Job Type
Full-time
Description
Meeting Street is currently looking for a Registered Nurse for 40 hours per week.
Duties:
- Demonstrates competence in interpreting results of screening and evaluation in terms of a child's functional capabilities with an emphasis on self-help skills, fine and gross motor development, mobility, sensory integration, behavior, play and oral-motor functioning and explains results to families in a mindful manner incorporating health literacy.
- Creates adaptation of the environment for infants or toddler sand selects, designs, and fabricates assistive devices to facilitate development and promote the acquisition of functional skills with respect to the family's culture and traditions.
- Develops and implements appropriate treatment plan (IFSP) with the family and EI team.
- Develops therapeutic activities and programs to prevent or minimize the impact of initial or future impairment, delay in development or loss of functional ability.
- Actively includes family throughout the entire evaluation/assessment and IFSP process.
- Works as a member of a multi-disciplinary team to gather and organize information from multiple sources to plan an individualized evaluation/assessment and IFSP.
- Administers a variety of discipline-specific evaluation/assessment procedures using specific protocols and best practices to gather further information to assist in determining eligibility and IFSP development.
- Coordinates and maintains a partnership with the family. Demonstrates consistent communication with EI team, medical and community contacts in a professional, inclusive, compliant, and timely manner.
Requirements
- Minimum of 1-year related experience working with infants and toddlers from birth to age 5.
- Licensed as a Registered Nurse in Rhode Island.
- Valid pediatric CPR and First Aid certification.
- Participates in the orientation process for the agency and attends the state required Intro to EI training within the first year of employment.
- Position hours are Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 4:45 pm.
