Registered Nurse (RN)

OLV Human Services•Buffalo, NY

1d•$34 - $42

About The Position

Join our Team: Registered Nurse Opportunity! 🩺🩹🛡 Are you a compassionate, dedicated Registered Nurse seeking a rewarding career opportunity? Look no further! Our healthcare family is expanding, and we're searching for a skilled RN to join our dynamic team. At OLV Human Services, we pride ourselves on delivering exceptional patient care with a focus on compassion, innovation, and excellence. As a Registered Nurse with us, you'll have the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of clients and their families every day. If you're passionate about providing high-quality care, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team, and advancing your career in a supportive environment, we want to hear from you! Apply now to embark on a fulfilling journey with us as we strive to elevate healthcare standards and positively impact our community. Looking for Registered Nurses for 3:00pm-11:00pm shifts!This position comes with a $5,000 Sign On Bonus! Salary range: $34.00-$42.00 per hour. Job Summary: The Registered Nurse will be working with adolescents, typically 12 – 18 years old that may have mental health concerns, developmental or intellectual disabilities and some that are diagnosed on the Autism spectrum. The Registered Nurse is an integral part of the treatment team who provides health care services for individuals in their care, ensuring that all overall health and safety needs are met. This position is responsible for the care and treatment of individuals with Autism, Intellectual Disability and/or mental illness.

Requirements

Customer skills
Computer skills
Monitoring /Assessment skills
Communication: Oral and written
Decision-making ability: The aptitude to extract, interpret, integrate and manage information correctly and make timely and concise decisions for the best course of action, among multiple alternatives, to enable the decision-making process to take place on a higher level in order to achieve objectives.
Problem solving: Takes a systematic approach to solving problems rather than reacting to symptoms.
Teamwork ability: Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
Attention to detail: Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
AAS /BSN Degree from an accredited Nursing school
NYS RN Licensure
NYS Driving License
New Hire Orientation
Therapeutic Crisis Intervention SCIP-R
CPR
Strength:  Sufficient to assist with lifting and transferring a patient, and perform CPR.
Mobility:  Sufficient mobility to bend, stoop, and bend down to the floor; ability to move around rapidly; and to move in small, confined areas.
Hearing:  Sufficient to hear through the stethoscope to discriminate sounds; to hear cries for help; to hear alarms on equipment and emergency signals; and various overhead pages.
Vision:  Sufficient to make physical assessments of patients and equipment.
Communication:  Able to communicate in both verbal and written formats; and interact with clients, staff, and faculty supervisors.

Nice To Haves

1-2 years working with individuals with developmental disabilities preferred

Responsibilities

Conduct medical assessment of individuals.
Decide interventions following the nursing process.
Provide education on medical issues and concerns to individuals, their families and employees as indicated on their plan of care and diagnosis.
Follows medical protocols, within nursing scope of practice, established by psychiatrist and general care physicians.
Monitor the medical states of the individuals in their care and adjust as appropriate.
Monitor and document all instances of physical intervention and resulting youth response.
Manage medications (including atypical psychotropic) and monitor response to medication.
Perform any other duties listed on the daily/weekly/monthly/semi-annually/annual site-specific responsibility checklist.
Assist with nursing duties in the OCFS houses as needed
Any other duties as assigned by the supervisor