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Hospice & Community Care•Lancaster, PA

About The Position

Hospice & Community Care provides quality care to thousands of patients and families every year so they can live better at end of life. We are able to support hundreds of individuals in our community each day because of our incredible staff. Whether in a clinical role or supporting the organization behind the scenes, your career at Hospice & Community Care makes a meaningful difference to patients and families. RN Clinical Educator & Continuing Education Nurse Planner Full Time (40 hrs./week) Days Lancaster based role, but must be willing to travel to other offices/locations on occasion

Requirements

Must be a licensed RN in Pennsylvania
BSN REQUIRED
2 years nursing experience REQUIRED
Must be certified in Hospice and Palliative care or be certified within a year from hire date.
Must work a minimum of 40 hours per two week pay period

Responsibilities

Participate in the initial orientation of all employees by collaborating with members of the Education Department regarding schedules, offering orientation sessions, and accompanying new clinical employees in Home Hospice or the Inpatient Center to educate about best practices, utilization of protocols, documentation, and use of resources
Develop and ensure timely and satisfactory completion of competencies for each new clinical employee in collaboration with designated clinical staff. Assure ongoing documentation and maintenance of individual competency records.
Assist in the development of presentations and materials to correspond to current practices and assure consistency across the organization.
Assist in planning and developing education based on the staff needs assessment and individual requests as identified by other departments. This includes sessions that provide continuing education contact hours.
Responsible for complying with PSNA and other provider requirements to secure contact hours, including, but not limited to, development of learner outcomes, oversight of marketing materials, maintenance of activity logs, creation and distribution of attendance certificates, and summary and distribution of evaluation results.
Assist the Primary Nurse Planner in complying with PSNA requirements to maintain Choices Healthcare's provider unit status, including, but not limited to, drafting the Annual PSNA Provider report, maintaining records as mandated, and participating in on-site and other surveys by accrediting institutions.
Provide individual education and visits with staff, after completion of formal orientation, to assure best practice, correct use of protocols, and use of resources, and to assure practice and documentation are meeting the needs and requirements of the organization and governing bodies.
Develop and present educational programs as determined to be needed and approved by Director of Education
Provide additional individual education to improve documentation for clinical staff as requested.
Assist with the development, presentation, and hands-on competency of Annual Review.
Maintain clinical resources for staff. Address staff requests for educational materials/resources in a complete and timely manner.
As an exempt employee, must be willing to work necessary hours to meet job requirements.