Lead DCS Direct Care Specialist Evenings

J.D. McCarty Center is looking for Lead Direct Care Specialists to join our team in Norman, OK. The Direct Care Specialist will provide and assistance in nursing and therapeutic care as well as recreational and personal activities for disabled and developmentally challenged pediatric patients from birth to 21 on Evening Shift from 2:45pm to 10:45pm.

Salary: $22.00 per hour.

Has been in a Direct Care Specialist role for 1 year or more.

• Functions as part of a direct care team and coordinates efforts to provide direct care assistance for patients. Oversees and assists with the direct care services provided to in-patients with a developmental disability 0-21 years of age.
• Coordinates the Direct Care Specialists care during the night shift, overseeing house and patient assignments as a Lead Direct Care Specialist team, ensuring there is appropriate coverage based on patient acuity, the number of patients in each hospital unit and patient assignments. Assigns DCS to scheduled patient appointments for the night shift. Ensures all DCS are treated consistently and fairly when making assignments.
  
  Checks the DCS hotline at designated times and as needed, completes call-in messages form for any call-ins during shift and makes staffing adjustments as needed as a team. Takes a leadership role in modeling professional behavior and interactions ing with patients and staff.
• Meets weekly and as needed with the hospital unit DCS to discuss patient, hospital unit issues and ways to improve services. Works in conjunction with the Hospital Unit Nurse and/or the Nurse Managers to solve problems. Meets biweekly and as needed with the Nurse Managers to discuss patient and hospital unit issues and areas for improvement.
• Under the direction of a Hospital Unit Nurse, oversees and performs patient activities to include but not limited to: preparing patient for daily routine, i.e. hygiene, bathing, lay out next day's clothing, removes and restock items in backpack ensuring its readiness for school/or outings, clean all patient's equipment including adaptive equipment and wheelchairs, review patient's daily schedule for the next day to ensure all personal belongings/equipment is available and ready.
  
  Identifies possible repair issues, notifies the appropriate therapy unit via e-mail, and removes unsafe equipment from service. Notifies Day Lead DCS of any repair issues. Ensures appropriate outerwear is available for patients when necessary.
• Orients the new night shift hospital unit DCS. Performs all in-hospital shadowing and training for new DCS staff. Ensures all competency training and education is completed within 6 months of employment with 90% completion. Identifies areas for additional training. Works with other Lead DCS and Nurse Managers to develop and implement training.
• Makes the hospital unit chore assignments for the week. Ensures chores are distributed fairly and consistently throughout hospital unit DCS staff. Ensures all chores are completed by the end of the shift. Complete their assignments.
• Ensures daily assignments are complete to include but not limited to: patients' rooms are straightened and tidy, strip and launder bed linens, placing dirty linens in the laundry room, ensures any remaining laundry is laundered and put away appropriately to include patient clothing. Ensures dinnerware, drinking glasses/cups, and silverware are available and ready for use for the breakfast meal, kitchen is cleaned to include the oven and microwave, hospital unit is straightened and cleaned, the dining room and main room are swept and mopped after meals if warranted, and the freezer/refrigerator temperatures are checked and recorded, and adjustments are made as needed, and clean other areas of home i.e. exam room, laundry room, refrigerators, etc.
  
  if warranted.
• Acts as support staff in any patient matter to minimize any patient injury, safety concerns, and destruction of property. Makes rounds through the hospital units to and assists all DCS to help ensure patient safety to include their current environment. Ensures patient is ready and available for all scheduled medications times, medical appointments, and the patient's required equipment and/or supplies are prepared and ready for the following day.
  
  Effectively communicates all patient changes or concerns to the Hospital Unit Nurse and other staff as appropriate.
• Ensures DCS are performing and performs 15-minute bed checks when patients are laying down. Reports to the Hospital Unit Nurse any patient concerns as soon as possible. Observed bed checks should include a variety of targeted behavior data to include medical and behavioral concerns, intake and output, injuries, sleep pattern, dietary, etc.
• Responsible for reviewing and knowing the nursing and behavioral care plans for all patients in the hospital units. Assists hospital unit DCS in the knowledge and implementation of the plans for each patient as required. Under guidance of the Hospital Unit…