Wellness Community Nurse

Description

The Wellness Community Nurse provides skilled nursing care and health oversight directly within community-based residential and day settings for people served with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Traveling between homes and program sites, this RN or LPN role conducts assessments, manages medications and treatments, and trains direct-support staff on delegated health tasks, ensuring each person's health needs are met where they live and participate in community life.

This role is essential to delivering skilled, person-centered nursing care beyond a clinical office setting.

• Travel to group homes, day programs, and individuals' residences to conduct nursing assessments and deliver skilled care.
• Administer, manage, and monitor medications and treatments in the field, coordinating with pharmacies and physicians as needed.
• Provide on-site training and delegation oversight for direct-support staff performing delegated health tasks.
• Monitor chronic and acute health conditions in community settings and respond promptly to changes in status.
• Complete accurate, timely clinical documentation while working across multiple community sites.
• Coordinate with physicians, specialists, and hospitals regarding the health needs of people served in the community.
• Educate people served, families, and direct-support staff on health conditions and preventive care in home and community settings.
• Identify and report critical incidents and any suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation per IPMS and mandatory reporting requirements.
• Participate in interdisciplinary team meetings, often coordinating remotely due to community-based schedule.
• Maintain compliance with standard precautions, infection control, and emergency preparedness in varied community settings.

The Wellness Community Nurse provides skilled nursing care and health oversight directly within community-based residential and day settings for people served with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Traveling between homes and program sites, this RN or LPN role conducts assessments, manages medications and treatments, and trains direct-support staff on delegated health tasks, ensuring each person's health needs are met where they live and participate in community life.

This role is essential to delivering skilled, person-centered nursing care beyond a clinical office setting.

• Travel to group homes, day programs, and individuals' residences to conduct nursing assessments and deliver skilled care.
• Administer, manage, and monitor medications and treatments in the field, coordinating with pharmacies and physicians as needed.
• Provide on-site training and delegation oversight for direct-support staff performing delegated health tasks.
• Monitor chronic and acute health conditions in community settings and respond promptly to changes in status.
• Complete accurate, timely clinical documentation while working across multiple community sites.
• Coordinate with physicians, specialists, and hospitals regarding the health needs of people served in the community.
• Educate people served, families, and direct-support staff on health conditions and preventive care in home and community settings.
• Identify and report critical incidents and any suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation per IPMS and mandatory reporting requirements.
• Participate in interdisciplinary team meetings, often coordinating remotely due to community-based schedule.
• Maintain compliance with standard precautions, infection control, and emergency preparedness in varied community settings.

• Deliver community-based nursing care through a person-centered lens that respects each individual's home, routines, and choices.
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