Student Veterans of America Jobs

NY HELP Yes

Agency People With Developmental Disabilities, Office for

Title Registered Nurse 1

Occupational Category Health Care, Human/Social Services

Salary Grade 18

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

Salary Range From $93929 to $102656 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Contingent Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 40

Workday

From 8:30 AM

To 5 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? No

County New York

Street Address Capital District DDSO

500 Balltown Road

City Schenectady

State NY

Zip Code 12304

Minimum Qualifications MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Permanent service as a Registered Nurse 1OR2. Eligible to 70.1 transfer into a Registered Nurse 1 title. OR3. Open to the Public: Licensed and currently registered to practice nursing in New York State.*Must maintain a valid New York State license and registration

Duties Description $93,929 - $102,656Please 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 ($65,001), Increased Hiring Salary ($8,928), and Geographic Differential ($20,000). Geographic Differential added to the job rate ($82,656) for PS&T Grade 18.*Shift: 8:30am - 5:00pm • A total of 5 hours deviation a month from the default schedule (hours before or after the regular workday).• 4 hours a month are expected to be on a weekend day and would count toward the above deviation expectation.PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:Candidate will work as a Registered Nurse I in the Family Care program. Candidate will case manage individuals who reside in Family Care Homes throughout the northern region: • Supervises the health care of individuals living in Family Care Homes by working with Family Care Providers to implement optimal care, incorporating regulations, policies and procedures governing Family Care. • Assesses individuals on an ongoing basis, identifying needs. • Completes, at minimum, one nursing visit every 90 days (must be flexible based on individual’s needs).• Works with Family Care Provider to coordinate appointments for primary visits, consultant services and required tests/diagnostics.• Provides oversight to individuals when hospitalized through weekly updates/visits, including the discharge transition.• Ensures that medications and treatments are administered according to approved policies and procedures. Provides ongoing oversight to the Family Care Provider in administering medications, retraining in medication administration practices and medication pours as applicable.• Provides training and oversight to the Family Care Providers and Substitute Providers in the areas of medication administration, OSHA (Blood Borne and TB), Infection Control, emergency care and individual specific training needs. Also provides mandatory and as needed training to Providers as applicable. • Coordinates community health care services, working with outside providers and locating distributors for equipment and supplies (examples: wound care, oxygen therapy, physical therapy). Also, obtains consent for procedures from consent givers or SDMC. • Provides nursing component to the Interdisciplinary Team. Collaborates with clinicians, team members, families, and community providers. Works with Interdisciplinary Team on ways to best support Providers. Participates in home recertification process. Participates in screening process for new individuals. • Competes incident investigations and other duties as assigned.• Provide nursing coverage to other Family Care homes and IRAs on an as needed temporary basis. The Candidate must be able to perform CPR compressions on a supine individual on the floor. The Nurse demonstration of CPR compressions on the floor would ensure nurse ability to perform in worst case scenario, since we use no backboards in OPWDD. SELECTION PROCESS:Selection will be based on interview, and candidates past work history.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nys-office-for-people-with-developmental-disabilities/posts/?feedView=all#LI-SB2

Additional Comments ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:• Family and household member relationships: OPWDD policy may impact eligibility for this position. Employees are responsible for recognizing the relationship and not posting for positions where it would be a concern. Before you apply read Section 120.27 of the Region 3 Policy Manual. Please e-mail odh.personnel@opwdd.ny.gov if you have you need help determining if this policy applies to you.• CAPA: Must be cleared by the NYS Central Register for Child Abuse and Maltreatment, if position requires working with minors and not previously cleared.• 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.studentAid.gov/publicservice. • 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 Reasonable Accommodation Unit at (518) 486-7222 or e-mail at accommodationrequests@opwdd.ny.gov to obtain information and RA forms.• For CSEA positions: Local Bidding Agreements, and previously approved vacation/holiday time will be honored in the new assignment.• 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.• In order to be eligible for appointment and to maintain employment, you cannot be listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of the Federal and/or State Medicaid and Medicare exclusion lists (or excluded from any other Federal or Federally assisted program). If you are appointed and subsequently listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of these lists (or excluded from any other Federal or Federally assisted program), you may be terminated from your employment.• OPWDD is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.• OPWDD is committed to creating and sustaining a culture of inclusion. We believe that we are most effective in managing and improving our service system with a diverse team of employees. With such a large workforce, we rely on the collective individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, self-expression, ideas and talent that our employees bring to their work. This speaks to our culture and is a key part of our successes. As we continuously recruit people for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that applicants bring in terms of their education, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, color, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.

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

Name Capital District DDSO

Telephone 518-388-0838

Fax 518-370-7536

Email Address CapitalDistrict.Careers@opwdd.ny.gov

Address

Street 500 Balltown Road

Building 1

City Schenectady

State NY

Zip Code 12304

Notes on Applying APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Please submit cover letter and resume to:Capital District DDSOHuman Resources OfficeBuilding 1500 Balltown RoadSchenectady, New York 12304Phone: 518-388-0838Fax: 518-370-7536Email: CapitalDistrict.Careers@opwdd.ny.gov*Please reference EOA #24-107 in all correspondence.