Registered Nurse - Emergency Care Center - Evenings

Registered Nurse

Registered Nurse provides medical services in response to health problems, promotes health and safety; provides case management services; ensures all medical appointments; tests and lab work are completed as required; provide 24 hour on-call phone coverage for emergency situations; The assessment, planning, implementation, and supervision of medical care for the individuals we support.

• Provide and supervise comprehensive nursing services and interventions to assure that the health care needs of individuals receiving services are met. Provides continuity of medical care and services to individuals by monitoring the planning, organizing, directing, and controlling nursing activities including those carried out by support staff.
• Assure that the medical needs of the individuals are addressed by working with physician(s) as appropriate. Follow through with the provision of nursing care by monitoring nursing and related services.
• Develop a Nursing Care Plan for each individual and ensure the plan is reviewed and revised as needed.
• Provides for the individual's continued health, welfare and safety by direction, coordination, and supervising the individual's medical care plan along with the implementation of all agency and OPWDD policies and procedures that are related to the Rights, Care, Treatment, and Protection of all individuals.
• Identifies, assesses and reports circumstances occurring at the time a person experiences a seizure, injury, illness, behavioral episode, and/or any other medical or emotional difficulty an individual may have and implements therapeutic interventions accordingly. Treatment team responsibilities including annual, semi-annual and weekly medical meetings; both off and on site.
• Collaborates with the Residence Manager to ensure that all staff are medically trained to meet the individuals' needs by monitoring, training and evaluating all med-certified staff as per Birch and OPWDD guidelines.
• Conducts delegated nursing training for program staff, as well as general health/hygiene, infectious disease control/prevention, and other related topics for agency staff development.
• BA in Nursing, Licensure as a Registered Nurse in NYS, meeting all education, testing and experiential requirements identified by the NYS Office of the Professions

RN with 1-2 years OPWDD or mental health experience.

Computer Skills: Microsoft Office

To counsel, assist and train individuals with developmental disabilities in the areas of personal care, travel skills, social skills, home management and life skills in order to maximize their functioning in the community.

High School diploma or General Education Degree (GED).

Minimum 1-year experience working with developmentally disabled population preferably in a residential, health or treatment related setting preferred.

Specialized training in direct care provision preferred.

Ability and willingness to be First Aid and CPR certified.

Demonstrated competency in written, verbal, and computational skills to document records in accordance with program standards.

Regularly required to utilize near vision ability to read data and documents, including spreadsheets and reports, in printed form and on computer screens.

Regularly required to provide physical care for clients and individuals, which may include, but is not limited to bathing, feeding, changing clothes or diapers, and pushing wheelchairs.

Noise level is consistent with levels usually present in an office, education, group home, residential, rehabilitation, industrial, workshop or health related environment.

Hazards present are consistent with those common to an office, education, rehabilitation, industrial, workshop or health related environment.

Provide safe and clean environment for the individual based on skill level and risks and support the safety of all individuals in everyday situations.

Using a holistic approach, participate in the individual's life planning activities and assist in their implementation.

Assist the individual in the development of social skills that will help the individual become integrated/ included in his or her community.

Perform protective oversight while engaging in community activities.

Monitor each individual's personal health on a continuous basis (during situations of high activity, while bathing/showering/swimming, in the morning and the evening, at meals, while in the community, at all times).

Demonstrates professional demeanor, attention to punctuality and attendance policies, reliability, flexibility, and pleasantness.

Professionally interacts with other staff members and with others in the community.

Readily seeks and accepts feedback to improve performance.

Adheres to all rules outlined in the policy and procedures manual.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions unless this causes undue hardship to the company.

Performance is evaluated each year based on these competencies and the NADSP code of ethics.

Birch Family Services provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Birch Family Services complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting,