Nurse, LPN - Part Time

Nurse, LPN at Freedom House Program Part Time

Barrier Free Living (BFL) is dedicated to helping New Yorkers with disabilities live independently in the community. Through its various programs, BFL provides a broad range of residential and non-residential services to disabled survivors of domestic violence, transitional shelter to the disabled homeless, and outreach to physically disabled individuals with mental health and/or chemical addiction issues. Services include case management; housing placements; independent living skills training; occupational therapy; short- and long-term individual counseling; advocacy within the medical, mental health, child welfare, law enforcement, and criminal justice systems; and referrals to outside services.

This position reports to Program Director and collaborates with the Director of Social Services and Occupational Therapist.

Responsibilities

• Performs complete and accurate nursing medical screenings on all new residents
• Collect and maintain PPD record of residents, as per state regulations
• Collaboration with interdisciplinary team including but not limited to social workers, case managers, and occupational therapy
• Initiates appropriate teaching and/or referrals
• Linking to medical providers
• Coordinating with resident and medical provider around safety
• Coordinates services with home care and visiting nurse services
• Provide outreach and community linkages within the medical community
• Performs phone screenings for admission into the shelter
• On-call for medical emergency to advise staff
• Performs and legibly documents nursing care according to resident needs in a competent and timely manner.
• Perform emergency interventions, as needed
• Performs other tasks as appropriate, as per the Program Director

Qualifications

• Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) with three year’s experience
• Preferred experience with people of various disabilities including physical and medical conditions
• Clearance from the State Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment.
• Experience with training CPR, First Aid, and AED, preferred
• Computer literate

Start Date: ASAP

Hour Rate: $33.00

Part Time Hours: 14-21 hours per week

Benefits Package

• Retirement Benefit
• Paid Vacation, Paid Holidays, Paid Sick days, Paid Personal days

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