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Becoming a Staff-Development Leader in Kentucky

Every skilled nursing facility needs a nurse to lead its orientation and in-service education, and the core skills are the same across the country. We help you build them — with professional, certificate-bearing online courses available to nurses and care staff in all 50 states. In California the role is called Director of Staff Development; elsewhere it’s a Staff Development Coordinator, In-Service Coordinator or Nurse Educator.

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In Kentucky, the nurse who leads staff education and training is commonly known as a Staff Development Coordinator / In-Service Coordinator. It’s a valued, higher-responsibility role — and we can help you prepare for it and grow your long-term-care career.

Kentucky has no distinct 'Director of Staff Development' credential like California's — there is nothing separate to apply for. An RN who meets the federal instructor floor (2 years of nursing experience, at least 1 in long-term care) may serve as the facility's nurse-aide training primary instructor and in-service/staff-development coordinator once the facility designates the role. The training program is approved by the Department for Medicaid Services, and the facility must document at least 12 hours of ongoing staff development per aide per year (907 KAR 1:450 Sec. 4). Registry functions are shared with the Kentucky Board of Nursing.

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How the role works in Kentucky — official details

Commonly called

Staff Development Coordinator / In-Service Coordinator (training role: nurse-aide training program primary instructor)

State credential

No distinct state credential — the facility designates the role.

Keeping skills current (in-service)

12 hrs/yr. 907 KAR 1:450 Section 4 restates the federal floor: the nursing facility must provide and document at least 12 hours of ongoing staff development annually to each nurse aide. No state overlay above the federal 12 hrs/yr (42 CFR 483.95).

Qualifying for the role

State rule tracks the federal floor. 907 KAR 1:450 Sec. 3(3)(b): the primary instructor must be an RN with a minimum of 2 years of nursing experience, at least 1 year of which is in long-term care; an LPN with at least 1 year of experience may provide supplementary instruction (Sec. 3(3)(c)); the skills-demonstration evaluation is administered by an RN with at least 1 year caring for the elderly or chronically ill. This mirrors 42 CFR 483.152 with no added experience overlay.

State approval & process

No separate state approval to hold the role — there is no Kentucky analog to California's CDPH Form 279. The nurse-aide training program is approved by the Department for Medicaid Services, and the facility designates its own in-service/staff-development coordinator. Meet the federal RN instructor requirement and be named by the facility.

Where to check the official rules

Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services — Department for Medicaid Services (DMS) administers the nurse-aide training program and registry; the Kentucky Board of Nursing co-maintains the registry; SNFs are licensed by the CHFS Office of Inspector General, Division of Health Care.

General information to help you plan — not legal advice. Requirements can change, so confirm the specifics with your state’s licensing agency.
Sources: 907 KAR 1:450 · 42 CFR 483.152 · 42 CFR 483.95.

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