Registered Nurse - Part-time

WestMass ElderCare Inc. Registered Nurse The Registered Nurse participates in screening potential program participants in their homes and provides on-going monitoring and support to program participants. This is a part-time position of 20 hours per week.  Essential Duties and Responsibilities: • Assesses the consumer's physical and cognitive condition and resulting functional limitations to determine the consumer's ability to benefit from personal care assistance services. • Provides an initial determination of the scope and type of personal care services to be provided to consumers. Accurately represents the consumer's need for physical assistance with ADL's and IADL's. • Schedules & provides yearly re-evaluation of consumers according to timeliness set forth in regulations. • Completes the Mass Health application for PCA services including calculating units when requesting prior authorization.  Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: • Diploma from an accredited school of nursing, B.S.N. (preferred). • Valid license to practice as a registered nurse in the Commonwealth of MA. • An understanding and acceptance of the role of the Registered Nurse at WestMass ElderCare which includes: • Assessment • Referral to appropriate agency and/or service • Monitoring • Teaching as it applies to skills training  Please send resume to: (e-mail preferred) or Director of Human Resources, 4 Valley Mill Road, Holyoke, MA 01040. No phone calls please.  AA/EOEDaily Hampshire Gazette. Keywords: Registered Nurse (RN), Location: Springfield, MA - 01105