Registered Nurse - 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 facility 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.

The 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. We support our staff’s financial well-being by providing employer paid long-term disability, a very competitive defined contribution towards retirement and access to a financial advisor when you need it. We have nutrition and fitness coaches available for consultation. We also have a generous time off program as well as other benefits we can share with you based on your individual interests.

Job Summary: 

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

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.

Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities:

• Identifies and treats health disorders and provides medical and health care services that include;
• Physical health assessments
• Well-childcare
• 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.

The Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.