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Position Information

AgencyPeople With Developmental Disabilities, Office for

TitleCommunity Mental Health Nurse

Occupational CategoryHealth Care, Human/Social Services

Salary Grade19

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

Salary RangeFrom $59671 to $75785 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Schedule

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 40

Workday

From 8 AM

To 4:30 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? No

Location

County Orange

Street Address 42 Rykowski Lane, Suite 2

City Middletown

StateNY

Zip Code10941

Job Specifics

Minimum Qualifications Must currently be a permanent Community Mental Health Nurse.

OR

Must currently be active and reachable on the Community Mental Health Nurse Civil Service List, and meet the educational requirements as specified on the exam announcement.

OR

Must be Eligible for a 70.1 Civil Service Law transfer, possess a license to practice as a Registered Nurse in New York State and meet the specified education and experience criteria as noted on the currently Civil Service exam announcement for Community Mental Health Nurse.

OR

Must currently qualify for provisional* appointment to Community Mental Health Nurse.


NOTE: *Provisional Appointments will only be considered if there are insufficient in-Title and/or Civil Service List Candidates.

SELECTION CRITERIA:

? When applying, please furnish a current daytime telephone number.

? Management reserves the right to determine the number of qualified candidates to be interviewed.

? At the time of offer, you must be ready to accept or decline the position.

? Please submit a current resume with your application detailing your education & experience that reflects your familiarity with the above-referenced duties & responsibilities.

? Although an office is in Orange County, the actual assignment will require working throughout Orange & Sullivan Counties therefore must be willing to travel.

Duties Description • Participates in plans to consider moving individuals to Family Care by ensuring that health needs can be adequately addressed in a particular home.

• Reviews health care documentation prior to movement to ensure that the physical examination, and all other appropriate examinations, and/or assessments are completed.

• Visits the Family Care home on no less than a quarterly basis to ensure that health services outlined in the service plan reflect individual’s needs, and that such needs are being adequately addressed. These visits must be documented by the nurse.

• Reviews, and has knowledge and understanding of the regulations, policies and procedures for Family Care and supports the individual’s increased independence in identifying health care needs and accessing services.

• Reports concerns of safety issues to the Family Care Coordinator, Family Care Home Liaison, Medicaid Service Coordinator, and/or other administrative staff as necessary.

• Acts as a mentor and consultant to Family Care providers empowering them to the skills and knowledge sufficient to allow them to interface effectively with most health care professionals and to act as health care advocates.

• Ensures that all medication is prescribed, obtained, provided, received, administered, safeguarded, documented, refilled, and/or disposed of in a manner that ensures the health, safety and well-being of the individuals being served. New York Codes, Rules and Regulations {14 NYCRR Section 633.17(a)(7)}.

• Ensures that information is provided to the individual, advocate, Family Care provider, and other providers about the condition for which a medication is to be used, and the specifics regarding administration {14 NYCRR Section 633.17(a)(13)(ii)}

• Ensures that a review of the individual’s medication regime is conducted on no less than a semiannual basis {14 NYCRR Section 633.17(18).

• Ensures that a current nursing assessment is available as a basis for health care planning, and includes in the assessment an evaluation of the individual’s ability to self-administer medications.

• Ensures that the individual is referred for routine and/or specialized health visits as needed and that such services are provided in a timely manner.

• Refers medical concerns to the physician and/or the physician’s assistant, and where warranted, the Family Care provider with any concerns related to admitting the individual to the hospital, and/or alternate other available options.

• Provides information and assistance as needed to Family Care providers that will provide the necessary health supports to individuals. This may include ensuring that Family Care providers access Tuberculosis (TB) testing and infection control information.

• Ensure that the individual and/or advocate is made aware, if possible, of this or her current health status and medical plan of care, with full knowledge of the proposed risk and benefits associated with the plan along with its reasonable alternatives.

• Provides training as needed for individuals and Family Care providers to enable them to access and/or provide appropriate care.

• Ensures that the individual’s rights to expect reasonable continuity of care and privacy concerning his or her own health care and confidentiality of all communication and health records are being safeguarded.

• Actively supports the individual’s rights to consideration and respective health care, as well as making every effort to render support to making individual decisions as consumers of health care consistent with the individual’s goals, values, preferences and lifestyles.

• Requests and reviews a copy of consultation reports and all other pertinent medical documents, specialty medical services, etc.

Additional Comments Please note:

• The assignment of PS&T employees will be made in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding between PEF and Hudson Valley DDSO regarding the posting of job vacancies.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 he or she needs a reasonable accommodation, they should contact the NYS OPWDD Workforce and Talent Management Central Office at (518) 473-9689 or Email at accommodationrequests@opwdd.ny.gov to obtain information and RA forms.

• OPWDD IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov

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

Contact Information

Name Hudson Valley DDSO

Telephone 800-967-6000, option 3, option 5

Fax 845-947-6189

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

Address

Street 7 Wilbur Road

City Thiells

State NY

Zip Code 10984

 

Notes on ApplyingPlease use Posting Number 21-012R in your response.