Registered Nurse Preceptor

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

Job summary

BAYADA Home Health Care in Maryland invites an experienced RN to join as a Full-Time RN Preceptor & Clinical Field Educator. You will lead training for newly hired RNs and LPNs while maintaining a small patient caseload.

In this role you will mentor, onboard, and coordinate education across districts, with at least half of your time in the field providing direct care and clinical leadership to the team. Territory includes Montgomery, Frederick, Washington, Howard and Carroll Counties.

Qualifications

• Active RN license in the State of MD.
• Prior Medicare-Certified Home Health experience required.
• Experience with teaching, coaching, and mentoring preferred.

Responsibilities

• Precept and mentor newly hired RNs and LPNs during home visits.
• Monitor orientation progression and address areas of opportunity.
• Provide 1:1 mentoring and feedback to field clinicians.
• Collaborate with the RN Clinical Manager and Clinical Educator to ensure staff competencies.
• Deliver direct care with at least 50% of time in the field.
• Onboard new clinicians and build onboarding calendars across disciplines.

Skills

Mentoring

Teaching

Clinical leadership

Communication

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 is celebrating 50 years of compassion, excellence, and reliability. Learn more about our 50th anniversary celebration and how you can join in here.

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.