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Adult Family Care Nurse

1 month ago

Leominster, United States 95149 Full time
Job DescriptionJob DescriptionDescription:

Aging Services of North Central Massachusetts provides comprehensive information and quality services so that older people, individuals with disabilities, and their families are empowered to make personalized choices to ensure a life of dignity, safety, and respect.


The values of ASNCM have been determined by its employees and are the foundation of our culture.

Collaboration – I communicate and coordinate with others, internally and externally, to make a positive difference for our consumers and their families. Compassion – I work with “heart” to be kind, caring, and willing to help our consumers in their journey.Consumer-Centric – I am committed and persistent in ensuring that our services and experiences are of high quality, resulting in positive consumer impacts.Empowerment – I strive to make our consumers stronger and more confident to control their lives with personalized choices and claim their rights to a life of safety, dignity, and respect.Integrity – I uphold the utmost standards of professionalism, ethics, and personal accountability, earning and maintaining our consumers' trust in me.

General Description:

The Adult Foster Care (AFC) Registered Nurse (RN) works collaboratively with the AFC Care Manager (CM) to conduct initial and ongoing in-home assessments of consumers, caregivers, and the AFC home to determine eligibility for the program. The AFC RN, in conjunction with the AFC CM, is responsible for developing the AFC care plan, supporting and training caregivers, and maintaining the AFC program for the consumer and caregiver.

Requirements:

Role and Responsibilities

  • Conducts initial and ongoing assessments of AFC consumers, caregivers, and AFC home.
  • Develops, implements, and regularly reviews the AFC plan of care.
  • Receives direction and supervision from the Clinical Nurse Director.
  • Provides oversight as needed to AFC LPN
  • Conducts an orientation to the AFC program for each caregiver.
  • Monitors the health status of all consumers.
  • Creates, reviews, and maintains paper and electronic case records, and ongoing tracking mechanisms.
  • Participates in discharge planning and implementation, case discussions, and meetings.
  • Learns and adheres to program standards.
  • Represents the agency in a professional, positive manner.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

  • It is required that this individual has a current license as Registered Nurse from the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing.
  • They should have experience and interest in the elderly population and/or community health. They should possess: good communication, organization and management skills; good nursing assessment skills; good judgement and decision making skills; and excellent documentation.
  • Knowledge of basic medical, mental health, social service delivery systems, as well as acceptable record keeping practices is essential.

A valid driver's license and a legally insured and registered motor vehicle are required.


Essential Functions:


Physical:

  • Visual, speaking, auditory, and mobile capacity necessary:
  • Capacity to see computer screen, read written material, and drive a car.
  • Capacity to hear and speak on the telephone.
  • Capacity to communicate verbally with consumers, caregivers, supervisors, and managers.
  • Capacity for fine manipulation in the frequent use of office equipment such as computers, copy machines, fax machines, telephones, calculators, etc.
  • Capacity to drive in all-weather to visit consumers in their homes
  • Capacity to navigate uneven terrain in all-weather to visit consumers in their homes
  • Capacity to climb stairs
  • Ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time.
  • Occasional reaching and grabbing objects with both hands, twisting of hand and wrist, and pushing and pulling of objects.
  • Occasional bending, squatting, and twisting to perform work functions.
  • Occasional capacity to lift up to 25 pounds.


Mental:


  • Ability to understand and/or interpret complicated program instructions and laws.
  • Capacity to learn complicated computer software
  • Capacity to deal rationally and calmly with varying personalities
  • Capacity to work well in fast paced, rapidly changing environment.


Environmental:


  • Work is split between indoor office work and traveling outdoors to meetings, trainings and consumers’ homes.
  • Must be able to tolerate odors and pollutants including but not limited to smoke, air fresheners, pet dander, personal odors, etc. from a variety of in-home conditions.
  • Must be able to tolerate by-products of office machine operation.
  • Must be able to tolerate heat and cold of seasonal changes and indoor temperatures.

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