHA program, including the academic, practical and clinical portions to achieve registry status.
• Deliver curriculum of the health care programs to participants of DTA, LifeStream staff, and the community.
• Create, update and present the Nurse Aide Training / Home Health Aide Training Program with the coordination of testing by D&S Diversified Technologies, the Division of Occupational Schools, and the Department of Public Health NAT regulations.
• Function as the primary contact person to all the appropriate local, state and federal licensing entities; to ensure compliance with guidelines and requirements for health-related training, including clinical sites.
• The RN NAT Trainer will work with the participants of the program to maintain regulations, deliver updated and current health information and instruct in a manner to achieve the optimal level of knowledge the students need to perform in the health care or human services field.
• Develops, Initiates and Delivers the academic and skills curriculum for the Nurse Aide Training / Home Health Aide Training Program to LifeStream staff, and provide tutoring as needed for support to the staff.
• Coordinate scheduling, organize and oversee testing of the NAT Program and Medication Administration for LifeStream and the area communities as a site for evaluation by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts testing vendor.
• Prepare the students for state testing and successful completion of the program.
• Proctor testing on an as needed basis.
• Initiate paperwork for finances associated with outside training programs and process invoicing for private pay students.
• Upkeep records and maintain status required as a DPH testing site.
• Create annual training schedules and maintain class completion data.
• Maintain required records of student progress.
• Required to deliver the curriculum of the MAP program and other health care training programs to training participants and LifeStream staff as needed.
• Required also to instruct the hands-on practical needed for the optimal functioning of the trainees in the health care field as needed.
• Required to assist in arranging and managing the clinical rotations in the local nursing facilities mandated for the MAP trainees by state regulatory agencies as needed.
• Coordinate training with LifeStream staff when areas of clinical development needs are identified by Program Coordinators and Director of Nursing.
• Conduct RN credentials required training for LifeStream staff consistent with MAP Policy.
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