Description

Job Schedule: Full Time
Standard Hours: 40
Job Shift: Shift 1
Shift Details: Will float throught the Fairfield region

Work where every moment matters.
 
Every day, almost 30,000 Hartford HealthCare Colleagues come to work with one thing in common: Pride in what we do, knowing every moment matters here.  We invite you to become part of Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network as a Nurse Preceptor. 

 Hartford HealthCare at Home, the largest provider of homecare services in Connecticut, has been fulfilling our mission for more than 115 years.  Our Person-Centered Care Model allows our employees to learn and grow within our organization, all while providing integrated support to the patient.  As part of Hartford HealthCare, we leverage cutting edge technology to provide quality care in our client’s home.  Most importantly, our employees are appreciated for the real differences they make in both the lives of their clients and their clients’ families.

Basic Purpose/Expectations of the Role:

 

Basic Purpose of the Position: Responsible for providing practical clinical experience and guidance to field clinicians to include orientation of new clinicians and ongoing support to existing clinicians.

In general, most of the time will be spent performing the following job functions:

 

Ensures compliance with applicable licensure/certification requirement, applicable healthcare standards, governmental laws and regulations, and HHCAH policies and procedures.

Abides by and demonstrates H3W Leadership Behaviors and continued process improvement through job performance on a day-to-day basis.

Proficient performance with case managing, all OASIS time points and skilled nursing revisits to clinicians during orientation process.

Proficient use of SHP to determine trends, educational opportunities and to provide feedback to clinicians.

Observes clinical skills and patient interaction of new clinicians and provides feedback to the clinician.

Works with clinicians to review application of clinical documentation and forms.

Reviews Orientation process with Clinical Development Specialist to determine the clinicians’ level of understanding and need for reeducation as needed.

Reviews patient care processes with clinicians and assesses clinicians’ level of understanding. 

Meets with new hire on a regular basis to assess progress. 

Meets with Clinical Development Specialist and Clinical Team Managers on a regular basis to discuss progress of new hire.

Serves as mentor to new clinical hires to include regular discussions each month for a minimum of one year.

Maintains/enhances clinical practice skills by attending, participating in/conducting staff development/ continuing education programs.

Performs other duties as assigned

 

Qualifications

Education: CT RN License required

Experience: Three years of home health experience, OASIS certification preferred

 

Miscellaneous: Ability to travel within the region to perform visits, willingness to travel between regions as needed. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including computer usage and teaching skills