Residential Registered Nurse

About the role

The Residential (RES) program at UCAN, also known as the Diermeier Therapeutic Youth Home in North Lawndale, serves 70 youth primarily from DCFS, group homes, foster care, and psychiatric hospitals. The program offers a range of services including life skills, tutoring, therapy, educational opportunities, and recreational activities.

Responsibilities

• Administers and supervises the administration of medication.
• Schedules and coordinates services within the school setting.
• Keeps accurate and complete records on students.
• Trains staff and students on various health care topics.
• Schedules days/times for immunizations, dental, vision, and hearing exams.
• Recommends and helps to implement modifications of school programs to meet students' health needs.
• Completes appropriate documentation in KAMPS to support the services provided along with completing the medication administration record.
• Checks to ensure students have sufficient medication and contacts parents/doctors for refills.
• Encourages parents to maintain current immunization protection as recommended by the Department of Human Services.
• Assesses students for any sign of injury after any physical intervention.
• Maintains current knowledge through participation in training sessions and other related program meetings.
• Plays a role in planning and implementing school health management protocols for students with chronic health problems, including the administration of medication.
• Promotes and assists in the control of communicable diseases through preventive immunization programs, early detection, surveillance, and reporting of contagious diseases.
• Engages in research and evaluation of school health services to act as a change agent for school health programs and school nursing practices.
• Maintains and updates cumulative health records.
• Performs other related tasks as required or assigned.

Requirements

• State of Illinois RN licensure.
• Current CPR certification.
• Two (2) years’ experience in related work.
• Some weekends.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to work effectively with children.
• Experience in Maternal and Psychiatric nursing.
• Open and respectful of cultural and socioeconomic characteristics of clients.
• Understanding of trauma-informed practice.
• Understanding of Positive Youth Development.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Working knowledge of the child welfare system.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a high functioning team.
• Experience and ability to use computers for data entry, communication, and report writing.
• Car and valid Illinois driver’s license and insurance required.

Skills

• Excellent communication skills.
• Knowledge of child welfare system.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Proficiency in computer systems.

Benefits

UCAN offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Voluntary Life Insurance
• Voluntary Short-Term Disability
• Voluntary Critical Illness Insurance
• Voluntary Accident Coverage
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
• Retail Plan (401k)
• Tuition Reimbursement

Pay

Details about pay are not specified in the job posting.

Schedule

Details about the schedule are not specified in the job posting.