The Guild utilizes the collaborative efforts of leading professionals, best-practice approaches, tailored curricula and unmatched care to treat the individuals we serve.
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:
Nurse Case Manager acts as a committed member of a multi-disciplinary team to help create and maintain goals of health & wellness for an assigned group of students.
Primary Job Responsibilities:
- The Nurse Case Manager/ Registered Nurse acts as Nurse Consultant for assigned Group Home students.
- Monitor the health and safety issues within all locations of the school and residence.
- Provide staff training to ensure optimal health and safety standards.
- Provide staff training pertinent to health and safety needs, medical conditions, medical diagnosis and treatment plans.
- Assist in scheduling laboratory testing and medical appointments and participates in health examinations as indicated.
- Maintain medical records including documentation of treatment and medication administration of students.
- Communicate with outside agencies and physicians as necessary.
- Complete initial and annual medical assessments for students.
- Complete annual Individual Health Plans and quarterly assessments.
- Monitor, plan for, and communicate with the team regarding medical appointments, medical issues and other health related matters.
- Communicate with outside agencies, physicians and parents/guardians.
- Participate in designated team meetings and case reviews for students.
- Monitoring Medication systems in residences and school.
- Ensure timely submission of Medication Error Reports.
- Assess certified staff medication administration competence .
- Provide medical on-call coverage at minimum one week monthly
- Able to attend training as required
- Other 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
- Pass Guild Driving test to access Guild vehicles for transportations of individuals.
- Must be able to implement crisis intervention techniques as necessary, including Nonviolent Crisis Intervention (via certification through CPI)
- Registered Nurses who have an associate’s degree (bachelor’s preferred) with a minimum of 2 years Nursing experience
- Preference for additional training specific to nursing practice, such as CDDN
- Knowledge of Massachusetts regulatory standards is required with preferred experience in regulatory compliance with standards from Department of Developmental Services (DDS) and Department of Public Health (DPH)
- Undergo a background check process
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
