Description

Benefits:

• Health insurance
  • PPO Plan
  • High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) employee only coverage provided at no cost
• Dental insurance
  • Standard
  • Enhanced
• Vision insurance
• Paid time off (PTO accrues every pay period starting with first fully completed pay cycle after 90 days)
• 401(k) double match offered up to 4%
• Short-term Disability
• Critical Illness
• Supplemental life
• Accident

Safety Sensitive: Yes 

Smoke/Tobacco-Free Workplace: Yes

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF POSITION

The incumbent is responsible to provide medical care to the members at the branch level. This position will also be responsible for providing various services with the staff such as drug screens, TB tests, first aid and other duties as necessary.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Must have the knowledge and ability to use QBHP/MHPP, Averting Crisis & Emergency Holds Training, CPR and First Aid Certification.
2. Must have completed co-occurring training.
3. Must complete and document in a timely and responsible manner initial and ongoing physical evaluations, screens, and assessments.
4. Must complete and document in a timely, responsible manner all specimen collections and ensure routine lab work is completed.
5. Provide direct services to members and consultation to staff, i.e. concerning medication, physical condition, informed consent, treatment planning, appropriate services, referral & discharge planning, entitlements, etc.
6. Must demonstrate organizational skills in a leadership role by using a team approach, assuring adequate service delivery, while assuring compliance with all policies and procedures.
7. Knowledgeable of current standards of nursing practice and be in compliance with standards.
8. Be responsible for medication management and teaching in compliance with policies, procedures, and standards of nursing.
9. Must have knowledge of Birch Tree Communities’ policies and procedures, ensuring compliance, and notifying the Director of Nursing and Infection Control of recommendations for improvement.
10. Must have knowledge and be in compliance of all record and documentation requirements.
11. Responsible for monitoring the health and safety of members.
12. Will be responsible for alerting the Director of Nursing and Infection Control of all adverse drug reactions and occupational exposures.
13. Responsible for monitoring symptoms of mental and physical illness and reporting any concerns to appropriate person(s) and coordinating external referrals for medical conditions as needed.
14. Work closely with psychiatrist, nurse practitioners, and physicians and actively participate on the Interdisciplinary Treatment Team.
15. Will be required to teach and provide health education and information to staff, i.e. recognizing medical emergencies, medication side effects, supervision of medication, Hepatitis B vaccine, occupational exposures, etc.
16. Open communication with the Director of Nursing and Infection Control.
17. Demonstrate compliance with all Birch policies and procedures and commitment to the Birch mission and philosophy.
18. The ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner.

Perform any other related duties as required or assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty mentioned satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Must be a graduate from an approved school of Professional Nursing and hold a current Registered Nurse license by the Arkansas State Board of Nursing. Experience is preferred but not required.

RESPONSIBILITY FOR FUNDS, PROPERTY and EQUIPMENT

Annual Budget Authority: As Assigned

Funds, Property & Equipment Responsibility: As Assigned

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES - None

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Ability to read and understand documents such as policy manuals, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals; Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide numbers. Ability to perform these mathematical skills in the areas of the job.

CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS

Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems. Ability to deal with nonverbal, logical or scientific symbolism. Ability to deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED

Under general supervision where standard practice enables the employee to proceed alone on routine work, referring all questionable cases to supervisor.

PLANNING

Considerable responsibility with regard to general assignments in planning time, method, manner, and/or sequence of performance of own work, in addition, the work operations of a group of employees, all performing basically the same type of work.

DECISION MAKING

Performs work operations which permit frequent opportunity for decision-making of major importance which would have considerable effect on the final attainment of multiple major activities and the organization’s projects of a large organization component and organization’s clientele.

MENTAL DEMAND

Very close mental demand. Operations requiring very close and continuous attention for control of operations which require a high degree of coordination or immediate response. Operations requiring intermittent direct thinking to determine or select the most applicable way of handling situations regarding the organization’s administration and operations.

ANALYTICAL ABILITY / PROBLEM SOLVING

Oversight. Activities covered by expansive policies and objectives, and oversight as to execution and review. High order of analytical, interpretative, and constructive thinking in varied situations covering multiple areas of the organization.

USE OF MACHINES, EQUIPMENT AND/OR COMPUTERS

Regular use of complex machines and equipment (desktop/laptop computer and software, and other similar equipment normally found in a clinic environment).

ACCURACY

Probable errors would normally not be detected in succeeding operations and could possibly affect organization-patron relationship, involve re-work, or additional expenditures in order to properly resolve the error. The possibility of such errors would occur quite frequently in performance of the job. May also cause inaccuracies or incomplete information that would be used in other segments of the organization as a basis for making subsequent decisions, plans, or actions.

PUBLIC CONTACT

Regular contacts with patrons where the contacts are initiated by the employee. Involves both furnishing and obtaining information and, also, attempting to influence the decisions of those persons contacted. Contacts of considerable importance and of such nature, that failure to exercise proper judgment may result in important tangible or intangible losses to the organization.

EMPLOYEE CONTACT

Contacts with other departments or offices and also frequently with individuals in middle level positions; consulting on problems which necessitate judgment and tact in presentation to obtain cooperation or approval of action to be taken. Also, important contacts with associates as required in advanced supervisory jobs, plus frequent contact with senior level internal officials.

REQUIRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Current licensure as a Registered Nurse by the Arkansas State Board of Nursing. Must have a valid driver’s license. 

PREFERRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Not indicated.

SOFTWARE SKILLS REQUIRED

Basic: 10-Key, Alphanumeric Data Entry, Database, Spreadsheet, Word Processing/Typing

ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE SKILLS

Not indicated.

OTHER SKILLS

Not indicated.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES

The following physical activities described here 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 and expectations.

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is continuously required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel, talk or hear, taste or smell; regularly required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms; and frequently required to sit; occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

The following work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to risk of radiation.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.