IDD Facility Nurse (RN)

RHA Health Services • New Bern, NC

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About The Position

RHA Health Services is hiring a regular IDD Facility Nurse (RN) to provide professional, holistic nursing care to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The role focuses on preventing disease, maintaining good health, and providing healthcare oversight and monitoring for the people RHA supports. The nurse works with service users, families, physicians, pharmacies, medical suppliers, and the Interdisciplinary Team to promote optimal health and support greater independence.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited registered nurse program.
• Current nursing license with no restrictions to practice nursing.
• Ability to communicate effectively with Interdisciplinary Team members, people supported, and their families.
• Ability to work independently, stay organized, and prioritize work tasks.
• Current CPR certification or eligibility to obtain certification.
• Ability to regularly lift 20 pounds and lift a minimum of 40 pounds.
• Ability to pull a minimum of 25 pounds.
• Ability to squat, kneel, crawl, crouch, climb, and stoop.
• Ability to regularly stand and walk.
• Ability to demonstrate CPR proficiency from floor level.
• Close, distance, and peripheral vision, and ability to communicate.
• Completion of pre-employment criminal background screening and name checks in the OIG exclusions database, Child Abuse Registry, and Offenders Against Individuals with Developmental Disabilities registry.
• Drug testing, education verification, and other credentialing based on position requirements.
• Proof of employment history or references, if required.
• For positions requiring driving, proof of driver's license, driver's insurance, and vehicle if required to provide transportation for individuals.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN); preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Provide holistic nursing care to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
• Observe, assess, and evaluate the health needs of the people supported.
• Provide health-related training to unlicensed personnel.
• Teach people supported to monitor their health and provide medication-administration training when appropriate.
• Administer medications and treatments or assist people supported with medication administration.
• Help ensure preventative and routine medical appointments are scheduled.
• Conduct medication closet assessments.
• Perform quality assurance checks and observations to ensure unlicensed personnel perform assigned health-related tasks.
• Collect health-related data and conduct nursing assessments.
• Observe and report abnormal health-related findings to physicians.
• Communicate with physicians, pharmacies, medical suppliers, and the Interdisciplinary Team.
• Advocate for people supported and assist with developing community supports to promote optimal health.

Benefits

• Payactiv early access to earned wages before payday.
• Employee perks and discount program.
• Paid time off for full-time employees.
• Health insurance and other insurance benefits for full-time employees.
• 401(k) retirement savings program.
• Physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing programs.
• Chronic disease management programs for hypertension and diabetes for qualifying employees.
• Free CPR, first aid, and job-specific training opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree