Specifications include, but are not limited to: A. Perform all Health Care Services admission requirements per policy and procedure to include venipuncture, vaccine administration, TST placement, intake assessment, admission labs and form/documentation completion. B. Verify any medication that the juveniles have with them upon entering the facility, assessing its validity and necessity, i.e., contacting prescribing healthcare provider and/or pharmacist. Address and resolve issues with prescribed medications to include contacting prescribing provider, communication with parent/guardian and Juvenile Court Counselors. C. Manage clinics for primary care and psychiatric care, when applicable to include scheduling clinic times, provider order transcription, medication order processing, managing clinic flow, creating schedule for appointments and communicating with center staff. D. Process medication inventory and deliveries from contractual pharmacy vendor to include reconciliation with provider orders and inventory deliver specific to each juvenile prescribed medication. E. Prepare and administer medication as prescribed by a practitioner who is licensed in North Carolina to administer or prescribe drugs in the course of his/her professional practice and monitor/audit UAP who are trained to administer medication. F. Administer and/or delegate administration of non-prescribed medications per provider orders. G. Perform sick call for non-emergency medical services for all juveniles. Provide nursing services and first aid to those juveniles not requiring a physician's services, refer to provider for medical care based on nursing assessment as needed. H. Provide emergency medical services for juveniles as necessary.
