RN - Registered Nurse - (Sign on Bonus of up to $3,000)

Company: Handicapped Children's Association
Location: Binghamton
Posted on: February 13, 2021

Job Description:

Job DescriptionPosition Overview:Responsible to assess and monitor medical concerns, provides nursing care to program participants and administers nursing care to ill, injured or disabled program participants.--Role and Responsibilities:Monitor and assess program participants' medical concerns.Provide routine and emergency nursing care to program participants.Complete all required documentation and reports according to program regulations, including program participants' medical reviews and charts.Relates effectively with others for continuity of care; maintains satisfactory relations with other departments and units.Responsible for orientation, training and management of personnel in the areas of health and safety.Identifies problems and guides personnel to appropriate resources.Accurately and promptly implements physicians' orders.Administers medications skillfully and correctly.Participates in safety programs.Enforces infection-control policies and procedures.Serves as a resource person on health issues.Provides staff development on health-related topics for IRA staff.Keeps supervisor informed of individual needs and problems.Certify and recertify all AMAP's on an as-needed basis.Review and act on Incident Reports.Provide "on-call" telephone coverage as needed.Advise patients on health maintenance and disease preventionPerforms other duties as assigned.Education and Experience Requirements: Registered nurse (R.N.), valid New York State LicenseThree to five years nursing experience with OPWDD population.Qualifications and knowledge:Knowledge of areas of practice specific to pediatrics, including child development and specific diagnoses.Working knowledge of public health problems and procedures for treatment in coordination with other health and social service agencies.Maintains a professional approach with confidentiality.Maintain acceptable standards of patient care.Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal, organization and active listening skills.Excellent organizational & time management skills.Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment. Strong collaboration skills.Exceptional problem solving skills, including a proactive approach to problem solving and the ability to make quick and independent decisions in response to changing conditions.Demonstrates motivation to augment current level of knowledge and practice through participation in continuing education courses.Proficient with Internet Explorer; Microsoft Excel; Microsoft Outlook; Microsoft Word; and Windows Operating System.Physical Demands:The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.While performing the duties of this job, the employee is:Frequently required to sit, kneel, stand, stoop, reach and manipulate objects.Occasionally required to lift up to 50lbs.Regularly required to talk and hear.Company DescriptionOur mission is to develop, establish and maintain multidisciplinary diagnostic and treatment services for developmentally and physically disabled persons and their families; plan and implement individualized programs designed to increase to the greatest possible degree the individual's physical, social, intellectual, and emotional abilities; and enable developmentally disabled persons to remain in the community, develop to their fullest potential, and become independent functional members of society.

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