Facility Registered Nurse / RN / $6,000 Sign on Bonus / Weekends

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Facility Registered Nurse / RN / $6,000 Sign on Bonus / Weekends

Type:

Regular

If you are a positive and personable individual looking for a satisfying and fun opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of people with intellectual, developmental disabilities, and people facing mental health, and substance use challenges, join our team at RHA Health Services!  

We are seeking a compassionate and dedicated RN to join our team. Join our team and refine your ability to assess and care for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Many of our individuals are nonverbal or have limited communication, requiring nurses to develop keen observational skills and collaborate closely with caregivers and interdisciplinary teams.

What RHA offers:
• Career Ladder: Structured opportunities for professional development
• Comprehensive Benefits Package: Medical, dental, vision, 401K,
Bereavement, PTO, and Holidays
• Educational Assistance
• Opportunity to earn free continuing education credits

Payrate: Depending on experience

Sign-On Bonus: $6,000

Schedule: Saturday and Sunday

• 7am - 7pm
• 7pm - 7am

Location: LaGrange, NC

As a nurse with RHA will have an opportunity to practice holistic nursing and to positively impact the lives of others by providing healthcare oversight and monitoring for the people we serve.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide holistic nursing care to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities

• Observe, assess, and evaluate the health needs or the people we support

• Provide health related training to unlicensed personnel

• Teach the people we serve to monitor their health and provide medication administration training to the people we serve when appropriate

• Administer medications and treatments or assist the person supported with medication administration

• Assist with ensuring preventative and routine medical appointments are scheduled

• Conduct medication closest assessments

• Perform quality assurance checks and observations to ensure unlicensed personnel are performing health related tasks as assigned

• Collect health related data

• Conduct nursing assessments

• Observe for and report any abnormal health related findings to the physician

• Communicate with physicians, pharmacies, medical suppliers, and the Interdisciplinary Team

• Advocate for the people supported and assist with developing community supports to promote optimal health for the people supported

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Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited registered nurse program

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred, but not required

• Current nursing license with no restrictions to practice nursing.

• Must be able to communicate effectively with Interdisciplinary Team Members, as well as the people supported and their families

• Must be able to work independently, be organized, and possess the ability to prioritize work tasks

• Current CPR Certification or eligibility to obtain certification

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Why Should You Apply?

• Ability to help others and make a difference

• Ability to join a team of dedicated caregivers, where you will be a valued member of a care team, enabling people RHA supports identify and achieve personal goals, experience, meaningful days, participated in the community, and live more independently.

​ Physical requirements include: ability to regularly lift 20 pounds. Must be able to lift a minimum of 40 pounds. Must be able to pull a minimum of 25 pounds. Must be able to squat, kneel, crawl, crouch, climb, and stoop. Must be able to regularly stand and walk. Must be able to demonstrate proficiency in CPR from the floor level. Vision requirements include close vision, distance vision, and peripheral vision. Must be able to communicate.

Pre-employment screening:

• Complete criminal background
• Name checked in the registries. (OIG exclusions database, Child Abuse Registry, and Offenders Against Individuals with Developmental Disabilities)
• Drug testing
• Education verification and other credentialing based on position requirements.
• Proof of employment history or references (if required)
• Positions that require driving Proof of driver's license, driver's insurance, and vehicle, IF required for provid