Community RN - Residential

Are you interested in joining a rewarding non‑profit career field with opportunities to make a difference in your community? The Arc invites you to join our team of value‑driven and independent professionals. Help us fulfill our mission to support individuals with disabilities in enhancing the quality of their lives!

• Providing assessment, nursing diagnosis, nursing care, and counsel of persons who are ill, injured, or experiencing alterations in normal health processes.
• Monitoring the application of all physicians’ orders including but not limited to treatments, procedures, labs, appointments, specialized diets, and adaptive equipment for each person served.
• Overseeing all functions of medication administration by certified Medication Aides, including but not limited to monthly review of physicians orders, medication administration record, staff documentation, and periodic inspection of technique.
• Providing medication administration instruction to employees and others assigned in medication administration classes according to the guidelines and content prescribed, and approved, by the Missouri Department of Mental Health.
• Conducting specialized training classes and certifications for direct support staff such as insulin, catheter, feeding tube, etc. according to the medical needs of persons served.
• Conducting nursing duties with respect and dignity towards all persons served.
• Providing direction, training, and oversight of all medical practices and procedures conducted by the staff of the Arc.
• Responsible for educating about health care and the prevention of illness to the staff, persons served, and their families.
• Overseeing all functions of medication administration by certified Medication Aides, including monthly review of physicians orders, medication administration record, staff documentation, and periodic inspection of the technique and skill of each certified aide delegated to pass medications, procedures, and medication storage.
• Overseeing all functions of delegated nursing tasks to direct support staff.
• Ensuring that the nurse assures the person performing the task has been educated/trained and demonstrates competency; providing necessary documentation and periodic inspection as recommended by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN).
• Monitoring the application of all physicians' orders including treatments, procedures, labs, appointments, specialized diets and adaptive equipment for each person served.
• Maintaining communication with agency management and habilitation teams, reporting and documenting all changes in the health status, needs, and identified deficiencies in the standard of care provided to persons served.
• Acting as a liaison between physicians, other medical personnel, parents and guardians of persons served by the Arc, the persons served, and Arc program staff regarding the medical needs and appropriate treatment required.
• Providing medication administration instruction to employees and others assigned in medication administration classes according to the guidelines and content prescribed by the Missouri Department of Mental Health.
• Conducting specialized training classes and certifications for direct support staff such as insulin, catheter, feeding tube, etc. according to the medical needs of persons served.
• Providing assessment, nursing diagnosis, nursing care, and counsel of persons who are ill, injured, or experiencing alterations in normal health processes.
• Coordinating and assisting in the delivery of a plan of health care with all members of the team of the persons served.
• Providing a monthly assessment of each person served to evaluate health concerns and identify changes in their health status.
• Providing an average of 1.25 hours of nursing time to each person served in residential services; documenting monthly expended time and activity for auditing purposes.
• Conducting periodic visits to facilities and programs conducted by the Arc to review medical records and monitor medical practices.
• Providing periodic screenings for tardive dyskinesia and other observed side effects as a result of psychotropic medication.
• Inspecting and evaluating all…