Join The Foundling

Duties Include:

• Providing nursing care and coordinating medical services for people in assigned residential sites.
• Assessing the medical needs of the participants, plans intervention, and evaluates outcome of care and performs treatments and special medical care as mandated.
• Coordinating with other medical providers regarding care management.
• Monitoring medical care of participants.
• Providing medical consultation regarding individual medical needs through 24 x 7 telephone triage.
• Providing or assisting with all activities of daily living for program participants. i.e. adequate intake of food and fluids, bathing, dressing, bowel and bladder care/toileting, oral/nasal hygiene, skin care and grooming.
• Administering medication.
• Providing AMAP certifications and recertification classes for IRA staff.
• Monitoring and providing supervision to all AMAP certified staff.
• Providing supervision of nutrition issues including assisting staff with menu preparation. Coordinates with dietician.
• Coordinating medical services with Residence, Schools, and Day Services.
• Attending in-service to maintain current knowledge and trends in developmentally disabilities and medical care.
• Implementing plan of care as outlined in each medical profile, including positioning, play, feeding techniques, behavior modification and attention to ADL skills.
• Providing in-service training on medical issues as required.
• Recording monthly individual progress notes for each individual.

Requirements:

• BSN preferred, ASN accepted.
• Current NYS RN license required.
• Updated First Aid/CPR certifications required.
• 2-3 years working with adults with developmental disabilities.