What are the responsibilities and job description for the Registered Nurse position at Cathedral Home for Children?
Description
Implements and manages accurate client medication protocols, conducts client assessments and screenings-including initial suicide and nutritional evaluations-and facilitates medical discharges.
This role involves promoting routine vaccinations, providing relevant medical assistance and training to staff, fostering healthy relationships with clients, families, colleagues, and external providers, and ensuring a supportive and collaborative environment.
The work schedule is flexible based on agency and client needs, allowing for a balanced work-life experience.
Requirements
Implements and manages accurate client medication protocols, conducts client assessments and screenings-including initial suicide and nutritional evaluations-and facilitates medical discharges.
This role involves promoting routine vaccinations, providing relevant medical assistance and training to staff, fostering healthy relationships with clients, families, colleagues, and external providers, and ensuring a supportive and collaborative environment.
The work schedule is flexible based on agency and client needs, allowing for a balanced work-life experience.
Requirements
- Professionally and accurately complete client medication management, general first aid, and nursing support.
- Assist with the medication self-administration program and provide ongoing quality assurance monitoring and training.
- Assist in administering and monitoring the Tuberculosis and Infection Control Program.
- Demonstrates understanding of individual client needs, abilities, and feelings, including developmental and cultural needs. Aware of emotions and behaviors typical of children who have been abused, neglected, and traumatized.
- Participate in the ongoing assessment of the agency's health and safety policies.
- Accurately create and maintain a current and accurate medication list for all clients.
- Effectively navigates client records to access information necessary to schedule medical appointments and complete provider paperwork.
- Accurate and timely completion of records, filing, forms, and other electronic systems based on input from various sources, including providers, medical, and direct care staff.
- Understand and comply with HIPAA regulations and maintain the confidentiality of Cathedral Home clients and employees in all situations, including outside regular business hours.
- Complete reports on a variety of healthcare processes as needed.
- Recognize and comply with the department's security and safety requirements, including notifying on-call staff when necessary.
- Perform physical holds/restraints as needed.
- Knows the "Six Rights" for clients in the self-administration of medication.
- Maintain an appropriate level of professionalism regarding boundaries and relationships with clients.
- Professionally communicate verbally and in writing with staff, clients, and outside vendors.
- Attend meetings as needed and as directed by the supervisor.
Salary : $33