Full-time
299 Edwards Street
Youngstown, Ohio 44502
Email: vbarton@mtc.easterseals.com
Interested applicants should complete the application and submit to vbarton@mtc.easterseals.com Click here to download the PDF application.
CORE VALUES:
Employees are committed to creating an environment that promotes health, happiness, independence, and safety by providing individuals with disabilities with increased opportunities for access, inclusion, and choice. Our decision-making is guided by our values of teamwork, client focus, empowerment, and integrity.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
• Provide nursing care to clients as needed per their plan of care.
• Supervise staff and volunteers to ensure the highest quality of care and safety is provided.
• Provide oversight in the creation of the activities calendar to ensure it meets the needs of the clients.
• Complete employee orientation, training and complete annual evaluations.
• Ensure that all necessary requests/reports are completed and submitted within established time frames.
• Ensure appropriate staffing is maintained and ratios are followed.
• Perform client intake and admissions at Easterseals or within client homes
• Provide the RN with objective and subjective data to assess the needs of the client and assist the RN in the creation of the plan of care at intake and ongoing as needed.
• Coordinate with family/guardians/clients/case managers, and/or other significant stakeholders to schedule special team meetings and plan of care meetings as required by regulations or the needs of the client.
• Complete all paperwork, billing tasks, and record-keeping in a timely manner.
• Perform nursing functions including medication administration in accordance with standards of licensure for the profession.
• Facilitate group interaction to assure continuity of care for all participants enrolled.
• Adhere to the standards of conduct, established Code of Ethics, confidentiality, privacy, and security of protected health information, and all policies and procedures of Easterseals.
• Attend mandatory staff meetings, in-service training, and competency sessions as required for the position.
• Perform other related duties as directed by the RN.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
• Full range of body motion including handling and lifting of clients.
• May be required to lift, carry, push, or pull up to 50 pounds to assist in the delivery of client care.
• Frequently requires sitting, standing, walking, bending, squatting, kneeling, and reaching.
• Potential exposure to blood and body fluids, communicable diseases, chemicals, and repetitive motions.
• Occasionally exposed to loud/noisy environments