WELLNESS DIRECTOR (RN) - Residential Trade School

Job Description

Job Description

Horizons Youth Services at Milwaukee Job Corps Center provides innovative, quality educational and job training programs to enable young people to succeed in today’s competitive job market and keep pace with the ever-changing dynamics of our worldwide economy.

We are seeking a Wisconsin-licensed RN with strong managerial experience who is passionate about supporting students in their social development and academic and career journey for our Health and Wellness Director position at our residential trade and educational facility.

JOB SUMMARY : Provides daily management and oversight of the Health and Wellness Center. Directs wellness staff engaged in providing health services, support and education for all students and ensures departmental programs and standards meet all DOL, PRH, Center, Corporate, and state requirements.

DUTIES INCLUDE :

• Supervises the health and wellness department and assigned staff.
• Participate in the file review process ensuring all applicant’s files are processed within 30 calendar days from receipt by center.
• Develop and implement a process for ensuring applicants / students with disabilities who request accommodation, indicate they may need accommodation, and / or provide documentation of a disability are engaged in an interactive process to consider / determine the functional limitations resulting from their disability and the potential accommodations that would allow them to participate in the Job Corps program.
• Provides an overview of health services to new students by a member of the health services staff during the Career Preparation Period.
• Ensures the conduct and documentation of a cursory health evaluation and a medical history Ensures a complete entrance physical examination and a review of the medical history upon student arrival.
• Develop and implement procedures for the daily walk-in clinic outside of the training hours for students to receive routine health care. Provide for an inpatient unit (during office hours) for minor conditions, such as respiratory infections or flu symptoms. Provide an appointment system for follow-up during the training day for treatment of chronic, urgent, and other conditions within the capabilities of center health professionals.
• Ensures a 24-hour emergency-care system, to include on-center CPR and first aid and written referral plan or agreement for off-center medical, oral health, mental health, substance use, and inpatient care.
• Ensures the centers provides basic mental-health services to enable early identification and diagnosis of mental-health problems, basic mental-health care, and mental-health promotion, prevention, and education designed to help students overcome barriers to employability.
• Provide students with information and skills that will allow them to make appropriate choices regarding their health care needs, and to demonstrate acceptable workplace behavior that will enhance their opportunity for employment.
• Establish provisions of basic drug and alcohol use services with emphasis on prevention, education, identification of substance use problems, relapse prevention, and helping students overcome barriers to employability.
• Ensures all students participating in organized contact or rigorous sports (e.g., football, basketball, and running) are medically cleared by a health professional prior to participating.
• Implements a program to prevent the onset of tobacco use and to promote tobacco-free environments and individuals.
• Develops and implements a family planning program shall be provided to all students on a voluntary basis. At a minimum, this program shall include counseling, health promotion activities, and medical services, including birth control.
• Establish a program for sexual assault prevention, counseling, treatment, and follow-up care.
• Provide students with an environment that supports healthy eating and active lifestyles and provide students with education and experiences that promote lifelong health and physical well-being.
• Ensures all center health staff and providers follow accepted professional standards of care and are subject to prevailing state laws.
• Establishes procedures and conducts periodic self-evaluation and audits to ensure integrity, accountability, and prevention of fraud and program abuse. Seeks feedback from students, employ mechanisms to document quality of care provided, and document quality improvement activities.
• Facilitate monthly meetings between the Center Director, the center physician, and Center Mental Health Consultant to discuss clinical and organizational issues.
• Ensure that require reports are submitted in compliance with the PRH and the center’s reports control system.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE : Registered Nurse. Job Corps experience preferred. Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) or Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN). Active, unrestricted Wisconsin state license. Current CPR / First Aid certification. Valid state driver license. Current BLS / CPR certification. Three to five years management experience. Must demonstrate the ability to handle several projects simultaneously. Demonstrate time management, task allocation and priority assignment organization. Must present information both clearly and concisely.