Clinical Educator - Home Care - Full Time Days - Holy Name Medical Center

Description

Clinical Educator

Welcome to Holy Name, a medical center where innovation is not just a goal — it's a commitment. Here, medical excellence thrives, allowing hope to reign supreme and leaving no room for fear. At our hospital, every patient is cared for with undivided attention — because healing every soul is our sole focus.

Holy Name is New Jersey's only independent Catholic health system, comprising a 361-bed acute care hospital, a renowned cancer center, a state-of-the-art fitness center, a residential hospice, a prestigious nursing school, and an extensive physician network. Healing at Holy Name goes beyond medicine and technology – it is infused with faith, conviction, compassion, and a commitment to educating the next generation of healthcare professionals through graduate medical education, a Pharmacy Residency Program, and our Institute for Simulation Learning. Our mission to provide care for the body, mind, and soul spans education, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and overall wellness. This is at the core of who we are and what we do, and we've done it this way across generations, every single day, for nearly 100 years. Every innovation, medical breakthrough, and groundbreaking treatment is powered by some of the best minds in medicine, ensuring nothing is left on the table or the road to recovery.


A Brief Overview

Clinical Educator is responsible for a variety of quality and educational tasks for Home Care. Identifies issues and works to resolve clinical and utilization issues affecting the service line. Integrates the quality metrics and performance improvement programs within the clinical and financial aspects of the service line. Participates in the planning and coordination of quality and education to include audits for compliance, clinical documentation review and observation of field visits. Participates in the analysis of data regarding trends in utilization, outcomes and quality. Participates in the onboarding & training for new hires and educational activities within the service line.


What you will do

• In collaboration with the Director of Home Care, Home Care Quality Manager & Quality Team, participates in the strategic approach to achieve compliance to the regulatory requirements for Home Care.
• Participate in the review of clinical and financial data to conduct a quantitative analysis on healthcare and quality issues such as utilization, cost and patient experience.
• Perform prebill auditing to ensure compliance with all regulatory bodies, licensing authorities and agency policies.
• Participate in the analysis of data and summarize findings to facilitate the development of education and quality improvement activities to support the service line and maintain the activities as appropriate.
• Establishes mechanisms to identify issues, participate in the development of education to support the service line through the implementation and monitoring of quality improvement activities in compliance with all regulatory bodies, licensing authorities and agency policies.
• Collaborates among the departments within the service line to continually problem solve, seek improvement in processes that affect the quality and delivery of care and assists in the implementation of processes to improve service.
• In collaboration with Quality Team members, ensure compliance among the nursing, rehab and other support staff across the service line.
• Participates in the service line’s performance improvement (PI) program and quality improvement (QI) activities.
• Develops and maintains effective communication with all staff to facilitate continuous readiness and an innovative approach to problem solving.
• Participates in the review & analysis of quality metrics (Star Rating & VBP) and the identification of process changes to improve results.
• Participates in the review & analysis of patient safety & patient satisfaction reports and the identification of process changes to improve results.
• Participates in the review of policies and procedures and the identification of process changes to improve results.
• Participates in the review of the agency's quality management plan and the identification of process changes to improve results.
• Manages annual college clinical rotation assignments/scheduling.
• Manages annual competencies & compliance of annual training.
• Manages onboarding & training the department, as well as management of HR files.
• Perform joint visits across the service line to ensure infection control, patient safety and quality care.
• Manages CMS and insurance requests and appeals.
• Assist with Quality Manager & Clinical Supervisor Task in their absence.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education Qualifications

• BSN required
• Master's Degree preferred

Experience Qualifications

• 3 years experience in a home care setting required and
• 1-2 years quality improvement activities in a healthcare setting or clinical nursing experience in homecare preferred
• Management/operations experience in homecare preferred

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of federal and state standards, governmental and other regulatory standards,
• requirements, and guidelines related to quality improvement and home care.
• Strong working knowledge of regulations related to OASIS assessment.
• Strong working knowledge of ongoing monitoring of care delivery in homecare and quality
• management principles, tools and techniques.
• Ability to multitask, task-oriented, pay attention to detail and prioritize.
• Exceptional organizational, customer service, communication, and decision making skills

Licenses and Certifications

• RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of New Jersey upon hire required
• DL NUMBER - Driver License, Valid and in State Driver License, Valid and in State Must have a valid driver’s license and access to use of an automobile. upon hire required
• BCLS - Basic Life Support Basic Life Support American Heart Association upon hire required
• COS-C - Certificate for OASIS Specialist - Clinical OASIS Certification through the Certificate for OASIS Specialist-Clinical (COS-C) preferred

Holy Name is a mission-driven facility whose quality standards and philosophy are rooted in the principles of its founders, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace. Those principles are exercised daily by the Medical Center's dedicated and talented team of physicians, nurses, allied health employees, and a wide variety of non-clinical administrative and operational staff members. Holy Name is an Equal Opportunity Employer.