Registered Nurse - Community Travel

Job Description

Job Description

Hiring for a Registered Nurse for a 3 month leave coverage (might go longer).

– ACCS residential program- Adult Community Clinical Services
– Community based service program – for adults to receive services in their own communities (community hospitals, nursing homes, sometimes personal homes) rather than isolated settings.
– Driving required to care for participants in programs – traveling in Dorchester, Hyde Park, Rosindale, Mattapan, and Roxbury area. Some days may be asked to go as far as Beverly, MA for coverage – must be ok with this. Mileage is reimbursed.
– RNs would report to office in the morning and from there leave to conduct hospital visits, etc.
– Mileage is reimbursed – reimbursement does not include commute from home to office in the morning and does not include commute from office to home or commute from last patient to home at the end of the day.
– Training happens on the job under the DON.
– Will be learning and shadowing directly with DON for the first few days.

Experience/Skills:

• Active MA RN License
• Active BLS/CPR
• Active Driver’s License
• Minimum 1 year of community-based experience as a RN required
• Minimum 1 year experience with MAP protocols as a RN required.
• Professional writing and verbal communications skills.
• High degree of personal organization, attention to detail, and time management skills.
• Proficiency in word processing and other computer functions using Windows, Word, and Google Email and Apps.
• Ability to climb stairs and carry up to 40 pounds, as well as the physical capacity to assist people with mobility impairments as needed.

Pay: $53/hr

Schedule: M-F, 9am-5pm

Essential Functions of Position:

• Promote and ensure overall health and well-being of Persons consistent with the SAMHSA Eight Dimensions of Wellness.
• Provide direct treatment to Persons to enhance and develop their level of engagement, assist with skill building specific to activities of daily living and healthy decision making, including expanded physical activity, smoking cessation, harm reduction and abstinence from substance abuse
• Utilizes recovery-oriented language and principles in all communication and interactions with Persons, colleagues, and collaterals
• Promote independent living skills relating to medication management and self-administration, including psychoeducation specific to making informed decisions about treatment and self-care, self-advocacy, and self-administration of medication.
• Provide enhanced support to Persons during times of transition in and out inpatient hospitalizations, skilled nursing facilities, the criminal justice system, periods of homeless and other housing transitions to other levels of community living.
• Collaborate with Care Coordination Entities and other providers to ensure access to appropriate medical, clinical, self-help, and peer modalities during times of crisis, care transitions, other life transitions and changes in health status.
• Assist Persons with coordination of their health care including the maintenance of good communication between all involved care agencies, individual providers, emergency rooms, stabilization units and skilled nursing facilities.
• Facilitate communication with medical professionals including meeting with them as necessary, regarding medication and/or health care needs of Persons served.
• Provide training to staff and individuals in health care, such as blood pressure monitoring, diabetes, health care documentation, etc.
• Act as on call consultant to staff on a rotating schedule.
• Provide oversight of the Medication Administration Program (MAP) and provide additional MAP Training to staff when indicated.
• Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor.

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