About the position
You Belong at Albright Life! Full-time - 40 hours/week Monday - Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm occasional on-call $38- $43/hour LIFE (Living Independence for the Elderly) is a Medicare/Medicaid program that helps people meet their health care needs in the community instead of going to a nursing home or other care facility. At an Albright LIFE location, you’ll work with a team of health care professionals providing exceptional, coordinated services each day that help participants stay healthy and safely live independently at home. Albright LIFE has a mindset to help others and is a certified Great Place to Work where you can build a purposeful career. Let’s do all the good we can in this world – together!
Responsibilities
- Provides skilled nursing care and prescribed treatments to participants primarily in the day health center/clinic demonstrating quality care delivery by physicians' orders.
- Directs and supervises the provision of quality para-professional clinical care to participants within the clinic/day center setting.
- Participates as an on-call RN, including home visits, by the Albright LIFE on-call policies and procedures.
- Conducts a comprehensive assessment of each new participant within the first week of program enrollment and conducts re-assessments and evaluations of each participant, per the LIFE standards.
- Develops a comprehensive plan of care; provides routine nursing care for ongoing and episodic illnesses by the plan developed by the Interdisciplinary Team.
- Maintains complete and accurate clinical documentation within established LIFE timeframes.
- Manages the clinic schedule to ensure participants are seen by the RN and physician for initial, annual, periodic, and unscheduled assessments, acute issues, etc.
- Establishes follow-up visits in the clinic as well as with specialty physicians and other providers.
- Responsible for the supervision, orientation, evaluation, scheduling, and management oversight of the clinic LPNs and medication techs.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- RN or BSN Degree from a school of professional nursing; license and current registration to practice as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
- One year of experience working with a frail or elderly population.
- Ability to lift up to 25 pounds and to push wheeled equipment with weights up to 200 pounds throughout the center.
- Must possess a valid PA driver’s license and be able to travel and work flexible hours as needed.
Benefits
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- 401K with match
- PTO and paid holidays
