RN Educator

Our mission: 'To provide comfort and care through life's journey’

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HIA Health is looking for a dedicated and responsible Registered Nurse (RN) that can assist in education and training within hospice and homecare settings. This position offers an exciting opportunity to drive innovation in training, participate in growing our current hospice service area, and make meaningful impact to those we serve. The ideal candidate should have experience in hospice and/or home health.

Position Summary

This position will assist in providing quality training and education to our hospice nursing team members. Some travel will be required to the designated service areas. This role will serve as a mentor and/or preceptor for clinical RN team members. This role will conduct clinical assessments, provide training, assist in care planning, and complete documentation to provide quality care to patients meting all standards of care.

Position is full-time, benefit eligible, and will be based in our Fargo service area.

Essential Functions:

• Coordinate educational program to ensure clinical orientation and training opportunities meet the requirements of Patient Care Services (PCS).
• Leads efforts to coordinate, create, revise, implement, and instruct in clinical training to promote high quality care.
• Recruits, trains, and evaluates internal staff trainers for nursing education/training.
• Presents community education programs including CEUs programs.
• Provides clinical leadership/staffing across shifts to ensure quality care is provided to patients. Serves as a resource in delivery of care during off shift as scheduled.
• Identifies training needs of professional and clinical staff and develops/assists in the development of educational programs as needed.
• Participates in healthcare/educational task force committees/projects in community/state.
• Develops or coordinates effective clinical pre-/post-tests, proficiency exams, and competencies.
• Participates in new employee orientation and coordinates additional clinical staff orientation trainings when warranted.
• Serves as preceptor and mentor to staff members.
• Conducts the clinical assessment, planning and documentation to provide quality hospice care to patients meeting all standards of care.
• Monitors and evaluates instructional materials, instructional resources to ensure adequate instructional supplies are available.
• Works with quality and compliance departments to ensure or coordinate clinical education programming complies with state and national licensure and regulatory requirements.
• Participates in an annual review of current policies and procedures related to the delivery of clinical care to ensure appropriate clinical education is incorporated into policies and procedures.

Benefits:

We offer a robust benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, short-term and long-term disability, and a generous time off package.

We have a Drug Free Workplace Policy. An accepted offer will require a drug screen and pre-employment background screening as a condition of employment.

Expectations of all Employees
Support the mission, vision and values through unequaled quality patient care, professional competence, collaboration, communication, innovation, accountability, ownership and provide support to the entire agency regardless of their primary office location.

HIA Health has HEART
Honor - Accepting the honor of service to hospice patients, families, and communities.
Excellence - Striving for excellence in my work, as we stand on hallowed ground.
Attitude - Choosing a positive attitude at work.
Respect - Training people with the same respect I wish to be given.
Teamwork - Valuing everyone’s contribution in delivery of care, operation of the organization and stewardship of our resources.