Valid NYS Drivers' License

Experience in OMRDD preferred, but not required.

Job Description:
Evaluate each consumer’s need for nursing care on a periodic and continuing basis. Develop a written nursing plan for each consumer requiring nursing care as per physician’s recommendations. Provide nursing care directly and/or indirectly through supervision of direct care staff.

Responsible for consulting with clinics and hospitals, making appointments and follow ups, ensuring that needed reports from clinic visits and hospitals are

Ensure control of communicable diseases. Assessment, appropriate reporting to medical authorities and implementation of appropriate protective and preventative measures, when necessary, of communicable diseases.

Review each consumer’s nursing care plan as related to the consumer’s daily needs as per physician’s recommendations. Develop nursing care plans for consumers, as per physician’s recommendations, at least quarterly or when needed for consumers with acute or chronic medical conditions which require treatment or monitoring by health professionals.

Directly and monitor the effects of consumer medications. Review each consumer’s background for potential adverse reactions, allergies, interactions, contraindications, etc. to prescribed medication(s). Perform periodic reviews to ensure consumers are receiving medications as prescribed, that prescriptions are renewed as necessary and that expired and discontinued drugs are disposed of in accordance with medical waste regulations.

Monitor consumer’s weights and diets, at least monthly or when necessary.

Complete medical sections of all consumers’ summary reports, e.g. Monthly Summaries, ITTs, etc.

Participate in ITT/ISP and other individual treatment planning process and committee meetings.

Provide and/or participate in in-service training and supervision.

Maintain appropriate medical care and proper records to ensure that annual audits are well within compliance as per OMRDD regulations.

Attend all shift meetings and full staff meetings as needed.

Medical Assistant reports to RN.

Medical Assistant is required to notify the RN, MD in case of consumer emergency.