**SUPERVISION EXERCISED: None**
**SUPERVISION RECEIVED: The Registered Nurse reports to the Director of Nursing**
**COMPENSATION CLASSIFICATION: Exempt; salaried**
**Salary: $80,000 - $88,000**
**Sign-on Bonus: $5,000**
**Responsibilities**
- Ensures timely medical, dental, and psychiatric care is provided to individuals in their assigned case load; coordinates medical evaluations and other consultations, as required.
- Establishes, maintains individual’s medical records, including but not limited to; medication sheets, health care provider orders, protocols, and care coordination documentation.
- Obtains medical reports and treatment plans from the individual’s primary care physicians.
- Provides on-going training and in-service education to management and staff regarding general medical and psychiatric diagnoses, as well as individual-specific protocols as necessary.
- Advises the Program Manager and staff on diagnoses and their manifestation in the home and community.
- Maintains consistent communication with the clinical consultant assigned to the program.
- Participates in rotating on-call responsibilities to support the division with regard to MAP. MAP consultants must be available to the division 24//7/365; this position rotates with other MAP consultants.
- Maintains open communication with the families/guardians of individuals, the day program staff, and DDS to relay and communicate pertinent information pertaining to changes in the individual’s health and medical/psychiatric conditions.
- Completes pre-admission review of medical history and establishes protocols for prospective individuals who have been referred to Turning Point, Inc. by DDS.
- Upholds the values and culture of PBS while ensuring that PBS interventions are implemented with integrity.
- Completes state reporting documentation for all individuals on their caseload.
- Knowledgeable about regulations and statutes governing the human right and PBS.
- Works in collaborative, team-oriented fashion with the program management and the nursing team.
- Ensures all recommendations and follow-up treatment is completed in a timely manner.
- Ensures adherence to all DDS and MAP regulations through training and quality assurance.
- Attends individual’s medical appointments and related meetings as necessary.
**Qualifications**
- Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- At least (2) two years nursing experience required; home care experience preferred
- Experience working with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities is preferred.
- MAP experience preferred (MAP certification or MAP consultant/trainer)
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and Google Suite
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https://www.turningpointinc.org/careers/current-openings.html/title/registered-nurse-rn-newburyport-ma