What is a Preceptor?
A preceptor is a Maryland Licensed Nursing Home Administrator who has met the qualifications listed below and is certified by the Board to train candidates in the Administrator-In-Training (AIT) program.
Qualifications to Become an AIT Preceptor:
A preceptor must have three years of experience as a Nursing Home Administrator, be licensed in Maryland for a minimum of one year and complete the preceptor certification course. A preceptor must have been employed full-time as a Nursing Home Administrator for a minimum of 2 of the past 3 years prior to precepting. If the proposed preceptor has not precepted an AIT program within the past 5 years, the proposed preceptor shall recertify as a preceptor by completing a Board-approved training program.
Preceptor Duties:
The preceptor shall perform direct on-site communication/conferences and/or supervision of the AIT as required by the specific program.
- Regular personal contact between the preceptor and the AIT is necessary, and every effort should be made to guide the AIT toward the ethics, philosophies and practices that should be required to promote the formation of a professional Nursing Home Administrator.
- Joint conferences may be planned with other Nursing Home Administrative Personnel for instructive purposes (e.g. utilization review, staff meetings, fire drills, etc.) with the preceptor in attendance.
- Delegation of instructive learning experiences to other Nursing Home personnel shall not replace the preceptor's prime responsibility for direct on-site conference. The preceptor must spend a minimum of 16 hours per week providing direct, on-site supervision to the AIT.
- If specific areas of concern are not available in the designated Nursing Home (e.g. Medicare certification, department cost analysis, purchasing supplies, unionization, etc.), plans for provision of these topics should be designated elsewhere.
