LPN/RN Youth Residential Facility

About The Centers

The Centers fights for equity by healing, teaching, and inspiring individuals and families to reach their full potential. We provide health, family, and workforce services at 11 locations throughout Greater Cleveland, creating life-changing solutions for people to lead healthier and more successful lives.

Our residential facilities purpose at is to provide a safe and supportive environment for children, youth, and families who are facing mental illness, abuse, and neglect. Cleveland Christian Home exists to be a haven of hope and healing for children, youth, and families struggling with mental illness, abuse, and neglect.

We strive to be an equitable, anti-racist, and service-oriented workplace that pioneers and co-creates solutions while fostering an inclusive community where our team members thrive.

Wellbeing and Benefits

Providing quality benefits to our staff is important to us. Just as important is our staff’s well-being. That’s why we offer a number of choices from medical to dental to vision plans to meet the different needs of our staff.

· Choice of medical and dental plans · Health Savings Account · Flexible Spending Account for Health and Dependent Care · Vision · Support for continuing education and credential renewal · Life Insurance · Retirement Savings (401k) with a company contribution · Mental Health Support · Employee Assistance Program · Calm Subscription · Short and Long term Disability

Job Qualifications:

• A minimum of an associate degree in nursing; or a bachelor’s degree in nursing
• A minimum of two (2) years’ experience in pediatric and/or public health nursing; or
• Licensed by the State of Ohio Nursing Board as a Registered Nurse (RN)
• An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Job Summary: 

The facility nurse provides medical and health services to children served at the Cleveland Christian Home.

Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities:

• Identifies and treats health disorders and provides medical and health care services that include;
• Physical health assessments
• Well-child care
• Supervision of medication
• Responding to physician’s orders
• Medication education to clients and their families (caregivers)
• Dispensing or administering medication, assisting with self-administration of medication
• Monitoring for side effects and adverse reactions
• First aid care
• Providing other medical interventions, as needed.
• Ensures the maintenance of all medical/dental records; ensures accurate, appropriate, and confidential department record-keeping.
• Records immunizations, health findings, and other relevant health data
• Schedules medical/dental appointments and transports children as needed.
• Obtains medication approval; orders medication and medical supplies, as directed.
• Serves as a resource person on health issues.
• Instruct residents in health education as necessary.
• Provides training to agency staff on universal precautions and communicable diseases.
• Provides staff training on dispensing medications.
• Attends clinical and treatment team meetings.

Core Competencies

• HIPAA compliance at all times.
• Knowledge of medical/health assessment procedures, diagnosis and treatment planning
• Knowledge of child growth and development
• Knowledge of medical disorders and treatment responses
• Basic knowledge of environmental and familial factors impacting growth, development and learning
• Knowledge of medical documentation and responsibilities*
• Basic knowledge of public health problems and procedures for treatment
• Ability to coordinate and facilitate medical services with other services provided in scope of treatment of clients.