Job Description

The Licensed Nurse is responsible for providing physical, mental, and emotional care to patients. This position is also responsible for maintaining the patient’s medical condition and evaluating medical care plans.

This position does require evenings, weekends, holidays and on call time.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

• Delivering direct patient care to patients as assigned, using established procedures
• Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records on medical information, vital signs, or changes in patient’s conditions
• Monitor patients' medication usage and results
• Document patients' medical and psychological histories, physical assessment results, diagnoses, treatment plans, prescriptions, or outcomes
• Evaluate patients' behavior to formulate diagnoses or assess treatments
• Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans
• Provide personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to patients
• Assist with or instituting emergency measures for sudden adverse developments during treatment
• Clinical training for other staff
• Are accessible on-site or face-to-face via interactive videoconferencing based on the youth's clinical and/or medical needs. 
  • Interactive videoconferencing may not be appropriate for a youth in crisis at the facility. In these situations the clinician must be available to come on-site.
• Available twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week.
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• Licensed as an RN or LPN in the State of Ohio with no restrictions.
• Knowledge of healthcare regulations and preventative measures (HIPAA confidentiality, infection spread, etc.)
• Exemplary customer service experience including client relationships and job knowledge
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to prioritize and manage time effectively; ability to critically think
• Knowledge of quality control
• Ability to exercise manual dexterity, control precision and arm-hand steadiness accurately
• Ability to be empathetic with patients; ability to maintain confidentiality

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to work inside a clean, well-lit, and well-ventilated laboratory. While performing the duties of this position, the incumbent is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The employee may be exposed to some hazards such as radiation, bodily fluids that may contain disease, and fumes from laboratory chemicals.

Note

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.

Compensation details: 30-60 Hourly Wage

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