RN (P/T) ICF Group Home Queens

About the role

AHRC New York City is a large, complex nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting neurodivergent children and adults (those with autism, down syndrome, cerebral palsy, intellectual/developmental disabilities, and other disabilities) through a broad spectrum of services, and a family governed organization that envisions a socially just world where the power of difference is embraced and reflected in all that we do. Generosity guides us as we honor our legacy and continuously grow through a culture of curiosity, creativity, and optimism and as we advocate for people with disabilities to lead full and equitable lives.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate medical care for assigned individuals, monitor and assess health needs including arranging for follow-up care as needed.
• Assessment by direct observation on consumer health status; observe for signs and symptoms of discomfort, distress or illnesses.
• Evaluation of physical status changes for exacerbation of existing conditions, onset of disease, and/or responses to care and treatment.
• Documentation and follow up of all findings.
• Communicate with physicians, families, interdisciplinary team members and clinicians involved in providing services to individuals.
• Communicate and follow up on consumer hospitalizations, emergency room visits, reports of injury, trauma, accidents, illness, distress and other health issues as individually required.
• Accompany individuals on medical appointments when necessary to advocate for and discuss health issues; communicate with team members as to findings.
• In urgent/emergent situations, you may receive phone calls outside of routine working hours regarding individuals assigned to your caseload.
• Attend meetings with management, staff, families and clinicians to discuss any health related issues regarding consumers served.
• Develop individual specific nursing plans and protocols as needed; update and revise these documents to reflect changes in consumer status.
• Supervises AMAP administration of prescribed medication and routine treatments in accordance with federal and state regulations and agency policy; administers STAT medication and treatments as prescribed.
• Participates in in-services and trains AMAPs as needed; completes AMAP certification, recertification and decertification processes as necessary.
• Regularly reviews medication administration records (MARs), treatment and adaptive equipment records, logs documenting vital signs, elimination, glucose readings, weight, menses, and other records as individually specified; reports significant issues to appropriate clinicians and team members, including need for ordering medications, renewing or updating prescription orders and individual specific drug information sheets.
• Monitor and manage medication storage and disposal procedures in accordance with federal and state law.
• Develop and monitor health goals, nursing plans and protocols that are individual specific; review, update and revise these documents to ensure they are reflective of current consumer status.
• Monitor consumer dietary and nutritional needs; in-service and support staff in managing special meal and feeding of individuals served; observe meal times for appropriate food choices, portions, use of adaptive utensils, etc.
• Participate in the re-admission intake review with preparation of a preliminary plan based on available health records.
• Participate in discharge planning meetings, including writing recommendations.

Pay

Pay Rate: $48-$50 per hour.

Schedule

Location: Jamaica, Queens. Available Overnight Shift: 7pm-7am, Tuesday.