Registered Nurse 1 (NY HELPS)

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 individuals 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 ($63,108), Increased Hiring Salary ($8,668), and Geographic Differential ($20,000). Geographic Differential added to the job rate ($80,248) for PS&T Grade 18. (From $91776 to $100248 Annually)

To Apply: Please email your resume to Finger.Lakes.Careers@opwdd.ny.gov and reference vacancy ID #155787 in your email.