Day Habilitation Boston Registered Nurse

• No nights or weekends
• Day Program
• Business hours of 7:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. Monday - Friday
• Free on-site parking

SUMMARY:
The Registered Nurse position is responsible for providing supervision and direct care services to individuals attending Day Habilitation Programs; also responsible for maintaining documentation in accordance with Medicaid regulations.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Monitors individuals during social adjustment skills training sessions. Assesses skills and provides training. Monitors and implements behavioral programs. Maintains documentation of services.
• Plans and leads 1:1 and small and large group activities for individuals in the program and in the community. Maintains documentation of services. Implements specific treatment as applicable, (i.e., range of motion, muscle strength, muscle relaxation and facilitation, balance, oral-muscular feeding, perceptual-motor integration, wheelchair and transfer technique. Fabricating and maintaining adaptive and assistive devices, Activities Daily Livings etc. (including toileting).
• Documents services provided in specific groups and activities, and relative to behavioral plans. Writes assessments, objectives, and progress reports as required for ISP process. Completes monthly progress notes for caseload.
• Meets with individuals on caseload as indicated. Provides crisis intervention. Oversees implementation of ISP goals, and attends ISP meetings. Communicates with families/residential staff as appropriate.
• Develops and implements curricula for small group and 1:1 activities. Maintains records/documentation of services.
• Works in conjunction with program consultants (speech, O.T., behavioral specialist, PT, as applicable) to provide and monitor specialized services. May supervise student interns as appropriate.
• Oversees all health care related services to the programs and program participants.
• Coordinates medical and/or psychiatric services with each participant’s primary care physician or medical clinic and participates in initial evaluations.
• May be responsible for administering medications as directed by physician orders.
• Responsible for maintaining up-to-date documentation of all pertinent medical data, training, and relevant liaison contacts.
• Works with developmentally disabled adults in day treatment facility and ensures that medications and treatments are properly dispensed and that proper documentation is maintained.
• Administers first aid training programs.
• Provides individual and group health education.
• Serves as the member of the Program staff in reference to the assessment/admission of new consumers, review of consumer programs, annual and special case reviews and discharge of consumers.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

• RN Degree Required.
• BS from an accredited nursing program preferred.
• Tuberculosis (TB) screening and testing of health care personnel or test required.
• Two years post-registration experience in Mental Health or Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities field.
• One or two years experience in public health, hospital or occupational health nursing as a Registered Nurse preferred.
• Requires acceptable results of CORI check according to Goodwill policy and requirements. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are required. Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from diverse groups of individuals (i.e., managers, clients, customers and the general public).
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit and use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee may be required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include depth perception, peripheral vision, the ability to distinguish basic colors and the ability to adjust vision to bring objects into focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment an employee is exposed to while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Normal office and training room environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to high.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $45.00 - $50.00 per hour