Mission: The mission of The Guild for Human Services is to educate, encourage and empower individuals with intellectual disabilities so they may achieve their full potential to lead high-quality lives and participate meaningfully in the community.
At The Guild you can join a workforce of creative, dedicated, and passionate employees working every day to enhance the lives of youth and adults with intellectual disabilities and other challenges.
Summary:
As an integral part of the multidisciplinary treatment team, the Nurse (RN) maintains a safe therapeutic milieu, provides direct nursing care, and contributes to each resident's treatment plan by supporting medication compliance and monitoring of symptoms. The Nurse (RN) contributes to the Guild’s mission by ensuring the health and safety of residents of the programs while they are on their recovery journey.
This is an exempt position.
Preferred Schedule: 24 hours per week, Monday, Wednesday, Friday or Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. Some Flexibility
Primary Job Responsibilities:
- Provide direct and individualized nursing care to an assigned group of residents based best practices.
- Respond to the needs of the residents, address symptoms of withdrawal and mental health symptoms, implement proper protocols, communicate with physicians regarding resident's status and needs, therapeutically deter AMA's, and facilitate therapeutic groups.
- Oversee implementation of Medication Observation Program and support residential staff in implementing best MOP practices.
- Share responsibility for planning, implementation, and evaluation of appropriate treatment plans and communicate frequently with the treatment team regarding residents’ physical and mental health conditions.
- Record pertinent information concisely, accurately, and completely, according to the established alcohol/drug protocols as well as any psychiatric/medical conditions.
- Monitor vital signs and assess withdrawal signs and symptoms per protocol.
- Recognize and respond appropriately to priorities in assignments: perform routine assignments independently, seek direction when indicated for unusual or non-routine duties, and advise appropriate personnel of situations requiring additional nursing expertise or technical follow-up.
- Communicate rules and policies clearly to residents and their family members and seek feedback to assure a clear understanding.
- Respond professionally and appropriately in crisis situations.
- Other job related duties as assigned.
Essential Job Functions
- Regular attendance at work is an essential function of the job including inclement weather situations
- Physical and mental capacity to work in stressful situations and de-escalate individuals who have limited cognition and complex needs
- Proficiency in written and spoken English is an essential function of the job.
- Excellent organization and time management skills.
- Registered Nurse in Massachusetts.
- One (1) year of hospital experience is required, which involved acute admissions on either medical, surgical, or emergency service.
- Prior mental health treatment experience preferred.
- Prior experience in harm reduction and trauma responsive patient care preferred.
- Demonstrated professional writing, communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
- Intermediate proficiency in word processing and other computer functions using Windows, Word, and Google Email and Apps.
- Utilizes a flexible and responsible work style that meets evolving needs of the agency.
- Works with integrity and respects the dignity and value of all individuals.
- Exhibits mission through job knowledge, pride in work role, and advocacy.
- Promotes diversity and inclusion of all individuals.
- Works in a collaborative, compassionate manner with stakeholder/ partners.
- Ongoing detection and interpretation of information on documents, monitors, and labels and accompanying response, as well as to identification of equipment and supplies.
- Frequent interaction with providers, colleagues, customers, residents/clients, and visitors requiring the employee to communicate, as well as detect and interpret information, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, occasionally during emergency situations.
