UC Program Registered Nurse (PT)
Wedgwood Christian Services
Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Posted on Sep 30, 2025
Responsible for assessing, organizing, tracking, and delivering medical care services to residents of Wedgwood, and for providing physical health consultation and brief injury care to staff employed by the agency. Fulfills functions of medical coordinator for the UC program by organizing, tracking, and scheduling medical care services.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Set up admission files and assist in providing discharge information. Also, assist in obtaining consents for medical procedures.
- Arrange and coordinate appropriate health services, including urgent, emergent, and preventative health services, for children in care, and coordinate transportation to appointments as needed. This includes, but is not limited to, psychiatrists, dentists, pediatricians, and medical specialists.
- Ensure qualified interpretation and translation services are in place for all appointments.
- Serve as a liaison with community health care providers.
- Maintain complete, confidential medical records for children, ensure appropriate communication of health needs to case managers and clinicians.
- Assure that licensing/accreditation standards and Wedgwood standards of care are maintained for all health services.
- Maintain all nursing paperwork, including accurate filing.
- Enter, manage and maintain the Portal medical tab.
- Collect Point Comfort Insurance on all residents and provide this information to the home, lab, pharmacies, and physicians’ offices. Receive unpaid medical bills and collaborate with providers to collect payment from Point Comfort Underwriters.
- Follow all medical requirements of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR).
- Provide health assessments for residential clients at admission and as needed throughout their stay.
- Assist with maintaining client's medical files, assuring that licenser regulations and Wedgwood standards of care are maintained.
- Provide immunizations for clients and staff; provide TB skin tests for staff as requested.
- Provide treatments for minor physical injuries for both clients and staff.
- Provide COVID testing as indicated by COVID protocol.
- Coordinate appointments with physicians, psychiatrists as needed.
- Transcribe physician’s orders to medication history sheet and inform direct care staff of prescribed treatments.
- Educate staff on treatment procedures and assure that all prescribed treatments are followed.
- Monitor the effects of services in improving the health of individual residents.
- Provide supervision of medication distribution, assuring that medications changes are implemented and that medications are given as prescribed.
- Act as a consultant for staff, family/guardians of residents, and residents on medical and psychiatric issues.
- Provide in-service training for staff on health-related topics (e.g., universal precautions, first aid, CPR, etc.), as requested.
- Teach clients about any aspect of disease (especially HIV, TB, and STD's), diet, normal adolescent development, etc.
- Visit home settings regularly to assess medical concerns and demonstrate triage ability.
- Document all nursing interventions in the client's electronic medical record.
- Inform supervisor of any medical/safety issues relative to the living/working environment at the agency.
- Regular participation in supervision meetings and team meetings for the sharing of ideas, feedback, and department planning.
- On-call availability for consultation or assistance as required. On-call compensation is paid at a rate of 2 hours of wages for each weekday and 5 hours for each weekend day.
- Regular, predictable, and reliable attendance is an essential function of this position. The employee must maintain a consistent work schedule and be available during the assigned hours to perform the duties of this role.
- Participation in nursing on-call rotation as needed.
- Other duties as assigned
GENERAL
- Work collaboratively with the treatment team on admissions and treatment needs.
- Responsible for timely Quality Assurance compliance as related to employee’s roles and functions.
- Express ideas, suggestions, and concerns in a timely and appropriate manner, using established channels and chains of command; promote and encourage the resolution of problems and disputes through open and honest communications.
- Regular, predictable, and reliable attendance is an essential function of this position. The employee must maintain a consistent work schedule and be available during the assigned hours to perform the duties of this role.
- Other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Must be a graduate of an accredited program of professional nursing.
- Must possess current license as a Registered Nurse from the State Board of Nursing.
- At least two years of experience working within a hospital, residential facility or an industrial setting preferred; prior experience working with an adolescent population is preferred.
- Subscription to the Statement of Faith of Wedgwood Christian Services and agreement with the goal, purpose and objectives of the agency.
HOURS OF WORK: Monday- Wednesday, variable first shift
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