Reporting to the Regional Center Administrator, the incumbent in this position plans, develops, and directs in-service educational programs. Work is performed in accordance with the Professional Nursing Law, and Federal, state, and local standards, guidelines, and regulations that govern long-term care facilities. 

• Conducts needs analysis studies to determine training needs within the organization.
• Confers with management to gain specific information on work situations and to design training programs for employees to better understand changes in policies, procedures, regulations, and technologies.
• Formulates teaching outlines and determines instructional methods, such as individual training, group instruction, lectures, demonstrations, conferences, workshops, and meetings.
• Conducts and coordinates training sessions covering specified areas such as on-the-job training, externship programs, customer service practices, health and safety requirements, public relations, promotional development, re-training displaced workers, and leadership.
• Develops tests or evaluation procedures to be used at the completion of training; develops teaching aids (i.e., handbooks, demonstration models, multi-visual aids, computer tutorial aids, etc.).
• Completes competencies on all nursing staff at orientation, according to their scope of practice.
• Secures, develops, and maintains records and reports pertaining to in-service and mandatory educational programs.
• Performs other duties within all the Kane Centers as assigned. 

• Nursing and medical practices and procedures.
• Laws, regulations, and guidelines that govern Long-Term Care and CMS.
• Training and teaching principles and practices.

• Microsoft Office Suite.
• Electronic health records.
• Design, development, and delivery of training plans and curriculum.

• Prepare and administer medication and perform treatments.
• Develop and present training materials in a group setting using a variety of media (i.e., PowerPoint, overheads, video, etc.).
• Teach and present to adult learners.
• Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Establish and maintain a professional working relationship with managers, supervisors, and employees.
• Promote and maintain positive relationships with residents, families, staff, and the community.
• Maintain training reports and instructional materials.
• Determine learning needs and abilities.
• Evaluate staff performance and implement, in conjunction with managers and supervisors, corrective plans where they are needed.
• Perform physical tasks associated with resident care, such as lifting residents into/out of beds.