Patient Trainer/Medical Device Education- PRN/RN from HireGenics/Innova Solutions

This is not a traditional RN role. This role is focused on training patients on how to use a medical device.

***MUST reside within 25 miles of hiring location (see available locations below)***

Schedule:

• Patient Trainers receive weekly assignment requests from the medical device company. They are allowed to accept or deny the request.
• Typically, they are allowed to take between 0-5 patients per week.
• This position allows for flexible scheduling.
• Example training session: 1 hour travel, 1 hour of training, 1 hour travel back, 30 minutes administrative time
• Assignments fluctuate- no guaranteed set number of assignments per week or per month
• Assignments are auto assigned depending on trainer’s roundtrip mileage on file
• Requested amount of assignments per week is not available, when trainer is Active, workload is expected to be completed

Pay Range: $35.00-$45.00 per hour.

Patient Trainers are paid their hourly rate to travel to and from the patient’s home.

Additionally, they are paid the federal mileage reimbursement amount for travel.

Locations Available:

There is 1 opening per location.

• Mason City, IA

Job Description:

A reputable medical device company is hiring part-time Patient Trainers throughout the USA. Currently, one patient trainer is needed in each of the cities listed above.

Patient Trainers go into patients’ homes and train them on how to use INR (international normalized ratio, blood test) monitoring machines. . Scheduling is very flexible and can be done anytime during the week. A typical training session takes about 1 hour. There is roughly 30 minutes of administrative paperwork to complete after each training session.

The international normalized ratio (INR) blood test tells you how long it takes for your blood to clot. It is used to test clotting times in people taking warfarin (a medicine used to treat and prevent blood clots). Your doctor will use your INR result to work out what dose of warfarin you should take.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Trainer will:

• Remotely set up training appointment directly with the customer/caregiver
• Travel to the customers home setting within the general geographic location of the Trainer's home
• Provide personalized Face-2-Face® training
• Explain reporting options and provide company resources
• Communicate and present themselves in a professional manner
• Accurately document and submit customer training records
• Maintain communications with Acelis Connected Health by cell phone, email and internet access

Work Environment:

This is a remote position, requiring Patient Trainers to travel with their own reliable transportation. A typical travel radius is 50 miles one way from the listed work city. Trainers may be asked to travel up to 90 miles one way. They have the option to decline. This varies depending on the location of patients.

All supplies are provided to the trainer by the medical device company. Trainers will be mailed INR machines once they have a scheduled training session with a patient. Masks are NOT required for this role but recommended.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Home Health/In home care experience
• Anticoagulation/ Cardiology experience
• Medical Device training/ experience
• If employed, has availability to train 0-5 customers per week in addition to primary employment (1 hour/ training)
• Availability to return phone calls, check systems and schedule trainings on a weekly basis

Requirements:

• Registered Nurse (RN) license
• Pass a Background Check and Drug Test
• Must be a resident of hiring state or a neighboring state.
• Access to reliable transportation
• COVID Vaccination or approved COVID Declination Form
• Techy Savvy
• Availability to train weekdays and weekends
• Must live within 25 miles of a hiring location (hiring locations listed above)