Registered Nurse

Job Title: RN

Position Type: Part-Time

Job Purpose:

Promotes and restores consumer’s health by completing the nursing process collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members; providing physical and psychological support to consumer’s and their staff/families; supervising assigned team members.

Duties:

· Identifies patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other person in a position to understand care requirements.

· Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological and spiritual support to consumers.

· Promotes consumer independence by establishing consumer care goals; teaching consumers and their families/staff about specific conditions, medications and self-care skills; answering questions.

· Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against consumer care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; following hospital and nursing division’s philosophies and standards of care set by West Virginia board of nursing, state nurse practice act and other governing agency regulations.

· Resolves consumers problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.

· Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules and regulations; calling for assistance from health care support personnel.

· Protects consumers and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures and controlled substance regulations.

· Documents consumer care services by charting in the patient and department records.

· Maintains continuity among nursing teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities and continuing needs.

· Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential.

· Ensures operation of equipment by completing preventative maintenance requirements; following manufacturer’s instructions; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs; maintaining equipment inventories; evaluating new equipment and techniques.

· Maintains nursing supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies; using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.

· Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications’ establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.

· Maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information; responding to requests; building rapport; participating in team problem-solving methods.

· Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

· Perform clinical supervision of LPN’s and AMAP staff.

· Attend and participate in consumer meetings.

· Complete annual and required assessments for specific program participation.

Skills & Qualifications:

· Clinical Skills

· Bedside Manner

· Infection Control

· Nursing Skills

· Physiological Knowledge

· Administering Medication

· Medical Teamwork

· Multi-Tasking

· Listening

· Verbal Communication

· Health Promotion & Maintenance

· Knowledge of Wavier I/DD Program Requirements

· Ability to travel between locations (Valid Driver’s License & Auto Insurance)

Expected hours: 16.0 – 32.0 per week

Application Question(s):

• Have you ever been convicted of a misdemeanor?
• Have you ever been convicted of a felony?
• Have you ever worked for Diversified Assessment & Therapy Services at any location or in any capacity? If yes, list where and what position.
• Are you able/willing to work on days, evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed? Work will include in office time, field time and rotating on-call responsibilities.

Experience:

• I/DD Waiver: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• RN License (Required)

Work Location: In person