Pay Rate: $30/hourUp to 30 hours per weekPosition Overview:
This position is responsible for providing healthcare management, physical assessment, care and treatment for minor injuries and healthcare referral to the girls enrolled in the program. Also, this position is to facilitate cohesive efforts to achieve continuous quality improvement for excellence in healthcare.
Role and Responsibilities
- Complete healthcare screenings reflective of gender responsive programming principles.
- Provide healthcare and wellness information.
- Provide and manage referrals for adequate health care opportunities.
- Provide supervision supporting Pace behavior management program; participate in conflict resolution meetings.
- Provide strength based therapeutic and crisis intervention services.
- Educate staff on medication standards and procedures.
- Facilitate first aid or other health education training for girls, families and staff.
- Promote Pace within the community and network with healthcare resources.
- Model the Pace Values and Guiding Principles within the program culture.
- Monitors distribution of girls’ prescribed and no prescribed medications.
- Maintains building and grounds cleanliness and safety; participate in safety drills, first aid and disaster preparedness.
- Develops and maintains a consistent method for ensuring healthcare information is recorded in an accurate and timely manner.
- Adhere to established budget guidelines.
- Create partnerships to maximize monetary potential by incorporating volunteers, donations, etc.
- Ensure the implementation of policies and procedures; implement health care quality assurance standards and interventions.
- Develops structure and monitors the implementation of specified grants.
- Perform miscellaneous duties as assigned
This list of duties and responsibilities is not all-inclusive. Pace Center for Girls reserves the right to revise this job description as needed to comply with actual job requirements.
Qualifications and Education Requirements
Required
- Bachelor degree in Nursing
- Minimum of three years experience as a Registered Nurse
- Licensed in the State of Florida as a Registered Nurse
- Ability to possess a valid Florida driver’s license.
Other Requirements
- Must adhere to Agency Values and Principles.
- Upholds the ethical standards of the Agency and 6B-1.001 Code of Ethics of the Education Profession in Florida.
- Follows policies and procedures of the Agency
- Must work evenings and weekends as required to fulfill workload requirements.
- Must be able to travel by automobile, plane, train, etc.; occasional overnight travel may be required
Preferred
- Knowledge of state and school district policies
- Knowledge of laws relating to children and families
Competencies
- Compassion-genuinely cares about people, concerned about the work and non-work problems of others, available to help, sympathetic to others, and demonstrates real empathy with the joys and pains of others.
- Composure-handles pressure and stress well, is not defensive or irritated during tough situations, is considered mature, does not show frustration, and is a settling influence in crisis situations
- Creativity-comes up with new and unique ideas, easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions, and tends to be original and value-added in brainstorming settings
- Customer Focus-dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of both internal and external customers, gets first-hand information and uses it for improvements, actions are based on customers, and establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect
- Integrity and Trust-is widely trusted, seen as direct and truthful, does not misrepresent themselves for personal gain, keeps confidences, and admits mistakes
- Listening-practices attentive and active listening, uses patience in hearing others speak, and can accurately restate the opinions of others even if opinions differ
- Drive for Results-able to figure out the process for getting this accomplished, knows how to organize people and activities, understands how to separate and combine tasks for efficiency, can see opportunities for synergy and integrations, ability to simplify complex processes, and gets more out of fewer resources
Work Environment: The work environment characteristics can be stressful, is fast-paced and requires alertness and flexibility. The noise level is usually quiet; however, noise can accelerate to moderate and high levels.
