Healthcare Support Specialist RN, Clinical

The Arc Of Union County • Springfield, NJ

8d • $0 - $89,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Arc of Union County, Inc. is a leading provider of Person-Centered services to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities through Residential Services and Adult Day Services. The Healthcare Support Specialist, Clinical Services, is responsible for implementing and facilitating nursing service delivery strategies approved by the Assistant Executive Director, Clinical Services. The incumbent collaborates with the administration, uses, and facilitates resources efficiently and economically to enable each service recipient to attain or maintain the highest practical physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being. Collaborate with other departments, medical professionals, consultants, and organizations, including government agencies and advocacy groups, to develop, support, and coordinate service recipients’ care, related administrative functions, and to represent the interests of the agency.

The Healthcare Support Specialist, Clinical Services, is responsible and accountable for all assigned clinical aspects delivered across agency programs. The incumbent is responsible for providing nursing services to service recipients, developing and implementing preventive health services for individuals with developmental disabilities within The Arc of Union County, Inc. The incumbent will maintain ongoing monitoring and documentation of residents’ health needs, identify emerging health needs, and provide appropriate guidance and interventions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing required.
• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license.
• American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) certification for New Jersey is required.
• Two or more years of experience working in a long-term care setting with significant clinical experience in a related field, serving individuals with developmental disabilities.
• Thorough understanding of the knowledge, abilities, and skills outlined in the job description.
• Thorough knowledge of all DDD, CMS, CARF, Adult Day Habilitation Certification standards, and other external regulations and requirements.
• Strong planning and communication skills.
• Must be 21 years of age or older.
• Must have a valid New Jersey driver’s license and abstract (not to exceed 5 points).
• Ability to meet agency insurability requirements.
• Complete State/Federal Criminal Background checks and Central Registry checks.
• Ability to analyze, compute, hear and repeat information, take notes, read documents, generate written information, independently problem solve, tolerate interruptions, maintain positive public relations, organize, verbally communicate and converse with a diverse group of people.

Nice To Haves

• Developmental Disabilities Nurse (CDDN) certification is required after hire.
• Master’s nurse-prepared nurse preferred.
• Flexibility and sense of humor.
• Demonstrate ability to thrive and perform in an ever-changing, fast-paced, and demanding environment.

Responsibilities

• Implementing and facilitating nursing service delivery strategies approved by the Assistant Executive Director, Clinical Services.
• Collaborating with the administration, using, and facilitating resources efficiently and economically to enable each service recipient to attain or maintain the highest practical physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being.
• Collaborating with other departments, medical professionals, consultants, and organizations, including government agencies and advocacy groups, to develop, support, and coordinate service recipients’ care, related administrative functions, and to represent the interests of the agency.
• Providing nursing services to service recipients.
• Developing and implementing preventive health services for individuals with developmental disabilities within The Arc of Union County, Inc.
• Maintaining ongoing monitoring and documentation of residents’ health needs.
• Identifying emerging health needs.
• Providing appropriate guidance and interventions.
• Applying Agency Training Crisis Management Verbal and Physical Techniques during a crisis consistent with criteria as trained and in accordance with agency policies and procedure.

Benefits

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• The Arc of Union County will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with a disability so that they can perform the essential functions of a job unless doing so causes a direct threat to these individuals or others in the workplace and the threat cannot be eliminated by reasonable accommodation or if the accommodation creates an undue hardship to The Arc of Union County.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior