Nurse Aide
To provide high quality support to the Nurse Care Coordinator through scheduling and tracking medical appointments, ensuring medication compliance, and training CPR to CCC employees.
Department
BHSO Program
Employment Type
Part Time (25 hrs per week)
Responsible To
BHSO Target Case Manager Supervisor
Essential Functions:
The SRNA operates under the supervision of the Nurse Care Coordinator (NCC).
- Schedule medical appointments for CCC youth as directed by the NCC.
- Track medical appointments on Excel spreadsheet to ensure compliance with DCBS regulations.
- Enter vital signs into EMR.
- Create and post signs for medication changes and medical alerts in all CCC group homes.
- Retrieve medication from pharmacies and deliver to group homes.
- Print monthly Medication Administration Records (MARS) and once approved by NCC or Certified Medical Assistant, place in group homes.
- Conduct monthly audits of medication timers.
- Complete medication counts.
- Maintain medical files, logs, and documentation related to the medical care of CCC youth.
- Assist in creation and maintenance of Medical Passports.
- Upload all medication documents into the EMR.
- Conduct monthly training of CPR/ First Aid with Certified Medical Assistant.
- Assist the NCC with monthly wellness checks on youth and document accordingly.
- Maintain Safe Crisis Management certification and assist youth to medical appointments as needed.
- Attend telehealth appointments with the youth at school or in the group home when directed.
- Attend all required agency meetings.
Department
CCC Program
Employment Type
Full Time (40 hrs per week)
Responsible To
Nurse Care Coordinator (NCC)
Additional Duties:
- Attend training and development deemed necessary for this position.
- Ensure that Health and Safety is observed in the course of employment.
- Ensure compliance with Equal Opportunities Policy and Procedure in all employment.
- May be required to assume other duties as may be requested by the NCC that is commensurate with level of responsibility and skills.
- Comply with Corporate Compliance.
- Comply with all Key Assets policies and procedures.
Required Skills & Competencies:
- Organized and resourceful self-starter and strong ability to work in a team.
- Effective written and oral communication skills and listening skills.
- Maintains composure in highly stressful or adverse situations.
- Proficient Interpersonal skills to include friendliness, a welcoming demeanor, professionalism, and cooperation.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office: Outlook, Word, and Excel.
- High level of focus on safety, adhering to all workplace and safety regulations and practices
Qualifications:
- Must be credentialed as a State Registered Nurse Aide in the state of Kentucky.
- Minimum one year of experience.
- Experience in psychiatric, residential, and/or adolescent care is strongly preferred.
Work Environment:
This job primarily operates from the Lexington Office. The Nurse Aide will be required to travel to the group home settings as deemed necessary in order to carry out all job duties effectively. Employee must be able to travel to our three group home locations: Lexington, Nicholasville or Georgetown. A work cell phone and laptop will be issued for this role.
Physical Demands:
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- The incumbent may be required to stand and/or walk for long periods of time and occasionally climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, and crouch. The incumbent must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
- While performing the duties of this job, the incumbent is regularly required to talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
Disclaimer:
It is the nature of the work of Key Assets Kentucky that tasks and responsibilities are, in many circumstances, unpredictable and varied. All staff is, therefore, expected to work in a flexible way when the occasion arises where tasks are not specifically covered in the Job Description and have to be undertaken.