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Registered Nurse RN Preceptor Home Health
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What they do
A Registered Nurse provides medical care and treatment, educates patients about their conditions, and provides emotional support to patients and families. Works in hospitals, schools, clinics or community health centers. Works under the supervision of a physician or other specialist, and serves as the primary point of care for patients in a hospital setting. May specialize in emergency room work, or treatment for a particular condition, or specialize in working with infants, the elderly or other patient groups. May work as an advanced practice specialists and prescribe medications in addition to offering specialty care.
$73,565 / year median in Georgia
+9% projected growth
Job Description
JOB PURPOSE
The RN Preceptor is responsible for activities related to orientation, onboarding, and education of new RN partners. The RN Preceptor is intended to provide the support and guidance needed to integrate new RN partners to PruittHealth @ Home and ensure new RN partners become independent and clinically competent members of the PruittHealth @ Home team. When not precepting, the RN will spend 100% of their time taking on full patient load.KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Precepting Duties- Serve as the primary educator for all new RN partners within a specified region
- Typically, will begin precepting in week 3 of onboarding and orientation, following clinical orientation.
- Teaches, demonstrates, and supervises clinical activities and documentation to aid in the development of preceptees skills to ensure proper patient care.
- Primarily dedicated to precepting. When not precepting, will spend 100% of time taking on full patient load. Precepting rotations will average eight weeks (depending on new hire's experience) and the number of rotations each year will fluctuate based on the number of incoming new hires within the Preceptor's home health agency (HHA).
- Work with various agency stakeholders to assess and progress the preceptees' experience and comfort level.
- Participates in the evaluation of clinical skills and medical knowledge base through the following mechanisms: O Teaching in the patient setting O Direct supervision O Observation O Provides timely and ongoing feedback to the Preceptee each week in a candid summary discussion.
- Provides advanced nursing care & interventions to home health patients according to state & industry practice standards (on-call basis, as needed)
- Communicates with RN supervisors, Clinical Managers, and patient care teams (as appropriate) of any changes noted during care.
- Demonstrates advanced knowledge of home care and competency in discipline for specific patient care skills, required for the provision of patient care. Technical Duties
- Assess, monitor, documents and reports progress of patient's health and condition using required documents via clinician preferred technology, and within established timelines.
- Completes documentation timely, accurately, and at the point of care, according to industry standards (e.
MINIMUM EDUCATION REQUIRED
- Nursing degree from an accredited college or university, or a graduate of an accredited/approved RN program.
MINIMUM EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
- Minimum of three (3) years of nursing experience is required.
- Previous home health experience, or any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
MINIMUM LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION REQUIRED BY LAW
- Current, active and unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in state of practice.
- Current CPR certification.
ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
(Preferred qualifications)- Minimum of six months of experience in nursing education, training, and/ or precepting.
- Experience working with elders preferred.
- Passionate about nursing education and development.
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- Transportation
- Flexible Work Schedules
- Dental Insurance