Registered Nurse

Position Title: Community Registered Nurse 

Department: Community Living

Job Purpose: The Registered Nurse of Community Living promotes those with intellectual/developmental disabilities to live their best lives by providing assessment and coordinate medical care to persons served, offering information and opinion as a member of the PCBS Leadership Team.

Evaluated By:             Director of Community Living

Supervision Given:      None

Classification:             Non-Exempt

Qualifications:

• Current Missouri Registered Nurse license with at least two years nursing experience.
• Supervisory experience preferred.
• Ability to communicate and enforce new ideas and processes, growth-minded, solutions oriented.
• Superior oral and written communication skills in both internal and external settings
• Masterful organizational and leadership skills demonstrated previous professional success.
• Strong working knowledge of social services, consumer care, and regulations
• Must have ability to use computer and other electronic equipment.
• Must possess, maintain, and operate a personal electronic device for the purpose of communication, two-factor authentication, and tracking hours worked. 
• Must have a desire to manage a team of staff supporting individuals with intellectual/ developmental disabilities and advocate for them in all possible ways.
• Must embrace a person-centered philosophy, support the principles of the CMS Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) rule, and industry trends.

Essential Functions:

Promotes the PCBS Mission

• Embodies the PCBS Vision, Mission, and Values Statements
• Supports a Person-Centered philosophy.
• Ensures the human and legal rights of persons served are respected.
• Promotes community awareness and demonstrated involvement of the persons served.

Provides Leadership

• Provides input, opinion, and solutions as a member of the PBCS Leadership Team
• Builds an effective team by providing guidance and coaching. 
• Compile and assess medical and behavioral needs on initial intake for persons served.
• Provide training to persons served promoting health and wellness (medications, first aid, nutrition, etc.)
• Ensures training compliance of assigned employees is constantly met.

Ensures Excellence in Service Provision Within Community Living 

• Ensures PCBS is providing community living services in accordance with the Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) rule.
• Ensure all consumers have current physical, dental, labs and immunizations.
• Coordinate medical appointments with person served and communicate with staff family/guardian needed.
• Assist persons served with admissions to hospitals and other health care facilities. 
• Ensure immediate update of case records and inform staff of medication changes.
• Ensures compliance with HIPAA regulations, including PHI and ePHI.
• Perform monthly health summary on all residential consumers.
• Verify Medication Administration Record’s (MAR’s) monthly and provide changes as needed.
• Respond to daily health concerns.
• Monitor and screen person served taking psychotropic medications for Tardive Dyskinesia 
• Report all persons served and staffing related emergencies to Community Living Director
• Provide training in Medication Administration, Tardive Dyskinesia, and nutrition.

Leads a Positive Work-Environment

• Is an excellent team player.
• Completes tasks on time and up to the expected standard.
• Leads the team to work through disagreements with honesty and transparency fostering a trusting environment.
• Leads teammates in a collaborative way that aids improvement of skills and outcomes.
• Is a part of the PCBS Leadership Team which makes decisions about the direction of the organization.

Secondary Functions:

• Attends all meetings and agency functions as required.
• Commits to a personal professional development plan in partnership with PCBS.
• Is an active member on committees and project teams for global PCBS objectives.
• Handles all other addition responsibilities as needed and required.
• Review and monitor medication errors and facilitate measures to reduce recurring incidents.
• Ensure that medical consultation forms are routed to the appropriate program.
• Provide annual medical reviews for all persons served.
• Train and/or assist staff to perform special medical services to persons served.
• Visit group homes monthly and ISL sites quarterly, or as needed.
• Serve on assigned committees (Safety, Health, and Maintenance Committee).
• Assist with the development and implementation of staff orientation and training.
• Attend and participate in ISP meetings when requested.
• Respond to after-hours emergencies whenever possible.
• Ensure compliance with HIPAA regulations in relation to persons served health information.
• Attend all meetings and agency functions as required.

Physical Requirements/Working Conditions:

• Job demands include extended periods of sitting with some periods of standing and walking.
• Will occasionally require light lifting, kneeling, stooping, crouching, or bending as appropriate.
• Will possibly require some physical intervention if confronted by a person displaying combative or potentially dangerous behavior.
• Will require periods of driving agency vehicles.
• Office based role with noise from persons served, office machines, and telephones.  Will have a substantial use of computers and/or other devices and screens. May be exposed to bloodborne pathogens, infectious diseases, and parasites.