Description

Job Title: Registered Nurse

FLSA Status: RNExempt

Reports to: Program Director

Department: Any

Preparation date: April 23, 2013

Summary of Job Function: Under general supervision, plans, directs, and evaluates total nursing care and functions in a variety of settings.

Essential Functions:

1. May be asked to provide telephone and face-to-face screenings and intake interviews.

2. Provides monitoring of consumers’ behavior, medication needs, and involvement intherapeutic intervention.

3. May be required to conducts IPP’s in coordination with other staff.

4. Dispenses medications, ensures the appropriate storage, handling, and record keeping ofsame in accordance with Prestera’s Policies and Procedures and Physician’s orders.

5. Conducts discharge planning in coordination with other staff.

6. Provides proper documentation, charting and record keeping, in accordance with Prestera’sPolicies and procedures.

7. Reviews client’s need for basic living and personal care services, formulates and amends treatment plans to reflect assessment.

8. Provides weekly and monthly nursing assessments to consumers in accordance withlicensure regulations.

9. May provide supportive intervention groups in areas of nursing care.

10. May be assigned to train staff in universal precautions & blood borne pathogens.

11. May occasionally be called upon to verbally and /or physically intervene or redirectconsumers exhibiting inappropriate or aggressive behavior.

12. May occasionally be called upon to therapeutically restrain a client in imminent danger ofharming himself/herself and/or others.

13. Will perform emergency medical assessments as they arise at their program location forconsumers and staff.

14. May be assigned nursing supervision of unlicensed staff that has been trained to assist inadministering medications (AMAP).

15. Provides clinical supervision to LPN’s

16. Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Job Specifications:

1. Education, Certification/License, and/or Experience

a. Must possess a A.A or BA in nursing from an accredited college or university.

b. Must possess licensure from the WV Board of Examiners for Registered Nurses uponhire and maintain license.

c. Attain/maintain certification in Non-Violent Crisis Intervention and CPR/FA duringemployment.

d. Requires valid driver’s license and access to reliable transportation during workinghours.

1. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities required: Must have (1) knowledge of nursing care principles, practices, and procedures; (2) knowledge of safety principles and infection control (3) and the ability to assess consumers’ needs and coordinate appropriate nursing care plan. Must also possess the ability to read, write reports, perform basic math (adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing), have good computer skills, and possess good verbal and written communication skills.

Physical & Mental Requirements: The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Physical and Mental Requirements:

The job duties outlined herein are general statements that describe the basic job requirements and cannot state in words every aspect of job content. Prestera Center reserves the right to modify, delete, or reclassify these duties at its sole discretion at any time.

I have read this job description and full understand the requirement set forth therein. I hereby accept the position and agree to perform the identified essential functions in accordance with established policies and procedures. I understand all employees of Prestera Center are at-will employees, which means that employment is for no definite period and may be terminated at any time without any prior notice by either the employee or Prestera Center, with or without notice.