Home Health RN: Clinical Educator & Mentor

bayada; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

BAYADA Home Health Care is seeking an RN Clinical Field Educator to lead training and development for newly hired RNs and LPNs while maintaining a small patient caseload. The role blends teaching, coaching, and direct clinical care in a field setting.

With Medicare Home Health experience required and HCHB familiarity preferred, you will partner with the Clinical Education team to ensure ongoing staff competencies and a smooth onboarding process for clinicians across disciplines.

Qualifications

• Active RN license in AZ.
• Prior Medicare-Certified Home Health experience is required.
• A genuine passion for clinical education, coaching, and mentorship.
• Strong clinical judgment and the ability to lead by example.
• Excellent communication, organization, and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Precept newly hired RNs and LPNs, providing one-on-one clinical training during home visits and serving 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 Teams - to new and tenured field clinicians
• Assist in developing and mentoring new preceptors, with ongoing assessment of preceptor effectiveness
• Collaborate with the RN Clinical Manager and Clinical Educator to ensure ongoing staff competencies
• Assist the Director of Clinical Education 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
• 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
• 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

Skills

Mentoring

Coaching

Teaching

Communication

Education

RN license AZ

Tools

HCHB

Teams

Tablet-based EHR

Job description

BAYADA Home Health Care is seeking an RN Clinical Field Educator to lead training and development for newly hired RNs and LPNs while maintaining a small patient caseload. The role blends teaching, coaching, and direct clinical care in a field setting.

With Medicare Home Health experience required and HCHB familiarity preferred, you will partner with the Clinical Education team to ensure ongoing staff competencies and a smooth onboarding process for clinicians across disciplines.