Overview

At The New York Foundling, we trust in the power and potential of people, and we deliberately invest in proven practices. From bold beginnings in 1869, our New York-based nonprofit has supported hundreds of thousands of our neighbors on their own paths to stability, strength, and independence. We help children and families navigate through and beyond foster care. We help families struggling with conflict and poverty grow strong. We help individuals with developmental disabilities live their best lives, and we help our neighbors access quality health and mental health services core to building lifelong resilience and wellbeing. Together, our interrelated programs provide a whole-person, whole-family, and whole-life approach that unlocks solutions for a lifetime.

The natural supports of family and community are the most effective means to support people. In a home environment, we learn basic trust and a sense of self, culture, heritage and how to live with others. It is through this experience that we develop the skills to practice the self-regulation necessary to transcend into productive adults. It is within this culture that The Foundling's DD Division provides persons with developmental disabilities assistance to reach their maximum potential.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for providing nursing care and coordinating medical services for individuals in assigned IRA sites.
• Assessment of the medical needs of the individuals, plans intervention, and evaluates outcome of care and performs treatments and special medical care as mandated.
• Coordinates with other medical providers regarding care management.
• Responsible for monitoring medical care of individuals.
• Provide medical consultation regarding individual medical needs through 24 x 7 telephone tri-age
• Provide telephone triage to agency's staff
• Provides or assists all activities of daily living for individuals. i.e. adequate intake of food and fluids, bathing, dressing, bowel and bladder care/toileting, oral/nasal hygiene, skin care and grooming
• Administers medication
• Provides AMAP certifications and recertification classes for IRA staff.
• Monitors and provide supervision to all AMAP certified staff.
• Provides supervision of nutrition issues including assisting staff with menu preparation. Coordinates with dietician.
• Coordinates medical services with Residence, Schools, and Day Services.
• Attends in-service to maintain current knowledge and trends in developmentally disabilities and medical care.
• Implements plan of care as outlined in each individuals medical profile including positioning, play, feeding techniques, behavior modification and attention to ADL skills.
• Provides in-service training on medical issues as required.
• Record monthly individual progress notes for each individuals
• Complete job related tasks as needed

The New York Foundling is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse employee population, the Foundling will honor your experiences, perspectives and unique identity. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable and welcoming.

Qualifications

• BSN preferred, ASN accepted
• Updated First Aid/CPR certifications required
• 2-3 years working with adults that has developmental disabilities.
• Completion of mandated course: Infection Control, Abuse/Incident Reporting