Registered Nurse

Description

Registered Nurse

Location: Broome County, NY

Schedule: Full Time, 30 hrs. per week

Pay: $75,649 – $95,000 per year

Benefits: 33 days of PTO, medical, dental, visions, life insurance, and more.

Make a difference every day while working alongside compassionate colleagues who truly value one another. As one long-term nurse shares, the caring individuals and strong team environment are what make it special.

Registered Nurse's Duties And Responsibilities

In this 30-hour-per-week Registered Nurse role, you’ll use your clinical expertise to assess and guide care, support individuals’ ongoing health and wellness, and train staff in medical best practices. In return, you’ll gain a meaningful role with a collaborative team, the opportunity to build strong relationships, and the satisfaction of improving lives every day. The RN's specific duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Complete RN evaluations and provided needed medical care to individuals and staff as requested
• Maintain and review medical and health information on assigned individuals to ensure that all health and medical concerns are being addressed at admission and as required in accordance with policy and regulation
• Provide initial training of nursing tasks or activities and periodic inspection of the actual act of accomplishing such tasks or activities to unlicensed direct care staff. The amount and type of supervision required will be determined by the RN responsible for supervising the task or activity
• Provide assistance to Licensed Practical Nurses as needed
• Confer with medical professionals with developing and implementing an individual health care program/nursing care plan
• Accompany individuals on medical appointments or to hospital/emergency room as requested and provided supervision when no other staff is available
• Provide background medical information on individuals to medical professionals for appointments as needed and for emergency care
• Participate in individual planning conferences for medical and/or health related concerns
• Complete self-medication assessments on assigned individuals and supervise staff in the implementation of self-medication goal plans
• Provide individual teaching on medication awareness; self-medicating; the use of medical devices; and the like
• Train staff in medication administration and other health and medical skills or techniques (ex. CPR, First Aid, Fire Safety, Bloodborne Pathogens, etc.) as requested
• Perform medication administration recertification with staff as requested
• Perform or review medication inspections at designated sites
• Investigate incidents/accidents related to medication errors and/or health concerns as requested
• Serve as designated on-call staff, on a rotational basis, for all health or medically related concerns occurring after normal shift hours
• Conform to program changes and regulations and keep abreast of developments in the field
• Perform required duties in a productive and safe manner
• Act as role model to individuals receiving services and staff
  
  

Requirements

• Must be licensed and currently registered as a Registered Nurse by the New York State Department of Education.
• Experience working with intellectually/developmentally disabled is not required but is preferred
• A valid driver’s license and record that meets the agency’s insurance carrier guidelines