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Role and Responsibilities

Under the direction of the department manager, the Clinical Educator is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating an organized program across the footprint, for staff orientation and ongoing continuing education, directed toward the achievement of professional excellence and regulatory compliance. Works collaboratively with the department manager to provide standardized, effective, and efficient education across the footprint. Serves as the primary contact person for professional staff orientation.

Essential Functions

• Organize and oversee orientation for new field- and office-based staff.

• Support the development of continuing education of clinical and paraprofessional staff.

• Continually evaluate program effectiveness and relevancy.

• Participate in the development and teaching of classes/in-services hosted in person or through electronic learning management system.

• Organize and facilitate clinical competency testing.

• Assist in coordination of HCR Preceptor program.

• Perform co-visits with field staff as needed.

• Track staff requirements for in-service training.

• Provide or facilitate training in a variety of different formats to meet the needs of field staff.

• Work closely with LHCSA management and other agency personnel to coordinate home health aide education across services.

• Assist with the evaluation and organization of similar programs at branch offices as needed.

• Develop training materials for field and office staff using various training methods, techniques, and formats.

• Organize and maintain up-to-date educational materials for staff use and reference.

• Direct remedial training as identified by managerial staff.

• Standardization of patient educational materials.

• Other duties as assigned.

This job description reflects managements assignment of essential functions; and nothing in this herein restricts managements right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.