Registered Nurse

Job Title: Registered Nurse

Reports to: Nurse Supervisor

FLSA Status: Exempt

Summary: The function of the Registered Nurse is to ensure the provision of a comprehensive program of preventative, intervention and emergency medical care for the individuals.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide initial health screenings upon admission, to include pain assessment. Perform vision and hearing test upon admission and on a scheduled basis as required by regulations.
• Maintain an adequate understanding of psychiatric diagnosis (including proper diagnostic codes).
• Maintain an adequate understanding of the psychotherapeutic process.
• Maintain (and convey to stakeholders) adequate knowledge of psychotropic medications and side effects along with medical problems associated with medications.  Conveying this information to stakeholders includes, at a minimum: preparing consent forms for treatment and medication changes, providing written notification of side effects of medication to family, client and treatment staff.
• Maintain an adequate knowledge of client mental health issues and psychotropic medical problems that are most common to this consumer population.
• Ensure total treatment program integration by participating in treatment team/staffing meeting.
• Conducts medical assessments of client, post-restraint, within one hour, and during restraint, as needed.  Provides corresponding documentation.
• Coordinate DNA testing for sexual offenders and clients with felony charges.
• Provide transportation for clients for medical care, as needed.
• Maintain ongoing relationships with licensed physicians and dentists to provide medical care as required.
• Liaison for all verbal medical orders.
• Ensure provision of emergency medical care, onsite and in the hospital, for individuals.
• Provide health instruction to the individuals, as needed.
• Maintain a complete record of all immunizations provided, pain assessments, medicine administered, nutritional assessment, vision and hearing checks, physical examinations and any treatment provided for specific illness or medical emergency.
• Ensure that medical, dental and health services are provided in compliance with all applicable federal, state and local regulations.
• Arrange medications to be continued while clients are on home visits, on emergency leave, and special trips out.
• Order medical supplies, as needed.
• Ensure individual’s annual physical is conducted.
• Oversee HRST
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

None.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Nursing from four-year college or university and two years related experience and/or training; or such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Chief Executive Officer (or designee) may find appropriate and acceptable.
• Valid PA Drivers License with a clean driving record
• 21 years old with Clear Criminal Background Check
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