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Director of Education and Clinical Practice

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Job DescriptionJob DescriptionSalary:

Founded in 1982 as Joliet Area Community Hospice, Lightways Hospice and Serious Illness Care is an independent, nonprofit healthcare provider licensed in 11 counties in northwest Illinois. We provide exceptional serious illness care, hospice care, and grief support for adults and children.

 

The majority of our direct patient care is in the field, with Lightways team members providing care in the home, nursing facility, or assisted living facility. We also have a 24-bed inpatient unit in Joliet. Non-clinical staff are based out of our Joliet administrative offices.


The Director of Education and Clinical Practice provides strategy and leadership to the education department.  This position develops, implements and oversees the organization's educational programming including new employee orientation, staff competencies, in-services and continuing education.  Also understands the importance of staff education in retention, quality care and organizational growth.  Additional responsibilities include:


  • Oversees interdisciplinary clinical competency development and orientation/staff development programs, ensuring their relevance to the annual performance improvement plan.
  • Collaborates with the Sr. Director of Operations in the reviews and analyses of adverse events (incidents reports and service concerns) and makes recommendations for practices enhancements, revision of curriculum, and QAPI initiatives based on findings.
  • Delivers curriculum programs on a variety of clinical topics as well as patient experience, QAPI, regulatory compliance, safety, and infection control, to comply with pertinent federal, state, and local standards, and requirements.
  • Direct efforts that meet all requirements of the Illinois Department of Financial and Profession Regulation as a credentialed sponsor of continuing education of nursing, social workers, professional counselors, nursing home administrators and funeral directors and embalmers.
  • Directs efforts to create a nurse residency program.
  • Manage the implementation of educational and scholarship grants.
  • Collaborates with business development to coordinate community education.
  • Participates in NPHI, NHPCO and IL-HPCO committees as required.
  • Participate in Safety Committee and participate in the creation of relevant education.
  • Participate in QAPI Program and other relevant committees and participate in the creation of relevant education.


The successful candidate will be a graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing with a Master’s in education or health care required(or near completion), PHD preferred.  Previous education supervisory experience preferred. CHPN preferred; or intent to obtain with 2 years. Demonstrated experience in providing education or writing curriculum at professional level.


Lightways has a generous benefit plan which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability, life insurance, generous paid time off (PTO) and a 401K plan with a company match.