FT Registered Nurse Preceptor

BAYADA Home Health Care; Hagerstown (MD); On-site; USD 95,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

BAYADA Home Health Care in Maryland is seeking a Full-Time RN Preceptor to lead training and development of newly hired RNs and LPNs while maintaining a small patient caseload.

The role emphasizes mentoring, onboarding, and in-field clinical duties (50% field time), with requirements including MD RN license and Medicare-certified home health experience; occasional Zoom coaching and collaboration with Clinical Education.

Qualifications

• Active RN license in the State of MD.
• Prior Medicare-Certified Home Health experience is required.
• HCHB experience preferred.
• Passion for clinical education, coaching, and mentorship.

Responsibilities

• Precept newly hired RNs and LPNs with one-on-one clinical training during home visits.
• Mentor clinicians through their first year and monitor orientation progress.
• Provide remote or in-person coaching via Zoom with timely feedback.
• Collaborate with Clinical Education team to onboard new clinicians across disciplines.
• Case manage a portion of patients while mentoring others.

Skills

Teaching & mentoring

Clinical nursing

Leadership

Communication

Education

RN license in MD

Tools

Zoom

Tablet-based point-of-care system

Job description

Full-Time Registered Nurse (RN) Preceptor & Clinical Field Educator — Home Health

A Rare Opportunity to Shape the Next Generation of Home Health Nurses

Are you an experienced Home Health RN with a passion for teaching, coaching, and mentoring? BAYADA Home Health Care is looking for a Full-Time RN Preceptor to lead the training and development of newly hired RNs and LPNs — while continuing to make a hands-on difference with a small caseload of your own patients.

This is more than a job. It's a chance to build the future of clinical care in your community, one nurse at a time.

Territory: Montgomery, Frederick, Washington, Howard and Carroll Counties.

Requirement: Prior Medicare-Certified Home Health experience is required, with HCHB experience preferred

What You'll Do

Precept & Mentor

• Precept newly hired RNs and LPNs, providing one‑on‑one clinical training during home visits and serve as their mentor through their first year.
• Monitor and manage progression of orientation, identify and address areas of opportunity.
• Provide 1:1 mentoring, support, and meaningful feedback — in person or via ZOOM — to new and tenured field clinicians
• Assist in developing and mentoring new preceptors, with ongoing assessment of preceptor effectiveness

Educate & Onboard

• Collaborate with the RN Clinical Manager and Clinical Educator to ensure ongoing staff competencies
• Assist the Director of Clinical Education (DCE) with education classes as requested
• Help build and maintain new clinician onboarding calendars, ensuring attendance at all required courses
• Coordinate and manage onboarding for multiple new hires across disciplines, simultaneously
• Onboard new clinicians to help them build and manage their own caseloads

Deliver Direct Care (Minimum 50% of Time in the Field)

• Case manage and admit new clients while precepting and mentoring clinicians
• Perform the duties of an RN Case Manager, including medication administration, wound care, treatments, and procedures
• Complete client assessments as needed
• Monitor client conditions and report changes to the Clinical or Client Services Manager
• Follow up on, execute, and accurately document physicians' orders
• Document all observations, interventions, and evaluations using a tablet-based point-of-care system

Support the Bigger Picture

• Work closely with the office team, Clinical Education team, and fellow preceptors to keep training consistent and cohesive
• Partner with the office and Clinical Education team to help monitor and improve clinician retention

What You Bring

• Active RN license in the State of MD
• Prior Medicare-Certified Home Health experience — required
• A genuine passion for clinical education, coaching, and mentorship
• Strong clinical judgment and the confidence to lead by example
• Excellent communication, organization, and relationship‑building skills

Why This Role Is Different

At BAYADA, our special purpose is to help people of all ages live safely at home with comfort, independence, and dignity. That mission depends on nurses who are confident, well-trained, and supported from day one — and that's where you come in.

• Compassion — You'll be the steady, encouraging presence a new nurse remembers for the rest of their career.
• Excellence — You'll set the clinical bar, ensuring every RN and LPN you train delivers safe, skilled, high-quality care.
• Reliability — You'll build the consistency and confidence new clinicians need to thrive — and stay.

Why BAYADA

BAYADA believes our clients — and our employees — deserve the highest quality care and support, delivered with compassion, excellence, and reliability. As an RN Preceptor, you won't just care for patients; you'll shape the nurses who will carry that same standard of care forward for years to come.

Additional Information:
Base Pay, depending upon qualifications: $95,000-$105,00 annually

As an accredited, regulated, certified, and licensed home health care provider, BAYADA complies with all state/local mandates.

BAYADA Home Health Care, Inc., and its associated entities and joint venture partners, are Equal Opportunity Employers. All employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to sex, race, color, age, disability, pregnancy or maternity, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, military status, or any other similarly protected status in accordance with federal, state and local laws. Hence, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other marginalized communities.