RN-Registered Nurse-Full Time-Bi Lingual - R.A.I.N. Total Care

THIS IS A FULL TIME POSITION-------BILINGUAL (SPANISH/ENGLISH) A STRONG +

Position Summary

Nurses conduct routine and crisis-related client assessments and supervisory visits to ensure that the client’s plan of care is carried out as medically directed. In some cases and based on their assessments, nurses identify and advocate for additional supports and clinical services for the client. Nurses also conduct OSHA training sessions and all other in-service training sessions attended by home attendants. Nurses will be assigned on a rotation basis with regards to their conduct of OSHA and in-service training sessions.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Initial Nursing Assessment Visit

• Assess and evaluate client’s physical, psychological, social and environmental needs and health status to determine if home attendant care or housekeeping care is appropriate for the client and if the home environment allows for home attendant and housekeeping care to be provided.
• Prepare written plan of care for the home attendant or housekeeper’s strict adherence.
• Evaluate information obtained at initial visit and make any necessary recommendations regarding service authorization and initiation of service within seventy-two hours.

Assessment Visits (every six months)

• Reassess and evaluate client's general status for continued care.
• Discuss the client's condition and needs with the home attendant or housekeeper.
• Evaluate the ability of the attendant providing the service to ensure that the home attendant or housekeeper understands the needs of the client.
• Provide health instruction and/or appropriate training to the home attendant for the delivery of service to the client.

On-going Supervisory Nursing Visits (every ninety days)

• Evaluate whether-or not the client's homecare service needs are being met.
• Evaluate attendant’s ability to carry out assigned duties.
• Provide training instruction to the home attendant, where necessary.
• Consult with the client's physician as needed.
• Review written plan of care for the home attendant.

Annual Home Attendant Evaluations

• Conduct evaluations and provide input to Personnel Specialist for the evaluation of home attendants and housekeepers.
• Based on client assessments and job performance evaluation, recommend transfer, re-assignment, discipline, termination, or probation of the home attendant.

Case Management Meetings (when necessary)

• Meet with the Personnel Specialist to discuss Supervision of clients and home attendants and housekeepers.
• Plan periodic conferences with assigned Personnel Specialist to improve methods the Agency uses to meet client and home attendant needs, updating client and home attendant profile cardex, implementation and evaluation of goals, and the resolution of problems.
• Meet periodically with the ADFO to discuss care plans, policies, and administration of caseload, future planning, making recommendations for improvement and the resolution of problems.

Other Duties

• Maintain written records on all visits to clients and home attendants, maintain a daily census of clients, and maintain a current record of on-the-job training of each home attendant with follow-up and evaluation.
• Initiate client data onto the computer and update client data as necessary.
• Provide input in the development of in-service training curriculum
• Conduct in-service training classes.
• Conduct on site Home Attendant orientation visit to implement client service with plan of care.
• Provide clinical support to the PS on a rotational basis.

Qualification

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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 occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee might occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

Work environment characteristics 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 exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Minimum Qualifications

• Registered Professional Nurse with a current license to practice in New York State
• Good communication skills, Bilingual/ Spanish, preferred