Registered Nurse

Nursing Position

Minimum Qualifications Must have nursing license.

Duties Description

• Monitors individual's medical/health needs and services.

• Visits each assigned home weekly (minimally) to provide nursing oversight and complete review of items
• Interacts with primary, medical specialists, various clinical staff as necessary.
• Advocate for individuals' health care needs
• Maintains ongoing communication with med liaison/designee
• Provides support to residential staff in maintaining health services for the individuals.
• Utilizes appropriate reporting mechanisms/chain of command in responding to individual and/or staff issues
• Completes follow-up including documentation for individuals post ER/hospital visit follow-up
• Reviews, comments, initials and dates lab, x-ray, consults, etc. If indicated completes follow-up with practitioner.
• Provides necessary documentation regarding home visits within established time frames.
• Follows pressure wound policy and documentation requirements.

Provides appropriate nursing services and support/oversight to Residential/Day Hab. staff

• Responds to emergency requests as soon as possible (within and outside caseload).
• Completes nursing assessments and related documentation e.g. RN Notes, nursing log book, etc. thoroughly and within established time frames.
• Provides individual-specific nursing interventions.
• Responds to staff questions regarding individual specific medical/nursing issues.
• PONS are current (for caseload) and signed by staff. All PONS are maintained in computer files.
• Provides health related training/consultation to day program, IES, residential staff.
• Annually for everyone in your caseload, completes: review of medical section ISP, medication audit (each home)
• Keeps up to date regarding changes to medical section on ISP
• Responsible for obtaining individual's informed consent for medications, as per BDDSOO Policy.

Provides adequate nursing assessment/supervision of DSAs competency regarding individual
-specific nursing delegated procedures including medication administration

• Completes initial medication certification and conducts annual clinical performance evaluations for DSAS for procedures that include but not limited to medication administration (Annual Clinical Nursing Evaluation of Nursing Delegated Tasks)
• Provides training for all staff as needed on new/revised medication/policies.
• Provides CMHN, NA and NPC' with certification/recertification information for data base in a timely manner.
• Completes required medication error documentation and staff medication error remediation

Provides clinical supervision to LPNs

• Provides adequate nursing supervision and completes performance evaluations (as assigned) regarding individual-specific nursing procedures.

Maintains professional skills

• Attends Nursing Discipline meetings.
• Attends/completes on-line mandated DDSO training, as well as available discipline specific training.
• Identifies problems and/or opportunities for personal and/or nursing department improvement (s) and contributes to the development of an action plan.
• Completes special projects/assignments

Additional Comments

• Please note that starting salary for this title reflects the increased hiring salary and geographic pay differential. Posted Hiring Salary includes the sum of the statutory hiring rate for PS&T Grade 18 ($61,270), Increased Hiring Salary ($8,416), and Geographic Differential ($20,000). Geographic Differential added to the job rate ($77,912) for PS&T Grade 18.
• If you are currently a New York State employee serving in a permanent competitive qualifying title and eligible for a transfer via Section 70.1 of the Civil Service Law, you may be appointed to this title as a permanent competitive employee.
• Preference will be given to OPWDD employees impacted by closures. If you are being impacted by closure, please indicate this on your resume/cover letter.
• The assignment of PS&T employees will be made in accordance with any agreed upon Memorandum of Understanding between PEF and the local DDSO regarding the posting of job vacancies.
• All OPWDD employees must be eligible and maintain eligibility for full and unconditional participation in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Continued employment will depend on maintaining eligibility.
• If you are employed by state government you may be able to receive loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF). The PSLF Program forgives the remaining balance on Direct Loans after 120 qualifying monthly payments have been made under a qualifying repayment plan while working full-time for a qualifying employer. For more information on PSLF, please visit www.student
  
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• Employees on long term leave can bid on positions but must be able to report to work within fourteen (14) days and be able to perform the essential functions of their positions with or without reasonable accommodation (RA). If an employee believes that they need a reasonable accommodation, they should contact the NYS OPWDD Workforce and Talent Management…