About this role
Job responsibilities include:
· Functions independently with supervision from Academic Program Director.
· Maintains flexibility and organization in a work environment with multiple assignments and changing priorities.
· Receives, logs and administers all medication based on prescription, doctors orders and parental consent.
· Logs and files all necessary paperwork for students.
· Triages urgent and emergency patient complaints, implements emergency protocols as needed
· Improves quality of care and clinical outcomes for children with chronic/acute care needs that increase in complexity by coordinating care with caregiver/guardian and health care delivery system using a collaborative approach
· Coordinates and collaborates with multi-disciplinary team members
· Assesses and determines needs, development of care plan, identifies knowledge gaps of disease process, treatments, medications, and determines appropriate resources and services required to meet health needs.
· Provides education of disease self-management with patient/caregiver/counselor and discharge plan of care
· Promotes health and health maintenance, monitors patient progress, provides quality cost-effective outcomes with goal of improved care coordination.
· Increases involvement of patient/family/caregiver with education and in decision making process to decrease emergency hospitalization, hospitalization, and/or re-admission
· Skilled in patient assessment and safe utilization of medications
· Responds to all emergency and first-aid calls 24 hours a day
· Maintains patient privacy with medical conditions and documents
· Operates within the California RN scope of practice
· Must be a registered nurse in the state of California.
· Must be willing to live on site during schools week.
· Must enjoy working with kids.
Visit our website at www.outdooreducationcenter.org
Applications and resumes will be accepted until September 5th, 2016