RN: Training and Development Manager

RN: Training and Development Manager

Full-time, typically 8:30 am to 5 pm
Keswick is located in Baltimore, MD.

We are seeking dedicated, caring team members willing and able to commit to our workplace values: Connection, Empathy, Inclusion, and Advocacy!

About the role

The RN: Training & Development Manager provides leadership and oversight for nursing education, clinical competency, orientation, professional development, and regulatory training within the skilled nursing and long-term care setting.

Responsibilities

• Plans, develops, implements, and evaluates a comprehensive nursing education and staff-development program based on regulatory requirements, the facility assessment, resident population, clinical outcomes, identified risks, staff competencies, survey findings, and organizational priorities.
• Develops, coordinates, and participates in nursing orientation for newly hired RNs, LPNs, GNAs/CNAs, CMAs, and other applicable clinical staff.
• Establishes and maintains competency-based education and validation using observation, return demonstration, simulation, case scenarios, written assessment, record review, and other appropriate methods.
• Develops and maintains an annual nursing education calendar addressing mandatory regulatory education, facility-specific risks, clinical needs, annual competencies, and professional development.
• Integrates in-person instruction and computer-based learning; selects the educational modality according to subject matter, employee role, learning objective, risk level, and need for hands-on validation.
• Serves as a clinical education resource for PointClickCare and assists staff in improving documentation of assessments, care plans, progress notes, changes in condition, ADLs, treatments, medication administration, MDS, and other applicable documentation.
• Provides education supporting continuity of care, regulatory compliance, resident outcomes, MDS/clinical assessment processes, reimbursement, and accurate representation of services provided.
• Uses audits, incident trends, medication errors, falls, wounds, infections, hospital transfers/readmissions, grievances, documentation deficiencies, survey findings, and other quality indicators to identify targeted education needs.
• Collaborates with the Director of Nursing and facility leadership in developing and implementing educational components of Plans of Correction and performance-improvement initiatives.
• Participates actively in QAPI and presents relevant educational, competency, compliance, and outcome data as requested.
• Maintains current knowledge of applicable federal and Maryland regulations, CMS guidance, professional standards, evidence-based practices, and changes affecting skilled nursing and long-term care; updates education accordingly.
• Develops and coordinates clinical skills education addressing medication administration, infection prevention, wound care, enteral feeding, IV therapy, respiratory care, dialysis-related nursing responsibilities, fall prevention, emergency response, safe resident handling, documentation, and other facility-specific clinical practices.
• Ensures required nurse aide in-service education and competency activities are completed and appropriately documented in accordance with applicable federal and state requirements.
• Develops individualized remediation plans for identified knowledge or competency deficits and collaborates with supervisors to evaluate sustained improvement.
• Evaluates whether education results in improved knowledge, competency, documentation, clinical practice, or resident outcomes rather than relying solely on attendance or module completion.
• Promotes incorporation of current evidence-based practice into nursing policies, procedures, competencies, and bedside care.

Requirements

• Registered Nurse (RN) licensed and in good standing with the MBON
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from an accredited nursing program required; a Master's degree in nursing, Education, Healthcare Administration, or related field preferred.
• Five years of clinical nursing experience, preferably in skilled nursing, post-acute care, rehabilitation, geriatrics, or long-term care.
• Three years of clinical education, staff development, nursing leadership, competency management, or similar experience preferred
• Knowledge of CMS requirements for participation, Maryland requirements, long-term care survey processes, QAPI, survey readiness, and evidence-based geriatric/post-acute practice preferred.
• Experience with The Teaching Nursing Home (TNHC) Collaborative.
• Dementia Care Practitioner (CDP) preferred.

Qualifications

None specified.

Skills

None specified.

Benefits

• Health and prescription coverage with lower-than-average deductibles and copays
• Dental and vision benefits
• Free short- and long-term disability coverage
• Employer-paid Life and AD&D Insurance for full-time employees (optional supplemental life insurance)
• 401(k) program with employer matching up to 6%
• Generous vacation, sick, and holiday pay with an option to "cash out" unused vacation hours
• MTA discounted bus passes
• Teladoc - Free 24-hour access to a physician
• Employee Assistance Program with a variety of free services
• Employee Recognition Program
• Free access to our Employee Wellness Program, such as Zumba and Pilates

Pay

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Schedule

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