Registered Nurse

Part-Time Registered Nurse

Are you ready to make a difference in your community? Do YOU want to work on a team that is committed to empowering individuals? At Helen Keller Services, our employees work in an environment that is more than just a workplace, it’s a community.

Since 1967, Helen Keller National Center (HKNC) has been committed to improving the lives of individuals who are Deaf Blind or have a combined hearing and vision loss. HKNC is dedicated to working with each person to achieve their desired goals towards independence, employment, and quality of life, based on their talents, preferences and aspirations. We currently have an exciting career opportunity available to join the HKNC team as a Part‑Time Registered Nurse.

The Registered Nurse is responsible for the assessment and treatment of the health care needs (emergent, urgent, and routine) for all participants s requires a well‑experienced RN who can work independently, along with in‑person and telephone triage/supervision. The RN must be able to communicate their findings to the supervisor and other related healthcare professionals. To provide seamless nursing support, the RN will be called upon episodically to cover nursing shifts in the event of inclement weather or during absences for nursing staff.

This position has an anticipated schedule of 8 hours per week.

Pay Rate: $45/hourly

• Medication:
• Administer medication to consumers who:
• Are unable to self‑administer their medications (prescribed and over-the‑counter medications)
• Request nursing assistance in the administration of their medications (prescribed and over-the‑counter medications)
• Monitor the consumer’s response after giving the medication
• Medication / Health Education
• Initiates / conducts formal and informal medication education classes with consumers in an effort to foster the consumers inter/independence with medication administration including, but not limited to:
• The proper use of a seven‑day medication box
• The correct filling of a seven‑day medication box
• The correct procedure for ordering prescribed medications
• Provide health education to consumers, including but not limited to:
• Health promotion strategies
• Illness Prevention
• Participates in the HKNC sponsored vaccination program:
• Provide vaccinations as indicated for HKNC consumers / staff
• Observe individuals for adverse reactions
• Complete NYS or HKNC required documentation
• Tuberculosis Testing:
• Measure and record in duration
• Using accepted metrics, ascertain if the Mantoux test is positive or negative
• Report findings to Director of Medical Services
• Perform health assessments to:
• Identify new symptoms indicating potentially under / undiagnosed conditions or complications
• Report the findings to all appropriate healthcare providers while following HIPPA regulations of medical information sharing, including but not limited to:
• Prescriber of Record
• Family members with Medical POA as appropriate
• HKNC Director of Medical Services
• Assess / treat each consumer’s unique health problems in a holistic manner recognizing:
• Consumers:
• Importance of participation in the process
• Leading to empowerment
• Need for self‑determination

6. Execute medical regimens as prescribed by:

A. Licensed physicians / MD / DO / OD

E. Other licensed providers as authorized

7. Coordinator for Automatic External Defibrillator Monitoring Program

A. Perform regulatory testing of units

B. Keep appropriate records in accordance with regulatory guidelines

8. Arrange outside medical appointments for consumers with private local physicians, urgent care centers and hospitals

A. Arrange for interpreting support and drivers if indicated

B. Accompany the consumers to the medical appointments as necessary. To accomplish this, the individual may be required to use a personal vehicle on occasion.

9. Create supply orders for medical stock for both Medical Service Office and Residence Nurses Office for approval by the Director of Medical Services

14. Assist the Director of Medical Services in processing admissions paperwork, within the confines of the RN licensure.

A. Conducts the medical intake when new consumers first arrive.

B. Contacts at‑home healthcare providers…