Registered Nurse (RN) - Adolescent Residential - Afternoon Shift

Registered Nurse

Benefit and Salary: At Bellefaire, we prioritize our employees and their wellbeing. We provide competitive benefit options to our employees and their families, including domestic partners and pets. Our offerings include:

• Salary offer for the position is $36 per hour.
• Comprehensive health and Rx plans, including a zero-cost option.
• Wellness program including free preventative care
• Generous paid time off and holidays
• 100% paid parental leave for childbirth, adoption, and foster care, plus comprehensive fertility and IVF support
• 403(b) retirement plan with an employer match
• Pet insurance
• Employer paid life insurance and long-term disability
• Employee Assistance Program
• Support for continuing education and credential renewal
• Ancillary benefits including: dental, vision, voluntary life, short term disability, hospital indemnity, accident, critical illness
• Flexible Spending Account for Health and Dependent Care

SHIFTS AND TIMES:

• Registered Nurse- Afternoon shift hours are 2pm to 10:30pm
• Alternating weekends and Holidays

Qualifications:

1. Education: Graduate from an accredited nursing school.
2. Licensure: Valid Ohio registered Nurse license.
3. Experience: Experience working with children and adolescents.

Agency Summary: Bellefaire JCB is among the nation's largest, most experienced child service agencies providing a variety of behavioral health, substance abuse, education and prevention, and autism services. Through more than 25 programs, we help more than 30,000 youth and their families each year achieve resiliency, dignity and self-sufficiency.

Job Summary: The Registered Nurse is responsible for administering and supervising medication administration and participation in the plan of care for clients. The Registered Nurse will respond to health needs of the clients, and making appropriate referrals and assessments.

Essential Duties:

1. Administer and supervise the administration of medication to clients in residential treatment units, transitional living, Monarch School and After School Program within the established guidelines.
2. Participate in the implementation of the plan of care for Bellefaire JCB clients.
3. Make rounds in cottages and attends to health care needs of clients.
4. Make physical assessments of clients, and documents significant findings in the client's record.
5. Make appropriate referrals to the pediatrician after screening clients.
6. Assist the pediatrician with examining clients in the Health Clinic.
7. Teach clients and staff about health care topics and medications.
8. Utilize the time log system to document billable hours of direct care.
9. Perform medical treatments on clients when indicated (wound care, etc.).
10. Orient new staff and trains them on policies and procedures.
11. Attend client staffing and treatment team meetings as indicated.
12. Assist and trains cottage staff to make appropriate decisions pertaining to the health care needs of clients.
13. Note, transcribe, and check orders against Medical Administration Record (MARs) when indicated.
14. Contact the physician with abnormal lab results and with emergencies.
15. Count narcotics daily and signs the audit sheets for controlled substances.
16. Order, receive and distribute routine and Leave of Absence (LOA) medications.
17. Return and credit medications when indicated.
18. Call for lab results when indicated and follows up on outside medical appointments.
19. Assist with daily operations of the Health Clinic. Assists the secretary with filing, obtaining consent and scheduling outside appointments.
20. Keep the exam room and Health Clinic clean, stocked and orderly.
21. Contribute to the development and maintenance of the clinical record through the timely completion of assigned documentation in accordance with applicable licensing and accreditation regulations and standards.

Other Duties:

1. Attend scheduled staff meetings, supervision, and on-going training.
2. All required trainings, certifications and licensure must be kept current in accordance with applicable licensing and accreditation regulations and standards.
3. Maintain high standards of ethical and professional conduct and adhere to Agency policies and procedures.
4. Other duties as assigned by management.

Bellefaire JCB is an equal opportunity employer, and hires its employees without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.

Bellefaire JCB is a partner agency of the Wingspan Care Group, a non-profit administrative service organization providing a united, community-based network of services so member agencies can focus on mission-related goals and operate in a more cost-effective and efficient manner.