REGISTERED NURSE

Registered Nurse (RN)

Healthcare for Kids Inc. provides services for children while receiving ongoing care that cannot easily be provided due to family and friends scheduling limitations.

We provide an environment where you are encouraged to grow and advance professionally with a healthy work/life balance! You are our biggest asset, and we believe in rewarding and recognizing the work you perform by promoting from within.

Summary of Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for providing skilled nursing care to the individual/child’s in accordance with the physician’s Plan of Care and ongoing physician’s orders.

Responsibilities

• Maintains compliance with the standards of nursing practice and delegation.
• Assist with the development and the recertification of a minor's plan of care.
• Provides nursing interventions that include but not limited to parental training, information, and education to increase a parent's confidence and competence in caring for a minor.
• Coordinates services with other services and health care providers.
• Monitors the ongoing physical and developmental growth of a minor.
• Having knowledge of access to available community resources.
• Participating in the IDT and in the IDT meetings regarding a minor's plan of care and progress.
• Administers medication, intravenous infusions, parenteral feeding, and other specialized treatments; monitoring and documenting the effect of medications, therapies, and progress in accordance with accepted standards of professional practice.
• Communicates findings or changes in clinical condition to the PPECC Director of Nursing/Administrator.
• Supervises and delegates tasks to the center's direct care staff within their scope of practice.
• Delivers competent and quality care in compliance with the individuals’ Plan of Care and ongoing physician orders.
• On-going observation and assessment of the individual's condition and needs.
• Takes appropriate action based on patient assessment.
• Documents all child/individual's care actions in an official record in response to medical needs (EMR)
• Identifies in writing child/individual's responses to treatment, specifically those that are unusual or unexpected.
• Monitors and interprets vital signs.
• Administers medication and evaluates the child/individual’s response to treatment.
• Prepares and administers feedings, as appropriate.
• Administers respiratory treatments (oxygen therapy, CPT, oral/nasal and trach suctioning, and pulse oximetry).
• Provides personal hygiene assistance.
• Monitors child/individual's I and O.
• Assists, collaborates with the interdisciplinary health team with the development of a child/individual's plan of care.
• Develops child/individual's goals and desired outcomes.
• Establishes child/individual's care that is consistent with the medical plan provided by the physician.
• Collaborate in the identification of child/individual's needs or problems.
• Reinforces child/individual's and family education for care of the child/individual.
• Intervenes as appropriate to prevent or reduce child/individual injury.
• Provides interventions to foster normal development and psychosocial adaptation.
• Maintains privacy and supports the rights of children/individuals and their families related to their care.
• Communicates effectively with the family and company staff to provide appropriate children/individual's information relevant to medical care.
• Works in a collaborative manner with other health care personnel.
• Provides information regarding availability and access to community resources.
• Acts in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act while complying with company standards and guidelines.
• Performs work in line with company mission and values.
• Maintains appropriate professional credentials and accepts responsibility for professional development.
• Completes all mandatory educational in-services upon hire, monthly and annually. Each employee is enrolled in the Company’s Electronic Learning Management System.
• Transportation:
• Acts as a licensed medical escort to ensure the safe transportation of the child when assigned to the transportation vehicle.
• Conducts sound assessments and utilizes appropriate established guidelines; and
• Renders emergency medical care to children and infants based on assessment findings.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Must maintain required and assigned continuing education.

Education, Skills, and Experience Requirements

• Valid Nursing License in Texas with no disciplinary action
• Must meet one of the following requirements.

1. (A) one year of pediatric specialty experience with emphasis on medically and technologically dependent minors, obtained within the previous five years; or
2. (B) sufficient skills to meet the competency and training requirements as determined by the State of Texas

• Must be certified by the American Heart Association (AHA) CPR/BLS with AED and First Aid

Physical Requirements

• Ability to stand, lift or assist in lifting an individual in an emergency.
• Must be able to bend, stoop, kneel, squat, and demonstrate flexibility to meet the care needs of the individual.
• Must be able to see with visual and listen with hearing acuity.
• Must have strength and manual dexterity, including grasping and manipulating small objects, to operate medical equipment appropriately.
• Must be able to respond in an emergency.