Training and Development Specialist

At Habitat Health, we envision a world where older adults experience an independent and joyful aging journey in the comfort of their homes, enabled by access to comprehensive health care. Habitat Health provides personalized, coordinated clinical and social care as well as health plan coverage through the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (“PACE”) in collaboration with our leading healthcare partners, including Kaiser Permanente. 

Habitat Health offers a fully integrated experience that brings more good days and a sense of belonging to participants and their caregivers. We build engaged, fulfilled care teams to deliver personalized care in our centers and in the home. And we support our partners with scalable solutions to meet the health care needs and costs of aging populations. 
 
Habitat Health is growing, and we’re looking for new team members who wish to join our mission of redefining aging in place. To learn more, visit https://www.habitathealth.com. 

About the role: 

The People and Talent team is thrilled to be adding a Training and Development Specialist to our growing team. In this role you will work closely with the Sr. Director of People, the Sr. Director of Clinical Program Development, and site Executive Directors to develop and optimize engaging and effective training content and curriculum. The Training Specialist will develop both operational and clinical training content and curriculum. In this role, you will also build and manage clinical competency checklists and evaluations in partnership with clinical leaders while also identifying areas for development. 

Location: Remote, CA is preferred; up to 15% travel as needed 

How you’ll make an impact: 

• Foster a collaborative working relationship with both clinical and operational leaders across the organization to identify training and development needs. 

• Create, edit, and publish creative and engaging courses via our LMS, Relias, while ensuring that company, visual communication, and brand standards are met. 

• Deliver new hire and ongoing training that aligns with our standards of excellence for participant care. 

• Develop, own and manage master training calendars/schedules in preparation for new site launches to ensure all onsite employees are fully trained. 

• Coach additional training preceptors and senior leaders to lead local and remote content as needed. 

• In Relias, manage the competency checklist process and work with clinical leaders to identify key skill gaps for development. 

• Conduct ongoing refresher and cross-training modules in critical areas. 

• Actively engage in constructive conversations with employees to help address improvement areas and formulate follow-up actions. 

• Ensure employees are always compliant with HIPAA, CMS, and DHCS training guidelines as required by PACE organizations. 

• Follow up with new employees after the initial training period. 

• Monitor progress of assigned training plans and provide weekly reporting to leaders. 

• Create and/or update standard operating procedures, documentation and team member resources. 

• Conduct monthly, quarterly and annual training audits. Work with team members to ensure required trainings are completed. 

• Act as the system administrator for our Learning Management System to ensure required trainings are completed and up to date. 

Prior experience and traits that drive success in this role: 

• You’ve designed and built training content, curriculums and programs for a healthcare startup or healthcare organization. 

• Prior experience with learning management systems and various learning delivery modalities, such as self-paced learning, mobile learning, instructor-led learning, asynchronous and synchronous e-learning, and blended learning. 

• Hands on experience supporting the learning and training needs for a diverse employee population, including clinical team members. 

• Experience with clinical competency checklists and management. 

• You’re highly creative and detail-oriented. You find joy in teaching others new things.  

• You are comfortable working in an ambiguous environment where training content and processes are yet to be created or need to be optimized. 

• When challenges arise, you often ask why in order to identify the root cause and find creative solutions. 

• You have regularly used and/or implemented similar technology: RISE/Articulate, Microsoft Office. 

Additional Details: 

• Ability to travel onsite to our California clinics in preparation for site launch. 

Nice to have: 

• Experience with the Relias Learning Management System. 

• Experience in the Elder Care space and/or PACE. 

Compensation:  

We take into account an individual’s qualifications, skillset, and experience in determining final salary. This role is eligible for medical/dental/vision insurance, short and long-term disability, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) savings, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The expected annual salary range for this position is $65,000 – 75,000 annually and is bonus-eligible. The actual offer will be at the company’s sole discretion and determined by relevant business considerations, including the final candidate’s qualifications, years of experience, skillset, and geographic location. 

COVID-19 Vaccination Policy 

At Habitat Health, we aim to provide safe and high-quality care to our participants. To achieve this, please note we have a COVID-19 vaccination policy to keep both our team members and participants safe as an essential requirement of this role. Requests for reasonable accommodation due to an applicant’s disability or sincerely held religious beliefs will be considered and may be granted based upon review. We adhere to all federal, state, and local regulations by obtaining necessary proof of vaccination prior to employment. 

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: 

Habitat Health is an Equal Opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. Habitat Health applicants are considered solely based on their qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member), or other status protected by applicable law. 

Habitat Health is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. In keeping with our commitment, Habitat Health will take steps to provide people with disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs with reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law.  Accordingly, if you require a reasonable accommodation to fully participate in the job application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of the position, and/or to receive all other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact us at careers@habitathealth.com. 

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