Starting rate from - $40.00
Summary: Registered Nurse– Driver is responsible for performing essential care for our residents in our nursing supported group homes under the direction of the Group Home Manager. This is a safety sensitive position.
Essential functions: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
1. Responsible for Residents which includes:
• Provide for the safety, emotional and physical needs of all residents
• Ensure residents are clean, well-groomed, and dressed (age appropriately, correctly for the season, and environmental conditions)
• Position and re-position every 1 hour while awake and every 2 hours while asleep and as needed
• Help residents cook meals and to eat as needed
• Ensure daily that residents are being emotionally and physically stimulated to the best of their ability
• Assist with showering residents to ensure a complete shower is given as needed
2. Driving which includes:
• Daily maintenance checks of the vehicles (i.e. checking turn signals, cleanliness, fuel, etc.)
• Responsible for keeping signed documents (Med Appointment Forms) and returning to Manager upon completion of appointment
• Escort and drive residents to appointments and activities as scheduled.
• Maintain a clean driving record
• Report any changes to your driving record immediately
3. Responsibility for Medical Aspects of Care which includes:
• Responsibility to the D.O.N. and Medical Group Home Manager for reporting all medical aspects of care and changes in conditions regarding the residents in the home
• Performing routine nursing duties, including:
1. Taking a recording temperature, pulse, and blood pressure
2. Comfort, grooming, and hygiene needs
3. Diet management
4. Collecting specimens
5. Patient activities
6. Passing medications
7. Reordering medications as needed (or ensuring manager is aware and needs to reorder)
• Safeguard equipment and supplies, and checks equipment apparatus or appliances furnished to resident during treatment
• Responsible for supervision of Hab Tech as it relates to resident care (only when Medical Group Home Manager is not available)
• Maintaining and ensuring that all documentation is completed before end of shift which includes but not limited to: incident reports, daily nursing notes, Med Sheets, etc.
4. Responsibility to the Company which includes:
• Being flexible in hours worked and location worked to assist with staff coverage if needed
