Refugee Group Home Nurse - Part Time

Rooted in our Christian faith, Bethany Christian Services works to ensure children are safe, loved, and connected through family. Across 29 states, we strengthen families, support foster care and adoption, and walk alongside refugees with compassion. Here, living out your faith means using your gifts to bring hope and make a lasting impact.

Working at Bethany means joining a team of dedicated professionals with diverse skills, serving communities across the country. Together, we’re united in our Christian mission and these shared values: We’re motivated by our faith, we support one another, we champion justice, we pursue excellence, and we’re in it for the long haul. As a Refugee Group Home Nurse, you’ll help carry this mission forward and make a meaningful impact every day.

How Your Role Makes a Difference

• Assess and document the physical, medical, and emotional needs of refugees, immigrants, and asylees.
• Ensure the safety of all patients in care;
• Coordinate the patient’s medical care through the period of services, while also facilitating health assessments or specialized medical treatment;
• Provide medical resources, information, and consultation to parents, foster parents, case managers, therapist, and youth specialists;
• Initiate and assist with coordinating medical referrals to community medical providers;
• Partner with case managers in maintaining medical and dental records to include but not limited to immunization records, health appraisal forms, medical histories on child and biological parents, and monitoring medical passports to ensure completion through consultation with staff, facilitating physical exams;
• Serve as a liaison for Bethany within the medical community;
• Serve as a consultant and resource related to OSHA standards, bloodborne pathogens and tuberculosis;
• Essential job responsibilities may vary based on the specific needs of each program/department;
• May be required or asked to participate in a Bethany sponsored event;
• Complete other duties as assigned.

What Will Make You Successful

• Active Licensure as a Registered Nurse in for the state of the work location (RN);
• At least three (3) years of experience working with families and children as a Nurse or equivalent role, strongly preferred;
• Bilingual (Spanish) preferred;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
• Must have an ability to provide excellent and compassionate medical service;
• Ability to work independently and exercise a high level of confidentiality;
• Must be reliable with time sensitive deadlines and tasks;
• Work well under pressure and adaptable to change;
• Computer skills sufficient to perform essential functions including knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite;
• Must be 21 years old with a valid driver’s license with at least 3 years of driving experience in the U.S. to operate a vehicle on behalf of Bethany;
• Must pass a Motor Vehicle Records (MVR) check and maintain a reliable vehicle with proof of adequate insurance coverage;
• Pass a criminal history screen, including state and local child protection agency registries;
• Must be able to pass required medical examinations and have the physical ability to fulfill the essential job functions, including physical restraints of a resident;
• Successfully pass an annual TB test and document preference to receive or decline Hepatitis immunization;
• Must be able to show proof of immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases transmitted by the respiratory route:
  
  • Varicella: two doses of varicella vaccine (at least four weeks apart) OR born in the United States before 1980 with a reported history of chickenpox (verified by an adult present at the time of illness) OR titers indicating varicella immunity OR documentation from a healthcare provider verifying previous infection.
  • MMR: two doses of MMR vaccine (at least four weeks apart) OR titers indicating immunity to all three diseases.
  • TDap or Tdap: Complete primary vaccination series. If primary vaccination series completed in childhood, one Tdap dose in adulthood.
• Subscription to and integration of the agency Statement of Faith, Mission Statement, and Commitment to Unity.

We Invest in You

• Experience a team environment with other professionals who are motivated by faith, support one another, pursue excellence, and are in it for the long haul
• Access to training, professional development, and career growth opportunities
• Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, and vision)
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer match eligibility
• Generous time off (11 paid holidays, PTO Your Way, paid parental leave, separate sick and paid absence banks)
• Access to education reimbursement for those that qualify
• Comprehensive employee assistance and wellness program
• Employer paid long-term disability and group term life insurance

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