Registered Nurse

Position: Registered Nurse 1
Location: Milton

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Review Vacancy

Date Posted 06/04/26

Applications Due
06/14/26

Vacancy ID217402

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NY HELPYes

Agency People With Developmental Disabilities, Office for

Title Registered Nurse 1

Occupational Category Health Care, Human/Social Services

Salary Grade
18

Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)

Salary Range From $111147 to $120138 Annually

Employment Type

Full-Time

Appointment Type Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 40

Workday

From 8 AM

To 4:30 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? No

County Ulster

Street Address Milton Day Program

207 Milton Turnpike

City Milton

StateNY

Zip Code
12547

Duties Description The Registered Nurse will be assigned to Milton Day Program, Highland and Gabriety IRA's. Milton Day Program will serve as the primary location for this position. Milton Day Program cares for 35 individuals with different medical needs. Highland IRA provides care for eight individuals with diverse medical and behavioral needs. Gabriety IRA provides care for five individuals with varying nursing requirements, including tasks that cannot be delegated to unlicensed direct care staff.

The Registered Nurse may need to provide coverage at other locations within the team as necessary. OPWDD is the safety net provider to individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. As such, we serve individuals with the highest level of medical and behavioral support needs. Nursing is critical to the safe care and oversight of these individuals. With an aging population, the individual's medical/nursing needs have increased and will continue to increase.

The Registered Nurse role is essential to the health and safety of the individuals that we serve. Ensures compliance with the Taconic DDSO Policy/Procedures and regulatory compliance. The Registered Nurse provides medical/ nursing oversight to the assigned homes. The Registered Nurse serves as a member of the inter-disciplinary team. The RN provides clinical supervision to the LPN's as well as nursing guidance/training to the Direct Support staff.

The RN may be asked to provide coverage at other sites within the team if care is needed. The RN Nurse's role is essential to the health and safety of the individuals we serve. Ensuring the safety and well-being of the individuals we serve, the RN's responsibility ensures the individuals are healthy and able to experience personal growth fully participating in their health care and their lives in the community.

Essentially, the goal of the RN is to help people with developmental disabilities live richer lives. To accomplish this, the RN will work towards increasing knowledge and delivering the highest quality support and services for Taconic's Individuals.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Duties include but are not limited to:

* Ensures compliance with the Taconic DDSOO Policy/Procedures and regulatory requirements.

* Schedules and attends appointments for increased medical acuity individuals, completes medication audits, provides treatments to the individuals and documents the provision of services, as reflected in their life plan, safeguard summary plan, etc.

* Completion of nursing procedures/tasks and nursing assessments

* Provides nursing care oversight, charts health status, transcribes physicians' orders accurately, and ensures appropriate medication orders and follow up appointments are communicated within the IRA.

* Responsible for reviewing patient records, process incident reports when…