REGISTERED NURSE PT (62297)

Job Title: Registered Nurse

FLSA Status: RN Exempt

Reports to: Program Director

Department: Any

Preparation date: April 23, 2013

Summary of Job Function: Under general supervision, plans, directs, and evaluates total nursing care and functions in a variety of settings.

Essential Functions:

1. May be asked to provide telephone and face-to-face screenings and intake interviews.

2. Provides monitoring of consumers’ behavior, medication needs, and involvement intherapeutic intervention.

3. May be required to conducts IPP’s in coordination with other staff.

4. Dispenses medications, ensures the appropriate storage, handling, and record keeping ofsame in accordance with Prestera’s Policies and Procedures and Physician’s orders.

5. Conducts discharge planning in coordination with other staff.

6. Provides proper documentation, charting and record keeping, in accordance with Prestera’sPolicies and procedures.

7. Reviews client’s need for basic living and personal care services, formulates and amends treatment plans to reflect assessment.

8. Provides weekly and monthly nursing assessments to consumers in accordance withlicensure regulations.

9. May provide supportive intervention groups in areas of nursing care.

10. May be assigned to train staff in universal precautions & blood borne pathogens.

11. May occasionally be called upon to verbally and /or physically intervene or redirectconsumers exhibiting inappropriate or aggressive behavior.

12. May occasionally be called upon to therapeutically restrain a client in imminent danger ofharming himself/herself and/or others.

13. Will perform emergency medical assessments as they arise at their program location forconsumers and staff.

14. May be assigned nursing supervision of unlicensed staff that has been trained to assist inadministering medications (AMAP).

15. Provides clinical supervision to LPN’s

16. Performs other duties as assigned.

Job Specifications:

1. Education, Certification/License, and/or Experience

a. Must possess a A.A or BA in nursing from an accredited college or university.

b. Must possess licensure from the WV Board of Examiners for Registered Nurses uponhire and maintain license.

c. Attain/maintain certification in Non-Violent Crisis Intervention and CPR/FA duringemployment.

d. Requires valid driver’s license and access to reliable transportation during workinghours.

1. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities required: Must have (1) knowledge of nursing care principles, practices, and procedures; (2) knowledge of safety principles and infection control (3) and the ability to assess consumers’ needs and coordinate appropriate nursing care plan. Must also possess the ability to read, write reports, perform basic math (adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing), have good computer skills, and possess good verbal and written communication skills.

Physical & Mental Requirements: The physical demands described herein are representat