Works under the supervision of the Manager of Education.  The primary responsibility of this position is to perform field staff education that ensures bedside competency to newly hired clinical employees. The clinical Field Educator interacts directly with the clinical staff, patients, and supports Home Health, Home Care and Hospice programs. Through ride along and in-home evaluations this position identifies clinical educational needs and focuses on ensuring a consistent and exceptional employee educational experience. The Clinical field Educator participates in home employee training and evaluations to ensure effective and consistent implementation of training and education strategies. This role provides coaching to clinical staff through education activities, personal coaching, and training to ensure competency of staff at all clinical levels of the organization.  Performs other duties as assigned.

PRIMARY JOB DUTIES

1. Provide practical clinical experience and guidance to field clinicians to include orientation of new clinicians.

2. Assists program development with appropriate staff education activities.

3. Appropriately communicates and documents information in accordance with agency policies and procedures and discipline specific guidelines.

4. Contributes to program effectiveness.

5. Organizes and performs work effectively and efficiently.

6. Maintains and adjusts schedule to enhance agency performance.

7. Demonstrates a daily commitment to the values of the agency.

8. Demonstrates positive interpersonal relations in dealing with all members of the agency.

9. Maintains and promotes customer loyalty.

10. Effectively demonstrates the mission, vision, and values of the Agency on a daily basis.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS

1. Education: Graduate from an accredited or approved school of nursing. BSN preferred.

2. Licensure / Certifications: Current license to practice professional nursing in the state of North Carolina.

3. Experience: Minimum of 1 year medical-surgical or nursing home experience and at least 1-year home health experience. Prior experiences that would encompass clinical, teaching, and supervisory practice within a large nursing service organization would be advantageous.

4. Essential Technical / Motor Skills: Current knowledge of fundamental medical-surgical and home health nursing principles and practice. Must possess excellent clinical nursing skills. Knowledge of the principles of adult learning. Knowledge of standards of medical record keeping. Ability to speak clearly and effectively before small and large groups. Ability to communicate, both orally and in writing, and be literate in the English language. Ability to use hands to grasp, type or write, use PC applications.

5. Interpersonal Skills: Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to interact and communicate in a professional and tactful manner with coworkers and other staff in the Medical Center.

6. Essential Physical Requirements: Ability to stand or sit for extended periods of time when orienting/training. Requires ability to stoop or kneel, bend, lift, push, reach with hands/arms when supervising/precepting staff in patient care activities. Able to lift up to 50 lbs. and push/pull equipment.

7. Essential Mental Abilities: Ability to analyze data to identify staff and agency learning needs. Ability to systematically assess, plan, implement, and evaluate orientation and training activities. Ability to teach staff of varying educational backgrounds. Demonstrate long- and short-term memory. High level problem solving and reasoning skills to assist staff in patient care planning and problem resolution.

8. Essential Sensory Requirements: Ability to use sight to assess, plan, implement and evaluate orientation and training activities. Ability to use sight to assess patients/provide patient care when precepting new employees. Ability to use hearing to communicate with staff and patients and to auscultate lung sounds, bowel sounds, hear alarms, etc.

9. Exposure to Hazards: Potential for exposure to blood and body fluids, sharps, and infectious diseases. May be exposed to dangerous animals and traffic hazards while home visiting. May encounter patients and other situations which present a potential threat to personal safety. May encounter temperature changes and weather extremes.

10. Hours of Work: Full time, salaried position. Occasional need for flexible hours to meet educational needs of staff and the agency.

11. Must have a valid North Carolina or South Carolina driver’s license and an operational vehicle.