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Homeward Bound Nurses are responsible for safely and professionally providing exceptional nursing care and life enrichment services to the people we serve. Nurses are also responsible for leading others through training, coaching and mentoring frontline Nurses and Direct Care Staff.
• Nursing Practice: Provide nursing care that supports individual health through medications, treatments, monitoring, communication, and appointment coordination.
• Medications and Treatments: Administer medications and treatments as ordered, promptly enter new orders, complete shift-change narcotic counts using required documentation and dual signatures, manage supplies, and promptly dispose of expired medications.
• Health Monitoring and Documentation: Complete head-to-toe assessments each shift, check Bluestone Bridge multiple times per shift, follow up on health concerns, and complete accurate charting before the end of the shift.
• Care Coordination and Emergency Response: Provide thorough shift reports, communicate health updates, educate unlicensed staff about medical conditions and care, respond to health emergencies, and protect confidentiality.
• Appointments: Prepare referral paperwork, transport and accompany individuals, ensure appointments are attended, and promptly reschedule when cancellation is necessary.
• Life Enrichment: Support each individual’s goals, choices, independence, relationships, and meaningful participation at home and in the community.
• Program Implementation: Implement individualized program plans, participate in person-centered planning, and provide personal care and program services that reflect individual goals and interests.
• Promote Choice and Personal Interests: Support individuals in directing their care, exploring interests, planning outings, building community connections, and observing personal religious beliefs and practices.
• Daily Living: Encourage participation in personal care, meals, communication, mobility, and daily activities; document progress and incidents, maintain a safe and sanitary home, and help create an engaging home life.
• Professionalism: Demonstrate respectful communication, dependable teamwork, ongoing learning, and safe work practices.
• Communication: Communicate calmly and respectfully, accept feedback, respond promptly to calls, check work email each shift, and maintain confidentiality.
• Training and Education: Complete required training, follow HBI policies and procedures, and seek opportunities to strengthen nursing and professional skills.
• Teamwork: Cooperate with staff, individuals, families, and service partners; follow supervisory direction, maintain dependable attendance, adapt to scheduling needs, organize work effectively, and use resources responsibly.
• Safety: Follow safe work practices, promptly address and report hazards and incidents, coach coworkers on safety, use required protective equipment, and participate in drills, inspections, investigations, and training.
• Leadership: Support consistent, high-quality services through employee training, coaching, and coordination.
• Training: Provide assigned initial and ongoing employee training and guide individuals in implementing their program plans; opportunities to contribute include developing nurse education, participating in committees, and supporting health and safety audits.
• Coaching: Provide timely, constructive performance feedback, coordinate work activities, monitor assigned employees, document training, and communicate follow-up needs to supervisors.
Requirements
• Basic Requirements
• Active Minnesota Licensed Practical Nurse license.
• Maintain current CPR and First Aid certifications; successfully complete the Medication Administration class and meet ongoing medication administration standards.
• Hold a valid Minnesota driver’s license with an acceptable driving record and safely drive HBI vehicles throughout the Twin Cities metro area.
• Successfully pass a Minnesota Department of Human Services background study and meet applicable state, county, licensing, and contractual requirements.
• Meet the physical demands of the position, including occasionally lifting and transferring at least 60 pounds, with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required
- Knowledge of the Nurse Practice Act.
- Knowledge of developmental, intellectual, and/or physical disabilities and person-centered support practices preferred.
- Working knowledge of Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) 245(d) regulations and residential service requirements preferred.
- Ability to provide on-shift leadership, guidance, mentoring, and coaching while modeling professional and ethical behavior.
- Ability to implement individualized program plans, health-related supports, and safety procedures as trained.
- Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team in a residential environment.
- Ability to accurately complete documentation and enter data into electronic systems in a timely manner.
- Strong problem-solving, judgment, and decision-making skills.
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills in English, both verbally and in writing.
- Willingness and ability to complete required training, including medication administration.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality in compliance with organizational policy and applicable laws.
- Ability and willingness to safely operate company vehicles in accordance with policy and state law.
• Work Conditions: Work in residential and office environments with frequent interruptions, variable hours, physical activity, and potential exposure to care-related hazards.
• Scheduling: Work flexible hours, including mornings, weekends, and overnights as needed; may be mandated to remain beyond the scheduled shift to ensure adequate resident supervision.
• Movement and Hand Use: Frequently sit, walk, stand, bend, stoop, push, pull, grasp, manipulate objects, and keyboard; occasionally reach, crawl, kneel, squat, twist, turn, and perform repetitive hand and wrist movements.
• Sensory Functions: Use vision, color vision, hearing, speech, smell, and touch to perform assigned duties, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Lifting and Carrying: Occasionally lift and carry up to 60 pounds from floor to knee, knee to waist, and waist to shoulder; rarely lift up to 60 pounds above shoulder level.
• Potential Exposures: May encounter physical aggression, mechanical hazards, bodily fluids, bloodborne pathogens, infectious diseases, gases, household chemicals, cleaning fumes, odors, and dust.
