Registered Nurse - Residential Program - Part-Time - Sign On Bonus $1,000

Job Description

Job Description

$40.00 - $43.00 Hourly - Non Exempt

Join our team and change someone's life!

At Minute Man Arc, our dedicated staff includes more than 200 employees who improve the lives of people with disabilities. We offer a work environment that values and respects diversity. Living up to our core values, we empower the people we proudly support and make a real impact in the world. We provide hands-on training opportunities with plenty of room for growth, both personally and professionally. If you want a meaningful job with exceptional benefits, read on...

Our benefits (pro-rated based on number of hours worked per week) :

$1,000 hiring bonus

10 days paid vacation every year to start

14 days paid holidays each year

6 days paid sick time each year

3 days paid personal time each year

Health insurance with fully paid health care deductible up to $3,000

Free prescription drugs -- no copays

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Free life insurance in the amount of your annual salary

Free short-term and long-term disability insurance

Free training and certification in your field

Tuition reimbursement

Summary

The nurse must be a registered nurse. The nurse will provide, supervise and document health care services to all residential individuals in a developmental disability home in accordance with appropriate state standards and standards of nursing practice.

Schedule

This is a 20 hours per week, hourly role. There is some flexibility in days/hours worked, which can be discussed, but it will be mandatory to be available every Wednesday from 10a-2p.

Educations and/or Experience

• Nursing degree and current registration with Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing.
• Ability to teach health and medication skills to others.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• One year of experience working with individuals with developmental disabilities.
• One year of experience in a community health setting.
• Experience with individuals with psychiatric disabilities preferred.

Physical Demands

• Employee is regularly required to talk, hear, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects and people and reach with hands and arms.
• Employees will regularly lift and/or move consumers in and out of wheelchairs and vehicles, lift and/or move consumers up from, and down to, mats.
• May intervene verbally and physically with consumers during behavioral incidents.

Work Environment

Generally, work will take place in an office or home environment. Occasionally, work may be performed in the community or at other locations. Due to the limitations of the individuals we serve, employees may be exposed to offensive language and body expressions. Employee needs to be able to cope with a work environment that may be suddenly stressful, at times.

Minute Man Arc is committed to providing a caring and safe environment for all the individuals we serve. To help ensure this, Minute Man Arc conducts annual background checks on all employees. These checks include a criminal background check (CORI).