We are seeking a skilled and compassionate Registered Nurse to join our team.
The successful candidate will provide high-quality nursing care to individuals, visiting each assigned home weekly to monitor their medical needs and services.
* Nursing oversight and complete reviews of items
* Interact with primary, medical specialists, various clinical staff as necessary
* Advocate for individuals' healthcare needs
* Maintain ongoing communication with med liaison/designee
* Provide support to residential staff in maintaining health services for the individuals
* Utilize appropriate reporting mechanisms/chain of command in responding to individual and/or staff issues
* Complete follow-up, including documentation, for individuals post-ER/hospital visit follow-up
* Review, comment, initial, and date lab/x-ray, consults, etc.
* If indicated, complete follow-up with practitioner
* Provide necessary documentation regarding home visits within established time frames
* Follow pressure wound policy and documentation requirements
* Provide appropriate nursing services and support/oversight to Residential/Day Hab
* Respond to emergency requests as soon as possible (within and outside caseload)
* Complete nursing assessments and related documentation
* RN Notes, nursing log book, etc., thoroughly and within established time frames
* Provide individual-specific nursing interventions
* Respond to staff questions regarding individual-specific medical/nursing issues
* PONS are current (for caseload) and signed by staff
* All PONS are maintained in computer files
* Provide health-related training/consultation to day program, IES, residential staff
* Annually for everyone in your caseload, complete: review of medical section ISP, medication audit (each home)
* Keep up-to-date regarding changes to medical section on ISP
* Responsible for obtaining individual's informed consent for medications, as per policy
* Provide adequate nursing assessment/supervision of DSAs competency regarding individual–specific nursing delegated procedures including medication administration
* Complete initial medication certification and conduct annual clinical performance evaluations for DSAS for procedures that include but not limited to medication administration
* Provide training for all staff as needed on new/revised medication/policies
* Provide CMHN, NA, and NPC' with certification/recertification information for data base in a timely manner
* Complete required medication error documentation and staff medication error remediation
* Provide adequate nursing supervision and completes performance evaluations (as assigned) regarding individual-specific nursing procedures
* Attend Nursing Discipline meetings
* Attend/completes on-line mandated DDSO training, as well as available discipline-specific training
* Identify problems and/or opportunities for personal and/or nursing department improvement(s) and contribute to the development of an action plan
* Complete special projects/assignments