RN/LPN medical childcare (PRN)

Description

• PRN
• 1 to 3 days per week with flexible scheduling Monday-Friday
• Preferred shifts are noon to 6 pm or 3 to 6 pm

• Provide full range of nursing services that include administration of medications, feedings, and treatments to meet each child’s daily care needs.
• Perform ongoing assessments as needed.
• Assist with creation or recertification of care plans as requested, RN only.
• Implement child’s care plan include nursing, therapy, and behavior support, conducting baselines, support plans and procedures.
• Monitor children’s response to care.
• Coordinate care with interdisciplinary team to ensure health and safety needs are addressed.
• Assist the clients in becoming as independent as possible through skill development and retention.
• Assist the clients with comfort measures including but not limited to positioning and safety devices.
• Direct responsibility for clients assigned.
• Maintain accurate, complete and timely records.
• Report and document daily observations, routine support provided, and any health/physical/behavioral changes.
• Communicate with clients, licensed professionals, ChildServe personnel, families, schools, and the public, in a courteous and professional manner.

• Current valid license as a RN or LPN in Iowa.
• Active BLS from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross.
• Ability to lift up to 35 lbs, be mobile within the clinic areas, and frequently bend, lift, reach, and stand.
• Ability to communicate effectively in (or through) reading, writing and speaking the English language.

• ChildServe partners with families to help children with special healthcare needs live a great life. 
• ChildServe is a leading pediatric healthcare provider with Iowa’s only children's specialty hospital, offering a variety of services and programs to meet each child’s unique needs.
• ChildServe’s four key specialty areas include: complex medical care, pediatric rehabilitation, autism and behavioral health, and community-based services. With a coordinated approach to care delivery, services are interwoven and streamlined, so families can address their child’s needs in one location.
• Established in 1928, ChildServe proudly provides more than 30 pediatric specialty services to nearly 6,000 children in Iowa each year.