Nurse RSA
- Using written instructions and modeling to facilitate development of independent living skills.
- Routine familiarization with specific direct care staff interventions as outlined in treatment plans or counseling staff guidance.
- Employing crisis prevention intervention methods for managing difficult behaviors.
- Engaging consumers to assess their performance of independent living skills. This may include the use of simple surveys s or ADL skills questionnaires to evaluate a consumers’ level of performance for such skills.
- Supervising and monitoring consumer behavior in the milieu.
- Documenting or charting specific behaviors or observation of consumer behavior that occur during the shift.
- Collaborating and communicating frequently with counselors and nurses around programing, shift planning and addressing individual consumer behaviors.
- Ensuring shift to shift communication of important safety or behavioral management issues.
- Assisting or facilitating in maintaining cleanliness and orderliness throughout the milieu or setting,
- Assisting in, facilitating and providing general supervision of consumer participation in scheduled programing and services (smoking time, mealtimes etc.).
- Engaging new admissions to facilitate their acclimation to the facility and general programing during the 1st day orientation process.
- Prompt and physically assist, as needed, consumers in keeping their room clean and odor-free by changing bed linens and disposing of trash.
- Model and teach basic day-to-day living skills including how to organize and maintain personal living space.
- Prompt and physically assist, as needed, consumers in keeping their appearance appropriate daily by completing Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) including but not limited to; hair combing and brushing,
- Prompt and facilitate consumers preparation and follow-through with transportation appointments.
- Prompt and physically assist, as needed, preparing consumers for meals; including but not limited to serving food and drinks and cleaning up after meals.
- Serve between meal and bedtime snacks or nourishments.
- Wash hands before and after performing any service for the resident and follow infection control guidelines and universal precautions.
- Follow established isolation precautions and procedures.
- Follow established safety precautions in performance of all duties.
- Treat all consumers, staff, visitors/families, with kindness, dignity, and respect.
- Any additional tasks as assigned by supervisor that need to be completed to ensure safety and wellbeing of all consumers in the building.
- Measure vitals as instructed by supervisor or on duty nurse.
- Maintain confidentiality of all resident call information and ensure resident privacy.
- Maintain records accurately and timely.
- Chart timely and accurately.
- Observe and report the presence of skin breakdown or redness immediately to the nurse on duty.
- Observe and report to supervisor any physical and emotional changes observed in consumers including any complaints or grievances made by consumers.
- Review care plans daily to ensure provision of appropriate care.
- Report all hazardous conditions and equipment to supervisor/nurse on duty/receptionist immediately.
- Requires employee to have had no abuse convictions.
- Prompt and regular attendance.
- The position offers two shifts on days from 7am to 3pm and two shifts on evenings from 3pm - 11pm with rotating weekends.
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