Overview

Job Title: Nurse

Department: Nursing

Manager: Assistant Director of Nursing

Schedule: 7:00am-7:00pm

Compensation: Hourly / Non-Exempt

Job Summary: The Nurse is responsible for supervising and delivering quality nursing care to all client populations while acting within the scope of nursing practice.

Incentive Eligible: No

Responsibilities

Dependable

• Administration and reconciliation of all medications, routine and as needed.
• Inform incoming shift of any changes/client needs to promote continuity of care.
• Assist in the orientation of new hires as assigned.

Active

• Collect and analyze the client’s physical, psychological, environmental, self-care, educational, and anticipated discharge planning needs.
• Complete physical and provisional mental health assessments upon admission.
• Ensure accurate preparation for administration for all routine and as needed medication for client therapeutic family time visits as needed.
• Provide client and staff education, including infection control practices, hygiene, medication side effects and actions, and medication administration and compliance.
• Will complete pain assessments are required.
• Provide client diabetic care and education.
• Communicate changes in client status (legal, psychiatric, physical, medical) to the attending physician or nurse practitioner.
• Communicate and obtain internal and external consents for client medication orders as needed per the physician.
• Assist with physician assessment: manage and ensure timely follow up and accuracy with transcription of orders.
• Participate in weekly inter-disciplinary team meetings.
• Monthly review of physician’s orders (rewrites) and medication administration records for all units.
• Clean and defrost refrigerators as scheduled.

Mission Driven

• Support internal and external customer service standards.
• Takes pride and ownership in Damar’s facilities and assigned work areas.

Accountable

• Follow established health-related procedures and related policies throughout all areas of Damar.
• Will adhere to all policies and procedures as defined in the Employee Handbook and Damar Operational Policies and Procedures Manual.
• Administration of client immunizations, documentation and tracking.
• Administration of TB serum, documentation, and tracking.
• Monitor clients following nursing unit policies and procedures.
• Review client medical records for accuracy and ensure that the nursing notes and all documentation clearly reflect current status and client progress.
• Collect and document client data for Department of Child Services Passport.
• Comply with safety and security policies and procedures, including those regarding accidents and injuries.
• Adheres to all safety policies and safe work practices.
• Performs assessments as needed in a timely manner and sends notifications per policy.
• Maintains documentation that is accurate and legible.
• Completes and updates mandatory staff training and other licensure related items in a timely manner.
• Attends mandatory staff meetings and other meetings as assigned.
• Communicate injuries, medical needs, illnesses, health, and well-being to guarding and/or referral source as identified by incident reports.
• Completes incident reports, including reporting any suspected exploitation, abuse, or neglect of a client.
• Deliver medications to nursing stations from pharmacy.
• Audit charts as assigned.
• Ability to have on-call availability as needed.
• Update passports as assigned.

Respectful

• Respects the culture, diversity and rights of all clients, their families and the community.

Qualifications

Education: Must have Indiana nursing license as a Licensed Practical Nurse or Registered Nurse.

Experience: One year of experience working with neuropsychiatric or behavioral challenges and/or individuals identifying with the DD/ID population preferred.

Equipment Familiarity: Proficiency in medical instruments and equipment.

Certifications, Licenses or Special Training:

• Minimum age of 21 depending on program and / or department requirements.
• Must meet and maintain background screening requirements for all Damar Programs as detailed in policy 1.HR.02 Pre-Employment and Employee Background Checks.
• Valid Indiana driver’s license and driving record that meets eligibility requirements of Damar’s insurance carrier (for all positions requiring driving).
• Successful completion of pre-employment drug screen and physical required. 

Abilities:

• Ability to follow and execute specific verbal and written instructions.
• Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in written form.
• Ability to promote and maintain positive interaction with all internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrate respect for cultural, ethnic, spiritual and linguistic diversity and values including differences in personal goals, lifestyle choices and varying family backgrounds and histories.
• Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) training is required, certification is preferred but not required.
• Must be able to use extremities to press against something with steady force, as well as pull objects, using extremities to draw, drag haul or tug in a sustained motion.
• Must be able to feel, grasp, and finger objects and lift them from a lower to higher position or horizontally from one position to another.