Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health
• $83K — $94K *Qualifications
Responsibilities
Benefits
Are you a RN or LPN who enjoys utilizing your nursing skills to impact children and adolescents? Are you interested in working with a multi-disciplinary team in a School setting? Do you have prior experience working with severe seizuredisorders and providing rescue medications?
If you answered YES, then consider joining our Devereux Pennsylvania Children's Services team at our CARES School! We are seeking a School Nurse 1:1 (RN or LPN) for our CARES School, located in Downingtown, PA.
Being a School Nurse 1:1 (RN or LPN) at Devereux has its Advantages You will work with other dedicated professionals in the school who share your passion for helping individuals in need. In thisposition you will support one student directly who has a severe seizuredisorder along with supporting the classroom assigned.
Every day as a School Nurse 1:1 (RN or LPN) you will:
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Devereux92s Approved Private Schools offer high quality, innovative special education programs that work in tandem with families and school districts to ensure that students can return to their local schools and communities with the tools they will need to succeed. Children and young adults may come to Devereux as a day student, or as a part of residential treatment.Each student has an Individualized Educational Plan (IEP), which outlines goals for skill development and the best strategies by which the student can reach his/her goals. A multi-disciplinary team, including the individual92s parent(s) or guardian, regularly reviews the plan to discuss challenges, progress and adjustments to goals as appropriate.
Devereux Pennsylvania Children92s Services (DPACS) center serves children, adolescents and young adults with autism spectrum disorders, intellectual and developmental disabilities, behavioral, emotional and psychiatric challenges and disorders. Located in West Chester and Malvern Pennsylvania, services provided include psychiatric residential treatment (PRTF), acute inpatient psychiatric hospital (AIP), assessment services, community-based mental health services, community-based employment training and social skills training, andapproved private school educational services to male and female children and adolescents (6-21 years of age) with diagnoses of intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, concomitant psychiatric and behavioral challenges often associated with experiencing some level of trauma in their lives. A primary focus throughout the program is the philosophy of Program-Wide Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PW-PBIS), a program-wide system of care that promotes and rewards positive behaviors, and prevents negative behaviors, to create safe, supportive living environments. Each year, more than 1,000 children and adolescents receive specialized care, in the environment best suited to the unique challenges they face, all with the goal of providing each child with the academic, social, emotional and life skills needed to flourish in their home community.
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QualificationsEDUCATION: Licensed as a Registered Nurse (RN) in Pennsylvania preferred. Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred.Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) in Pennsylvania also accepted.
EXPERIENCE: Previous clinical experience in a behavioral healthcare setting and/or school setting strongly preferred.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Significant amounts of walking, sitting, and standing. Some lifting and/or managing resistance required related to applying physical intervention techniques. Proficient use of computers and office equipment.
Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.
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