Home Health: Clinician Onboarding

Onboarding is a critical time period in an employee’s work experience, and employees who receive a comprehensive, quality educational program will be more equipped for success. By leveraging Medbridge resources and tools, you can better prepare your staff for the unique demands of home-based care that will support a long-tenure and successful career at your organization.

Below you will find a recommended onboarding curriculum for new hires. Medbridge recommends you build one Knowledge Track with all the information below, creating separate sections for each area. This can then be assigned to all clinical staff at your organization automatically.

This track can be customized to fit your needs, including adding or removing Medbridge courses or your agency's custom content. We recommend assigning one section per week, but the timing can be adjusted to fit your agency's needs.

For more information about building Knowledge Tracks, check out Getting Started With the Medbridge LMS.

Track Name: Welcome to Home Care for Clinicians

Track Description: This training covers fundamental home health practice, bridging the gap for clinical staff into care delivery within the home.

Section 1: Week 1 - Home Care Fundamentals

Note: Section 1 can be omitted from the onboarding curriculum for experienced home care clinicians.

Section 2: Week 2 - Comprehensive Assessment and Care Planning

Section 3: Week 3 - OASIS

Note: Optional Assessment Course video runtime is 17 minutes and the estimated learning assessment time is 1 hour and 55 minutes.

Section 4: Week 4 - Documentation, Case Management, and Quality

Section 5: Week 5 - Clinician Safety and Professional Development

In addition to these courses, you may want to assign regulatory and compliance training to your staff. For recommended Medbridge courses, please view one of the articles below based on your organization's needs:

1. New Staff Compliance Training
2. ACHC Requirements
3. CHAP Requirements 
4. Joint Commission Requirements