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Maintains the delivery of health care services for individuals with developmental disabilities who are living in community-based homes. Provides/participates in agency training.
Essential functions/Responsibilities
- Monitors the delivery of preventive and routine health care for individuals with developmental disabilities.
- Provides preventative, routine, and emergency healthcare for individuals with developmental disabilities.
- Adheres to and ensures facility compliance with all Physicians, NP, PA etc. orders.
- Ensures the scheduling and completion of all health-related exams, appointments, laboratory/diagnostic testing as ordered or required if assigned.
- Accompanies individuals on appointments, if assigned.
- Safely transports individuals if necessary.
- Completes medication, treatment, and supplement administration in the facility.
- Maintains compliance with all applicable state/federal regulations and agency policy and procedure.
- Maintains communication with Site RN, LPN Senior Residential Supervisor, Residential Director and other staff as necessary.
- Communicates all issues and carries out all directives of the overseeing RN.
- Assist in completion of daily logs, pertinent forms and documentation. Completes all nursing and program documentation promptly.
- Responsible for implementation of individual programs.
- Assist individuals as needed in all activities and areas of daily living.
- Completes all areas assigned through shift responsibility sheets to ensure health and safety of individuals.
- Performs housekeeping duties and laundry as assigned.
- Participates in pre-shift report meetings and house staff meetings as required.
- Attends all agency mandated in service training sessions in appropriate time frames.
- Attends all site specific trainings as mandated by the RN Clinical Coordinator and/or the Director of Nursing for the Agency.
- Required to fulfill pre-scheduled on-call commitment as determined by the Senior Residential Supervisor.
- Performs CPR and Strategies for Crisis Intervention and Prevention (SCIP-R).
- Complies with all agency policies and procedures.
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- Current NYS license to practice as a Licensed Practical Nurse.
- Valid Driver’s License that meets agency policy.
- CPR certification.
- Ability to meet physical requirements of the position when performing the following: Standing, walking, sitting, bending, stooping, squatting, kneeling and climbing.
- Physical agility and ability to react to emergency situations, including maintaining Strategies for Crisis Intervention and Prevention Core Training certification as per regulatory guidelines.
