Location: Ames, Iowa
Education & Work Experience
- Minimum age 18 years old.
- Current license in Iowa to practice as a registered nurse (RN), and responsibility for all actions necessary to maintain a current license.
- Advanced preparation in psychiatry preferred.
- Must demonstrate knowledge related to nursing such as medications and biological, physical, social, and medical needs of residents.
Job Summary
The Registered Nurse assists in the supervision and administration of the quality of nursing care for the applicable programs. The Registered Nurse must possess a comprehensive knowledge of general nursing, theory, and practice, including basic knowledge related to nursing such as medications, biological, physical, social, and medical sciences, and their application for a better understanding of customer-care problems. The Registered Nurse assists in maintaining a physical, social, and psychological environment which will be conducive to the best interest and welfare of the customers. The Registered Nurse will exemplify the Mission, Vision and Core Values of Optimae LifeServices.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Evaluate customer needs, conditions, and care, and assist in developing safety/nursing care plans for individuals, including rehabilitative and restorative activities and instruction in self-help.
- Review physicians’ orders, order medications and review files.
- Organize and plan staff meetings.
- Participate in all in-service meetings and obtain CEU’s as required.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the regional administrator.
Physical Expectations
- Ability to respond appropriately in stressful situations involving persons with mental illness and intellectual disabilities.
- Ability to perform tasks involving physical activity, which may include heavy lifting, and carrying (up to 40 lbs.), bending and prolonged standing, with reasonable accommodations.
- Normal vision with correction.
- Normal range of hearing with correction.
- Occasionally be called upon to perform pivoting, bending, crawling, squatting, kneeling and crouching activities.
Job Functions
Efforts have been made to make this job description as complete as possible. However, it in no way states or implies that these are the only duties the Registered Nurse will be required to perform. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, or related to the needs of people we serve, or as assigned by supervisory level staff.
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