Field Educator

Field Educator 

The role of the Field Educator is to collaborate with administration and departmental management to develop and conduct educational programs for the agency. 

Duties and Responsibilities

• Develops educational programs that will address the needs of the agency to include, but not limited to: quality patient care, patient outcomes, and agency compliance to local, state, and federal regulations.
• Evaluates the educational needs of agency programs with focus on tracking and trending issues that have a major impact on patient care and patient safety.
• Collaborates with administration and the Clinical Nursing Supervisor in the development of clinical educational resource materials and training tools.
• Creates, maintains, and facilitates orientation, in-services, and training for the clinical and non-clinical staff.
• Provides educational support of the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) computer system for the clinical staff in conjunction with the IT department.
• Maintains relevant statistics as they relate to staff education.
• Reviews, revises, and up-dates clinical educational policy and procedures annually.
• Participates in the utilization chart review committee and performs additional chart audits as assigned.
• Participates in quality and performance improvement activities. 
• Communicates and shares related educational issues and data with administration and supervisor.
• Monitors and reports data findings to administration and supervisor to assure compliance with policy and procedures and improvement of outcomes.  
• Attends educational workshops and other educational activities
• Keeps abreast of the latest information on home care educational issues.
• Participates in on-call supervisory rotation.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Job Qualifications Required

• Registered professional nurse.
• Demonstrated knowledge of appropriate skills for communicating with all levels of professional staff.

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred

• Master’s degree in a health-related field preferred, B.S. in nursing preferred.
• Two years of home health experience preferred.
• Two years of educational experience preferred
• Computer knowledge preferred

Job Type: Full-Time