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RN/LPN - Adult Family Job Type: Full-time Pay: \$35.00 - \$38.00 per hour Expected Hours: 35 per week Exp.: Nursing: 2years (Required) RN license (preferred) LPN license (preferred) Work location: Multiple locations POSITION SUMMARY The Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse participates in screening potential program consumers in their homes and provides on-going monitoring and support to program consumers and/or host families ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: General: 1. Be knowledgeable of and comply with all state, federal and agency regulations, policies and procedures pertaining to the AFC program and WestMass Elder Care?s mission. 2. Maintains and provides thorough, timely and accurate documentation. 3. Attends regular AFC multi-disciplinary team meetings, 4. Serves as a liaison with other community agencies, involved in the care management of program consumers. 5. Participates in and/or initiates outreach programs to potential consumers in the AFC program. 6. Attends professional meetings, seminars, conferences and courses. Shares information received with other staff members. 7. Assumes special projects within the scope of the responsibilities of this position as assigned by the Adult Foster Care RN Supervisor Adult Family Care Program: 1. Screens referrals and in conjunction with the AFC Case Manager assess those who are appropriate for the Adult Foster Care Program. 2. Provides nursing assessment and develops a consumer-interdisciplinary care plan for each consumer in an Adult Foster Care program within 30 days of placement. 3. Participates in the assessment of potential host families, including home evaluation and inspections. 4. Consults with Adult Foster Care Case Managers in the matching of clients and host families. 5. Monitors the consumer?s health status and provides ongoing supervision and teaching to program consumers and caregivers via regular home visits. 6. Provides the teaching to consumer and caregiver that is needed to implement the plan of care, both initially and on an on-going basis. 7. Develops and maintains an accurate list of the consumers? medications. This listing includes pertinent information including medication name, route and dosage and frequency. 8. Maintains contact with the consumers? physician via submission of semi-annual health status reports and phone calls as needed. 9. Semi-annually secures physician approval for consumers continued program placement. 10. Submits incident reports to Mass Health for any critical incident as noted on Mass Health Critical Incident Form. 11. Reviews consumers? care plans every Quarter. Updates the care plan yearly. 12. Secures appropriate screening for agency approval for client program participation. 13. Maintains accurate statistics on consumer?s health-related services, i.e., VNA, HHA, ADH, etc. OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES: 1. Performs other related duties as requested and needed that are within the scope of the responsibilities of this position, including working with the PCM Program as needed.. REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE. SKILLS AND ABILITIES INCLUDE: - Has the ability and willingness to support the goals and policies of WestMass ElderCare. - Diploma from an accredited school of nursing, B.S.N. (preferred). - Valid license to practice as an RN or LPN in the Commonwealth of MA. - An understanding and acceptance of the role of the RN or LPN at WestMass Elder Care which include: Assessment, Referral to appropriate agency and/or service, Monitoring, Teaching as it applies to skills training, Consulting with Program Director and with other appropriate agency and non agency staff regarding the nursing assessment and the consumer?needs. And More. Satisfactory background check that includes CORI, SORI, SAMs GSA, Mass Health Exclusion List and OIG check Visit: https://accesscarepartners.org for the full job description and how to apply.