Registered Nurse 1

Duties Description Rockland County Team 5 covering Birch IRA, Laurel IRA & Mountain IRA.

POSITION DESCRIPTION :

As a Registered Nurse 1 on an assigned shift, you will provide professional nursing services appropriate to individuals served by the program to which you are assigned. Services may include, but are not limited to, nursing interventions and their documentation, case finding, health teaching / counseling and provision of supportive and / or restorative care. You will also participate in staff training, prepare clinical and administrative reports, maintain infection control standards, and function as a member of a treatment team.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Monitors individual's medical / health needs and services.
• Interacts with primary, medical specialists, various clinical staff as necessary.
• Advocate for individuals' health care needs
• 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 logbook, 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

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Minimum Qualifications Must have a license and a current registration as a registered professional nurse in New York State.

Additional Comments This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS). HELPS Program titles may be filled via a non-competitive appointment. This means that you do not need to take an exam to qualify, but you do need to meet the minimum qualifications of the title.

At a future date (within one year of permanent appointment), employees hired under NY HELPS are expected to have their permanent non-competitive employment status converted to permanent competitive status. You will not have to take an exam to gain permanent competitive status.

° Thirteen (13) paid holidays each year.

° Thirteen (13) days of paid vacation leave initially.

° Five (5) days paid personal leave each year.

° Thirteen (13) days of paid sick leave each year (PEF / CSEA), which may carry over from year to year.

° Up to three (3) days professional leave each year to participate in professional development events.

Employees and their eligible dependents can choose from a variety of affordable health insurance programs. Employees are provided family dental and vision plans at no extra cost.

Paid Parental Leave allows eligible employees to take up to 12 weeks of paid leave at full pay for each qualifying event. A qualifying event is defined as the birth of a child or placement of a child for adoption or foster care.

Participate in The NYS Employees' Retirement System (ERS), which is recognized as one of the best-managed and best-funded public retirement systems in the nation.

NYS offers training programs and tuition assistance to eligible employees to maintain and increase their professional skills and prepare them for promotional opportunities. For more information, please visit

Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.

Name Hudson Valley Human Resources

Telephone 845-947-6000, option 3, option 5

Fax 845-947-6310

Email Address hv.internal.apps@opwdd.ny.gov

Address

Street Hudson Valley Human Resources Dept.

P. O. Box 470, 7 Wilbur Rd

City Thiells

State NY

Zip Code 10984

Notes on Applying Please email your resume and license to hv.internal.apps@opwdd.ny.gov and reference EOA# 25-172 in your email.