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  • Registered Nurse (Part-time)
    Registered Nurse (Part-time)
    5 days ago
    $40 hourly
    Full-time
    Paterson

    Job description: Registered Nurse (Part-time)Registered Nurse (Part-time) ** This position is PART-TIME, 2 days a week for 8 hours total (4 hours per day). Qualifications: · Registered Nurse with three to five years of nursing experience. · Experience working with adults with developmental disabilities. · Experience working with older adults preferred. · Demonstrated leadership capacity and sound judgment. · Computer literate with proficiency in MS Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint). · Good interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills. · Highly organized and motivated. Self-starter. Ability to work independently. · Ability to multi-task. · Ability to work effectively as a member of a team. Expectations of Employee: · Adheres to NJCDC Policies and Procedures. · Acts as a role model within and outside of NJCDC. · Maintains positive and respectful attitude. · Communicates regularly with supervisor about department and/or program issues. · Performs duties as workload necessitates. · Demonstrates flexible and efficient time management and ability to prioritize workload. · Consistently reports to work on time and prepared to perform duties of position. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: · Provides input and advice regarding the programs’ primary and preventative health care components. · Provides individual consultation to consumers on heath-related matters and to program staff regarding residents’ specific medical problems, concerns or needs. · Assesses consumers and makes referrals as necessary. · Conducts a weekly review of medication administration records to ensure accuracy and compliance; also conducts a monthly review of a sample of resident health care records to ensure that appropriate follow-up care is received. · Participates in monthly clinical case conference meetings. · Creates an annual calendar of training workshops for both residents and staff and conducts the workshops. Training topics should include, but are not limited to, the following topics: Vital Signs; Diabetes Education; General Nutrition; Diet, Exercise and Weight Loss; Workplace Safety; and General Health and Wellness. · Participates in quarterly CQI Committee meetings. · Cooperates with the Division of Developmental Disabilities and Office of Licensing during all investigations. · Other duties as assigned. Job Type: Part-time Benefits: Dental insurance, Health insurance, Life insurance, 403(B), Paid time off, Retirement plan, and Vision insurance.

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  • Temporary Program Director (Hawthorne Heights)
    Temporary Program Director (Hawthorne Heights)
    5 days ago
    $75000 yearly
    Full-time
    Paterson

    Job description: The Program Director oversees all facets of program operations for Hawthorne Supervised Apartment Program, the Supported Living Program and the NJCDC Day Program. The Assistant Director also provides administrative and programmatic support to the Director of Residential Operations. Responsibilities: · Ensures overall performance of programs meeting identified outcomes, including expectation of a program culture that is inspiring, nurturing, and supportive · Hires, trains, supervises and evaluates program staff. · Establishes the staff schedule. Reviews and approves staff time sheets, vacation and holiday requests. · Coordinates the referral and admissions process · Coordinates the planning for new residents to move into the residence, including reading records and completing evaluations to determine appropriateness of potential program residents, as well as ensuring that all admission records are in place prior to the move-in date. · Initiates and coordinates the ongoing Individual Habilitation Plan for each resident and ensures that all staff is active participants in the required components of this process. · Monitors the DTR progress for each resident. Tracks progress related to residents’ IHP goals and objectives. · Ensures the timely and thorough completion of program documentation as required by state licensing standards, agency policy and procedures and continuous quality improvement (CQI) guidelines. · Reviews the daily logs, medication logs, communication log, activity sheets, and incident reports at least once every 72 hours to identify any errors, problems, trends, or issues which require intervention. · Provides administrative & programmatic support to the Director of Residential Operations · Works with Director of Residential Operations to ensure that program staff is thoroughly familiar with State licensing standards and policies and procedures of NJCDC’s residential programs. · Assists Director of Residential Operations in new program development, including attending planning meetings. · Cooperates with the Department of Children and Families, Department of Human Services, Division of Developmental Disabilities, Division of Mental Health & Addiction Services and the Office of Licensing during all investigations. Prospective applicants must possess a Bachelor’s Degree in social work or human services field preferred and three years experience in residential setting; demonstrated experience working with developmentally disabled; excellent organizational skills; self-starter; ability to work independently; ability to multi-task; Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills; and a valid, clean New Jersey driver’s license.

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