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About the Role

Empower people to live their best lives by providing direct care services, accompanying individuals on medical appointments, and advocating for their healthcare needs within a large nonprofit health and human services organization.

Responsibilities

• Accompany persons served on medical appointments and advocate for appropriate medical services.
• Provide direct care services to persons served.
• Act as a liaison between the residence and medical facilities, hospitals, laboratories, and pharmacies.
• Ensure medical, dental, or other therapeutic appointments are carried out as required.
• Collaborate with the Residence Nurse and Residence Manager to ensure proper medical follow-up.
• Advocate for persons served needs with physicians, lab technicians, psychiatrists, dentists, and other medical providers.
• Ensure clinical consults are completed appropriately before and after medical appointments.
• Safely operate agency vans and/or vehicles.
• Communicate immediate medical concerns to the Residence Manager and/or Residence Nurse.
• Participate in weekly consult review meetings.
• Obtain and place medical documentation (e.g., Blood work, EKG, X-ray reports) in binders for consultations, hospitalizations, or placements.
• Understand, articulate, and document specific medical information.
• Assist in training persons served in activities of daily living (ADL) and development of self-help and social skills.
• Perform ADL functions for individuals requiring total support (e.g., diaper changing, ambulation, G-Tube feeding, transferring with Hoyer lift).
• Implement goals to maximize each person’s independence, including budgeting, grooming, nutritional planning, public transportation use, community resource utilization, shopping, and housekeeping.
• Enter person served data documentation in the EHR system.
• Oversee all medication as per WellLife Network’s Medication Administration Policy, including the computerized EMAR system.
• Communicate relevant information to other staff or supervisors verbally and in writing.
• Complete appropriate logs and incident reports.
• Physically intervene with persons served when they may cause physical injury to self or others.
• Assist individuals in responding to potentially dangerous situations.
• Administer emergency first aid.
• Maintain confidentiality at all times.
• Perform other duties as requested.

Requirements

• Computer use/ability is required.
• Must be able to safely operate agency vans and/or vehicles as per the agency driving policy.
• Must be able to understand, articulate, and document specific medical information.
• Required to display proficiency while entering person served data documentation in the EHR system (Electronic Health Record).
• Required to display proficiency while entering person served data documentation in the EHR system (Electronic Health Record).
• Must be able to physically intervene with the person served when the person may cause physical injury to self or others.
• Must successfully complete and perform all techniques required in AMAP, SCIP, CPR and First Aid.
• Experience working with the developmentally disabled and/or experience in the medical field.
• A valid NYS Drivers license is required.

Skills

• AMAP
• SCIP
• CPR
• First Aid

Location

• 130th IRA - Jamaica, NY 11434

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Experience working with the developmentally disabled
• Experience in the medical field

Education Level

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Associate’s degree in Human Services preferred

Salary/Compensations

• $20.15 - $20.15 Hourly

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k retirement plan (with matching)
• Paid time off
• Holidays
• Personal days
• Free and low-cost gym and wellness access and support
• Ongoing professional development
• Career advancement opportunities

About the Company

• At WellLife Network, every role plays a vital part in empowering people to live their best lives.
• As part of one of New York’s largest nonprofit health and human services organizations, you’ll join a team dedicated to compassion, inclusion, and excellence — helping individuals and families thrive every day.