Review Vacancy
AgencyPeople With Developmental Disabilities, Office for
Occupational CategoryHealth Care, Human/Social Services
Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)
Salary RangeFrom $56813 to $72076 Annually
"Other" Explanation Day Shift, Alternate Weekends for Pass Days.
Workday
Minimum Qualifications MINIMUM EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS:
Candidates must have permanent or contingent permanent status as a Nurse Administrator 1, or licensed as a Registered Nurse and eligible for transfer pursuant to Section 70.1 of the Civil Service Law.
FOR PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENT:
Candidate must currently be employed with New York State and have had two years of permanent competitive or 55-b/55-c service as follows:
Either A. Nurse 2, Nurse 2 (Psychiatric), Nurse 2 (Psychiatric) (Spanish Language), Nurse 2 (Psychiatric) (Chinese Language), Nurse 2 (Manual Communications), Community Mental Health Nurse, Community Mental Health Nurse (Spanish Language), Infection Control Nurse, or Senior Utilization Review Nurse; OR
B. Two years in any Grade 16 or higher position that requires a license and current New York State registration as a Registered Nurse.
Duties Description DUTIES:
. Provides clinical supervision and Leadership to all RNs who manage medically complex houses in Region 1 and one medically complex house in Region 2 which includes Saratoga, Warren, Washington and Albany counties. Provides clinical leadership and supervision to the LPN pool that service the medically complex houses. Provides oversight to RN2/LPN to ensure that individuals’ health care needs are met.
. Ensures that the assigned RN’s coordinate appointments for primary visits, consultant services and required tests.
. Ensures that medications and treatments are administered according to approved policies and regulations.
. Ensures that RN’s are providing nursing component to the Interdisciplinary Team.
. Functions as the clinical component to the management teams for Region 1 and Region 2
Medically complex houses.
. Ensures that timely and current training is provided to RN’s, LPN’s and direct support staff in areas of medication administration, medical policies, and any other nursing or medical issues.
. Provides quality assurance activities by ensuring that all applicable regulations are followed.
. Coordinates with hospitals and long term care support for end of life issues and/or plan safe discharges back to medically complex houses.
. Functions as a member of the DDSO Medical Policy Committee, to develop and/or revise policies regarding medical care and treatment.
. Functions as a member of the Nursing Board, to review matters regarding medication certification status of AMAPs.
. Completes audits and trending for the administrative team regarding medical services.
. Completes incident investigations as assigned.
Additional Comments Nurse.
"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."
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