Review Vacancy
Date Posted: 01/13/20
Applications Due: 01/27/20
Vacancy ID: 77870
Position Information
NY HELPNo
AgencyPeople With Developmental Disabilities, Office for
TitleNurse 2 (RN)
Occupational CategoryHealth Care, Human/Social Services
Salary Grade16
Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)
Salary RangeFrom $57722 to $71557 Annually
Employment Type Full-Time
Appointment Type Permanent
Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class
Travel Percentage 0%
Schedule
Workweek Other (see below)
"Other" Explanation FRI/MON (WEEK 1 & 3) & SAT/SUN (WEEK 2 & 4)
Hours Per Week 40
Workday
From 3:30 PM
To 11:30 PM
Flextime allowed? No
Mandatory overtime? No
Compressed workweek allowed? No
Telecommuting allowed? No
Location
County Kings
Street Address Shirtz I
960 Elton Street
City Brooklyn
StateNY
Zip Code11208
Job Specifics
Minimum Qualifications MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Transfer: Currently a permanent Nurse 2
Candidates must be licensed and currently registered to practice nursing in New York State AND have one year of post-RN licensure clinical nursing experience.
OR
Must currently be a permanent Nurse 1 with one year of post-licensure registered nurse clinical experience.
OR
Must be active and reachable on the Civil Service Eligible List for Nurse 2.
Duties Description Monitors individual’s medical/health needs and services.
• 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.
• Maintain an adequate number of meds for all the individuals at the house by:
i. Reviewing the MAR, match it with the doctor's orders and medication at hand.
ii. Check the reserve for a medication refill, a new blister pack or a 7-day medication supply of meds left in the current blister pack (BID = 14 pills and TID = 21 pills).
iii. In the absence of a reserve call the pharmacy for a refill.
iv. Where there is no refill with the pharmacy, check when the next individual's doctor’s appointment is.
v. If the appointment is too far, work with the doctor for immediate evaluation of the individual and a new Script.
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.
• Q+As and PONS are current (for caseload) and signed by staff. All PONS are maintained in computer files.
• Provides health related training/consultation to day program, residential staff.
• Annually for each individual in your caseload, completes: review of medical section ISP, medication audit (each home/day program/IES), Maintains current information for RN Health Monitoring Review and Home and Program Information for RN
• 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 The posted hiring rate is the sum of the statutory hiring rate for PS&T Grade 16 ($50,722), an Increased Hiring Salary ($4,363), Downstate Adjustment of ($3,026), and a Geographic Pay Differential ($12,871). Total: $70,982.
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Contact Information
Name Human Resources
Telephone 718-642-6310
Fax 718-642-5290
Email Address Brooklyn.HR@opwdd.ny.gov
Address
Street 888 Fountain Avenue
City Brooklyn
State NY
Zip Code 11239
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