Careers

Job description:
Responsibilities:

• Assessing the client’s nursing and medical needs;
• Developing a client’s individual plan of care;
• Assessing, observing, evaluating, and documenting each individual’s health condition, and instituting appropriate nursing intervention to stabilize or improve an individual’s condition or prevent complications;
• Ensuring that the individual plan of care appropriately reflects the physician’s orders; counseling the individual on their health needs or illness and involving significant others in the discussion of their immediate and long-term goals; and
• Providing or supervising personal care services to enable the individual to restore, maintain, or improve their ability to perform personal care tasks  (i.e. dressing, feed, grooming, bathing, toileting, transferring/ambulation, or assisting with self- administering medication)
• Obtaining physician’s orders for medication and treatments to be administered;
• Entering, dating, and signing monthly progress notes on medical care provided;
• Administering medications and treatments;
• Providing health education; and
• Maintaining medical records
• Conducting a health assessment/plan of care to determine whether the applicant appears to have a medical need for the services; by completing DADS’ Clients Health Assessment/Plan of Care form; and
• Notifying and maintaining communication with DADS and insurance companies.
• Supervising CNA direct care staff scheduling and time off requests.
• Assigning clients to appropriate units.
• Working with Activity Director to assign CNA staff to appropriate units.
• Working with Director and Assistant Director in hiring, employee counseling, unit assignments, and disciplinary actions.

Minimum Experience & Other Requirements:

• Must be willing to participate in on-going training
• One year of experience in a human service or medically- related program
• Preferred experience with individuals with disabilities and/or the elderly

Licensure Required:

• Must pass all required background checks
• Must be a licensed vocational nurse (LVN)
• Must have a current license from the Board of Vocational Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas
• Must practice in compliance with the Vocational Nurse Act and rules/ regulations of the Board of Vocational Nurse Examiners
• Must maintain CPR certification

Reports to:

• Adult Day Center Director
• Adult Day Center Assistant Director