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Registered Nurse 1 (NY HELPS)

Registered Nurse 1 (NY HELPS)

New York StateOntario
30+ days ago
Salary
CA$93,929.00–CA$102,656.00 yearly
Job description

Minimum Qualifications Must have a license and a current registration as a registered professional nurse in New York State.

Duties Description

  • Monitors individual’s medical / health needs and services.
  • Visits each assigned home weekly (minimally) to provide nursing oversight and complete review of items
  • Interacts with primary, medical specialists, various clinical staff as necessary.
  • Advocate for individual's health care needs
  • Maintains ongoing communication with med liaison / designee
  • Provides support to residential staff in maintaining health services for the individuals
  • Utilizes appropriate reporting mechanisms / chain of command in responding to individual and / or staff issues
  • Completes follow-up including documentation for individuals post ER / hospital visit follow-up
  • Reviews, comments, initials and dates lab, x-ray, consults, etc. If indicated completes follow-up with practitioner.
  • Provides necessary documentation regarding home visits within established time frames.
  • Follows pressure wound policy and documentation requirements.

Provides appropriate nursing services and support / oversight to Residential / Day Hab. staff

  • Responds to emergency requests as soon as possible (within and outside caseload).
  • Completes nursing assessments and related documentation ., RN Notes, nursing log book, etc. thoroughly and within established time frames.
  • Provides individual-specific nursing interventions.
  • Responds to staff questions regarding individual specific medical / nursing issues.
  • PONS are current (for caseload) and signed by staff. All PONS are maintained in computer files.
  • Provides health related training / consultation to day program, IES, residential staff.
  • Annually for everyone in your caseload, completes : review of medical section ISP, medication audit (each home)
  • Keeps up to date regarding changes to medical section on ISP
  • Responsible for obtaining individual’s informed consent for medications, as per BDDSOO Policy.

    • Provides adequate nursing assessment / supervision of DSAs competency regarding individual –specific nursing delegated procedures including medication administration

  • Completes initial medication certification and conducts annual clinical performance evaluations for DSAS for procedures that include but not limited to medication administration (Annual Clinical Nursing Evaluation of Nursing Delegated Tasks)
  • Provides training for all staff as needed on new / revised medication / policies.
  • Provides CMHN, NA and NPC’ with certification / recertification information for data base in a timely manner.
  • Completes required medication error documentation and staff medication error remediation

    • Provides clinical supervision to LPNs

  • Provides adequate nursing supervision and completes performance evaluations (as assigned) regarding individual-specific nursing procedures.

    • Maintains professional skills

  • Attends Nursing Discipline meetings.
  • Attends / completes on-line mandated DDSO training, as well as available discipline specific training.
  • Identifies problems and / or opportunities for personal and / or nursing department improvement (s) and contributes to the development of an action plan.
  • Completes special projects / assignments

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