RN Admin / IDD Facility Nurse / $4,000 Sign On Bonus

RN Admin / IDD Facility Nurse

If you are a positive and personable individual looking for a satisfying and fun opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of people with intellectual, developmental disabilities, and people facing mental health and substance use challenges, join our team at RHA Health Services!

Job Description

• Provides oversight and general nursing care and services to persons with disabilities in residential homes and/or vocational centers.
• Responsible for all nursing functions at a single business location.
• Relies on knowledge, experience, and judgment with limited direction and supervision to accomplish responsibilities.
• Administers prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with approved nursing standards.
• Prepares equipment and aids physician during treatment and examination of people supported.
• Takes temperature, pulse, blood pressure, and other vital signs to detect deviations from the norm.
• Assesses condition of people supported monthly and/or per physician order.
• Monitors medication administration and reports medication errors.
• Initiates a people supported education plan according to individualized needs as developed by the interdisciplinary team and/or company policy including parent and/or family/guardian instruction.
• Communicates with family and guardians about people supported health status, medical intervention procedures, side effects, and other information relative to each person's well-being.
• Conducts nursing and quality assurance assessments to monitor health, treatment, and sanitary conditions of residential homes.
• Coordinates and supervises work of LPNs, oversight for medication administration technicians, and other non-nursing personnel who may render medical care and assistance to people supported.

Requirements

• Must be a graduate from an accredited school of nursing, with a minimum of an Associate's Degree in Nursing. Bachelor of Science in Nursing is preferred.
• Prefer one year of nursing experience and preferably prior developmental disabilities experience.

Benefits

• Payactiv: early access to the money you've earned from hours you've already worked, before payday!
• Employee perks and discount program: to help you save money!
• Paid Time Off (full-time employees only)
• Health/Insurance (full-time employees only)
• 401(k) retirement savings program
• Wellbeing Programs: Physical, Emotional, and Financial
• Chronic Disease management programs for hypertension and diabetes (for qualifying employees)
• Training: Free CPR, first aid, and job-specific training opportunities

Community Overview

At RHA Health Services, we help individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, mental health, and/or substance use needs live their best lives. Our mission is to provide a safe and healthy environment while creating opportunities for personal outcomes.

For over 30 years, the people we serve and support have remained at the very center of everything we do. RHA currently provides services in North Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and New Jersey.