Register Nurse (RN) for OPWDD Programs

Puerto Rican Family Institute, Inc.; New York (NY); Vor Ort; USD 85.000 - 105.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Puerto Rican Family Institute, Inc. is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse for the Office of People with Developmental Disabilities—Residential Programs in the Bronx.

You will provide medical treatment, first aid, emergency care, and administer medications to clients in our residential settings. Responsibilities include nursing oversight, case management coordination, staff training, and thorough documentation of health services.

Qualifikationen

• Requires at least 5 years of experience working with individuals with developmental and learning disabilities.
• Licensed Registered Nurse in New York State.
• Specialized MR/DD training and/or related community health care experience.
• AMAP trainer certification.
• CPR and First Aid trainer certifications.
• Ability to commute to multiple program locations in New York City.

Aufgaben

• Monitor residents' medical/health needs and coordinate care.
• Visit assigned homes weekly to provide nursing oversight.
• Administer medications and ensure proper documentation.
• Provide health-related training/consultation to staff.
• Complete nursing assessments and maintain medical records.
• Respond to emergencies and ensure timely follow-up after ER visits.
• Ensure informed consent for medications and maintain ISP-related documentation.
• Supervise and support residential/day program staff in health services.

Kenntnisse

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Critical thinking

Computer literacy

Ausbildung

Registered Nurse license - NY

MR/DD training

AMAP trainer

CPR & First Aid trainer

Jobbeschreibung

Puerto Rican Family Institute, Inc. is based on the principle of people first. We are proud to provide person-centered care to the participants we serve. Our focus is on individual strengths and working towards achieving our client’s aspirations. Our programs are tailored to unique needs and circumstances.

Position Summary:

We are looking for experienced Registered Nurse to work for our Office of People with Developmental Disabilities- Residential Programs located in the Bronx. In this role you will be responsible for responsible for providing medical treatment, first aid, emergency care, and administering medications to our clients.

The Residential RN provides direct and supportive health care management to individuals that reside in agency programs. The job duties are widely focused toward coordination of care/case management for individuals and staff training oversight for the provision of care. All programs are located in the Bronx and operated/certified by the New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.

Duties and Responsabilities:

• Monitors individual’s medical/health needs and services.
• Visits each assigned home weekly (minimally) to provide nursing oversight and complete review of items.
• Interacts with primary, medical specialists, various clinical staff, as necessary.
• Advocate for individuals’ health care needs.
• Maintains ongoing communication with med liaison/designee.
• Provides support to residential staff in maintaining health services for individuals.
• Utilizes appropriate reporting mechanisms/chain of command in responding to individual and/or staff issues.
• Completes follow-up including documentation for individuals post ER/hospital visit follow-up.
• Reviews, comments, initials and dates lab, x-ray, consults, etc. If indicated, completes follow-up with practitioner.
• Provides necessary documentation regarding home visits within established times.
• Follows pressure wound policy and documentation requirements.
• Provides appropriate nursing services and support/oversight to Residential/Day Hab. Staff
• Responds to emergency requests as soon as possible (within and outside caseload)
• Completes nursing assessments and related documentation e.g., RN Notes, nursing logbook, etc. thoroughly and within established times.
• Provides individual-specific nursing interventions.
• Responds 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.
• Provides health related training/consultation to day program, IES, residential staff.
• Annually for everyone in your caseload, completes review of medical section ISP, medication audit (each home)
• Keeps up to date regarding changes to medical section on ISP.
• Responsible for obtaining individual’s informed consent for medications, as per PRFI’ Policy.
• Provides adequate nursing assessment/supervision of DSAs competency regarding individual –specific nursing delegated procedures including medication administration.
• Completes initial medication certification and conducts annual clinical performance evaluations for DSAS for procedures that include but not limited to medication administration (Annual Clinical Nursing Evaluation of Nursing Delegated Tasks)
• Provides training for all staff as needed on new/revised medication/policies.
• CMHN, NA and NPC’ with certification/recertification information for database in a timely manner.
• Completes required medication error documentation and staff medication error remediation.
• Provides clinical supervision to LPNs
• Provides adequate nursing supervision and completes performance evaluations (as assigned) regarding individual-specific nursing procedures.
• Maintains professional skills
• Attends Nursing Discipline meetings.
• Attends/completes on-line mandated DDSO training, as well as available discipline specific training.
• Understands & Practices Person Centered Approach Modality
• Identifies problems and/or opportunities for personal and/or nursing department improvement (s) and contributes to the development of an action plan.
• Completes special projects/assignments.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience working with individuals with developmental & learning disabilities.
• Registered Nurse licensed to practice in New York State
• Specialized training in MR/DD and/or one year experience in community health care services
• AMAP trainer
• CPR and First Aid Trainer
• Ability to use public transportation for travel to program locations throughout New York City.

Competence Requirements:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Strong oral and written communication skills are required.
• Ability to understand sensitive information and maintain confidentiality
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills at all levels of the organization
• Strong critical thinking, complex problem solving skills
• Highly organized, detail oriented and able to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Proficient computer knowledge, including word processing and database software