LPN or RN

Unique LPN/RN Opportunity in Rapid City, SD!

Flexible daytime Schedule for a great work life balance!

LPN: $62,400 - $69,680 based on experience as determined by hiring manager

RN: $79,040 - $83,200 based on experience as determined by hiring manager

Make a difference by working with adults with developmental and cognitive difficulties or delays. Participants range from working individuals with a job to global delay. The RN/LPN will oversee support staff who are doing a lot of hands on care. The RN/LPN will need to be able to educate their support staff and then go on site with participants for assessments or training.

Primary Responsibilities:

1. Provides information and assists team in developing programs to enhance an individual's community integration.
2. Provides consistent communication with medical providers to advocate and follow up with medical concerns.
3. Provides training and consultation to non-medical personnel.
4. Completes infection Control Program for the agency, maintaining logs and making recommendations as required to assure high standards of safety.
5. Confirms upcoming appointments and refers to MSA (Medical Support Assistant) to schedule.
6. Attends specialty medical appointments as needed.
7. Completes appointment medical data forms and inputs into computer record and carries out doctor's orders.
8. Maintains current record of all health-related appointments on each participant in his/her caseload in a nursing medical file.
9. Accepts and documents physician orders.
10. Documents medication, dietary, treatment and all health-related orders and assures that the participant, staff, and guardians or other caregivers are aware of new or changed interventions.
11. Performs medical assessments and addresses emergency needs as they arise.
12. Performs IM injections, Foley catheter insertion, supra pubic catheter changes and non delegatable wound care for participants as required per certified medical professional orders.
13. Maintains strict confidentiality of health information.
14. Provides staff training to assure health needs of participants are met such as medication administration certification classes and others.

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For California Applicants:

We will consider for employment all qualified Applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable federal, state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (FCIHO), Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers (ULAC), The San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance (FCO) , and the California Fair Chance Act (CFCA).

This position is subject to a background check based on its job duties, which may include patient care, working with vulnerable populations, access to financial and confidential information, driving, working with heavy machinery, or working in a warehouse or laboratory environment. Due to these job duties, this position has a significant impact on the business operations and reputation, as well as the safety and well-being of individuals who may be cared for as part of the job position or who may interact with staff or clients.