Registered Nurse

If you are a mission-driven, compassionate professional with a passion for helping adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities achieve their best life, we have a place on our team for you!

Our employees experience all the benefits of working for a company that values their employees by providing a robust incentive and benefits package:

• Sign-on Bonus with renewal in 12 months!
• Excellent Benefits, including Medical, Vision, Dental and supplemental!
• Shift Differential and Weekend Differential pay!
• $$ Increases based upon education and nursing years of experience!
• Employee Assistance, Free Wellness Clinic, Perks and More!

Location

The Hazelwood Center, 1800 Old Bluegrass Ave. Louisville, KY 40215

Required Education and Experience

• Must possess an Associate or bachelor’s degree in nursing and a valid Registered Nurse license issued by the Kentucky Board of Nursing or a state Nursing Board in the “Compact State Agreement”.

Essential Functions

• Under the supervision of a Nursing Supervisor, perform nursing duties in the care of ill or injured clients, performs nursing assessments.
• Supervises licensed practical nurse and sub-professional staff in executing physicians' orders and proper nursing procedures.
• Administration of medications via feeding tube, PO, or IV. Administers injections.
• Responds to facility emergency codes.
• Serves as a member of the client's treatment team, investigates and reports on unusual incidents involving client care.
• Reports clients' abnormal physical and mental reactions to the physician. Makes medical nursing rounds.
• Performs nursing assessments on new admissions. Interacts with clients and families and explains treatment.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position requires supervision of LPNs.

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