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.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Complete RN evaluations and provide needed medical care to individuals and staff as requested
• Maintain and review medical and health information on assigned individuals to ensure all health and medical concerns are being addressed
• 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
• Confer with medical professionals to develop and implement an individual health care program/nursing care plan
• Accompany individuals on medical appointments or to hospital/emergency room as requested and provide supervision when no other staff is available
• Provide background medical information on individuals to medical professionals for appointments as needed and for emergency care
• 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

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