NSP - Registered Nurse
About this role
About the Role: Responsible for supervising day-to-day health services activities. Health Services provide services and support for foster care, residential and ACS involved youth. This role is primarily providing health/support services to our youths in our Limited Secure Placement facility.
What You’ll Do
Other duties include but are not limited to the following:
• Provides general medical care and treatment to individuals supported by the program, on site.
• Performs physical examinations and preventative health measures within prescribed guidelines and instructions.
• Provide health evaluations, assessments, and screenings with follow-ups. Review all Pediatric guidelines for care, including immunizations and testing
• Records physical findings based on the patient’s condition.
• Participate in clinical team and other health professional to prepare comprehensive patient care plan utilizing historical and current information
• Conducts and assists in medical examination of youth after incidents.
• Provides health education to youth supported, including reproductive health education
• On call for all triage, sick, urgent and quick coverage, questions and consult calls for assigned programs (if this pertains to the Program that you are covering).
• Administer Medication.
• Train staff.
• Other duties may be assigned within your scope of practice.
Qualifications
• New York State Registered Nurse.
• BCLS certification
• Bachelor’s degree in nursing from an accredited college or university preferred.
• Pediatric experience preferred but not required.
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Supervisory Responsibility
NO
Work Environment:
Clinic/Field/Corporate Office
Benefits & Compensation
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- PTO policy (11 Paid Holidays, Paid Sick Time, Paid Vacation & Paid Personal Days)
- Remote / flexible work options (If applicable)
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work: Full time position-hours are based upon the needs of the Program and will be discussed prior to employment.
Company at a glance
Driven by the belief that each of us can thrive when life has hope and opportunity, Rising Ground provides caring support and proven paths to positive change, helping children, adults, and families rise above adversity.
With an annual budget of $203 million and 101 programs at 138 sites throughout the New York City and lower Westchester area, we deliver dedicated support to promote safe environments for children and help families thrive through our family stabilization, family foster care and adoption programs; innovative special educational programs that advance learning from early childhood through high school; result-focused programs that help court-involved youth change the trajectory of their lives; caring services that promote independence for children and adults with developmental disabilities; and pro-active community health initiatives that foster well-being. Across programs, we continually engage new, innovative techniques and implement evidence-based models to increase our impact and promote better outcomes.
Top Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Paid sick time
- Paid vacation
- Paid personal days
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