Registered Nurse

Registered Nurse

SUMMARY: Provides skilled nursing care to preschool children using skills to identify health related problems, adapt appropriate interventions and promote standard health care practices. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following.  Other duties may be assigned.

• Brings to Program Administrator’s attention any concerns of staff or child’s parent/guardian.
• Consults Director of Nursing on medically specific issues.
• Frequently reviews medical charts to ensure all medical orders are followed.
• Conducts personnel in service training regarding documentation and certain procedures as requested.
• Assures medical documentation/information is complete and in compliance with regulatory agencies/clinic standards and placed in EMR as required.
• Represents preschool to communities served; especially to medical community members, allied health personnel, individuals, and groups as needed.
• Assures Pediatric CPR and other vital medical emergency responses are available to preschool children between daily arrival/departure hours.
• Promotes continuity, consistency, and expediency of care to children and their families.
• Performs all clinical skills according to acceptable standards.
• Makes sound nursing decisions based on interpretation of facts and experience as shown in intervention. 
• Serves as resource for all staff in areas of primary health care, infection control, disease processes, and emergency procedures.
• Makes suggestions regarding in-service training and continuing education with Early Childhood Developmental specialists, classroom staff, and other staff regarding child health/safety.
• Participates in continuing education seminars as needed.
• Administers physician prescribed medications and maintains documentation in EHR as required.
• Performs Doctor ordered medical procedures as ordered when needed.
• Monitors child immunizations to keep them up to date.
• Assists in care coordination with multidisciplinary staff, including developmental pediatricians, audiologists, speech pathologists, occupational/physical therapists, nutritionists, neuropsychologists, and psychologists.
• Communicates with families timely.
• Completes Preschool site tours as needed.
• Ensures FCC Policies/Procedures manual maintained/followed.
• Ensures safe, clean facility is maintained.
• Maintains/updates MARS as needed in EHR system.
• Exhibits knowledge of developments/trends in developmental disabilities.  Stays current on information/new practices in serving children with developmental disabilities.
• Serves as Liaison with public schools, educational cooperatives, developmental disability services, Department of Human Services, and medical community, as well as city/county officials and civic organizations as needed.
• Represents FCC at professional meetings and conveys information as appropriate as needed.
• Assures all services are family centered/friendly.
• Assures services are provided in manner upholding client dignity and civil/human rights are observed/protected.
• Attends internal/external meetings, conferences, and events as required.
• Maintain job skills/personal qualities for position.
• Projects professional image and attributes.
• This is a safety sensitive position.

Maintains confidentiality of all information received regarding Friendship Community Care, Inc. and the clients.  Conditions of confidentiality shall comply with Friendship Community Care Non-Disclosure Policy and HIPAA Policies.

This job description is not intended to be all inclusive, and employee will also perform other reasonable related business duties as assigned by immediate supervisor and other management as required.

This organization reserves the right to revise or change job duties as the need arises.  This job description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.

Scheudule: Mon-Fri, flexible day time hours, anticipate change to full time

Pay: Based on Experience

Qualifications

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

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.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

Associate degree in nursing, a registered nurse diploma, or a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing and currently be licensed as a registered nurse in the state of Arkansas.  Must have an in depth knowledge of children with special developmental and medical needs.  Must have a thorough understanding of early childhood development and early intervention protocols.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.  Ability to write simple correspondence.  Ability to effectively present information in one on one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

Ability to interrelate with all physicians, including pediatricians, child psychiatrist, pediatric psychologist, neuropsychologist, psychological examiner, and speech/language pathologists; Medical Director, clinic administrator, Quality Assurance staff, Early Childhood Developmental specialists, administrative assistant, physical/ occupational therapists, nutritionist, social worker, and audiologist.  Ability to relate with allied health personnel, occasionally individuals, and groups within the service area to promote public relations and marketing activities.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.  Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY:

Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.  Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

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 regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls and talk or hear.  The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.  The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

QUALITY ASSURANCE & COMPLIANCE: To adhere to the following and comply with all Quality Assurance’s & HIPAA procedures:

• The Code of Conduct and Compliance Investigation Procedures as read and discussed in the new employee training must be followed at all times.
• Consumers’ progress notes be maintained and completed daily or as needed on the prescribed forms.
• Consumers’ records must be maintained weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly.  All information must be filed in consumers’ records as needed and updated as prescribed by funding sources.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

This is a safety sensitive function. Must be able to pass background checks/drug screen and maintain a clean driving record along with a valid AR driver’s license and reliable transportation with state minimum liability insurance.

Friendship Community Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of any Kind. Friendship Community Care is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Friendship Community Care based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Friendship Community Care will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Friendship Community Care encourages applicants of all ages.