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AgencyJustice Center For The Protection Of People With Special Needs

TitleNurse Administrator 1

Occupational CategoryHealth Care, Human/Social Services

Salary Grade20

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

Salary RangeFrom $67897 to $86140 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 30%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 9 AM

To 5 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? Yes

County Schenectady

Street Address 401 State Street

City Schenectady

StateNY

Zip Code12305

Minimum Qualifications Current New York State employee with one year or more permanent, contingent-permanent or 55b/c service as a Nurse Administrator 1 and are interested in reassignment;
OR
Current New York State employee with one year or more of permanent, contingent-permanent, or 55b/c service in a position allocated to a Grade 19 and eligible for transfer under Section 70.1 of the Civil Service Law.
OR
Provisional Appointment:
If a viable eligible list does not exist, a provisional appointment may be made in accordance with Civil Service Law. Candidates who accept a provisional appointment must take the next competitive examination and be reachable on the resultant eligible list in order to be considered for permanent appointment to the position. Please visit https://www.cs.ny.gov/jobseeker/ for additional information on state examinations.

The minimum requirements for taking the Nurse Administrator 1 Examination are:

Promotional:
Two years of permanent competitive or 55-b/55-c service as as:
Either 1. Nurse 2, (including all parenthetics), Community Mental Health Nurse, (including all parenthetics), Infection Control Nurse, or Senior Utilization Review Nurse;

Or 2. Two years of permanent competitive or 55-b/55-c service in any Grade 16 or higher position that requires a license and current New York State registration as a Registered Nurse.

Open Competitive:
Possession of a license and current registration as a registered
professional nurse in New York State and three years of post-licensure clinical nursing experience.

NOTE: This vacancy posting is for the purposes of notifying individuals about transfer opportunities. Employees on the Civil Service eligible list will be considered and should not respond to this posting. If you are on the eligible list and not reachable, you may be eligible for transfer. You are encouraged to access GOT-IT on the Civil Service website (www.cs.ny.gov) to determine transfer eligibility or contact Justice Center Human Resources for your transfer options.

Duties Description Under the general supervision of a senior level staff, the Nurse Administrator 1 may perform the following duties:

• Review, process and /or investigate cases received from health care providers, clients, families, advocates, and other agencies or groups regarding individuals served by the mental hygiene services and children and family services delivery systems.
• Attend Medical Review Board meetings as assigned and following through with further investigations or recommendations by the Board.
• Participate in systemic studies and prepare resulting from these studies.
• Conduct on-site investigations into the more sensitive and/or complex allegations of the abuse/maltreatment of children and adults in operated/licensed facilities in accordance with the policies and procedures established by the Justice Center.
• Provide independent inspection and monitoring of facilities, various community residences, and programs.
• Investigate deaths occurring in the mental hygiene system to ascertain the appropriateness of medical and psychiatric care.
• Conduct training and outreach activities for health care providers, volunteers, advocates, family members and other interested parties regarding Justice Center activities, functions, and programs.

Additional Comments The New York State Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs (Justice Center) is charged with protecting over one million New Yorkers under the care or jurisdiction of six state agencies. The following list outlines several of the Justice Center’s key responsibilities:

•Advocate on behalf of individuals with disabilities and provide oversight of quality of care.
•Operate a centralized, statewide 24-hour hotline and incident reporting system staffed by trained personnel.
•Operate a statewide register that contains the names of individuals found responsible for egregious or repeated acts of abuse or neglect.
•Centralize and perform functions relating to criminal history background checks.
•Investigate serious allegations of abuse and neglect.
•Prosecute criminal acts of abuse and neglect.
•Analyze abuse patterns and trends in order to prevent future occurrences.

NOTE: You are advised that should you accept a job offer with this agency, you may be required to be fingerprinted and pay for the cost of the fingerprinting fee.

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

Name Human Resources / JH

Telephone 518-549-0209

Fax 518-549-0462

Email Address jc.sm.hrresumes@justicecenter.ny.gov

Address

Street 161 Delaware Avenue

City Delmar

State NY

Zip Code 12054

Notes on ApplyingPlease submit cover letter along with a clear and concise resume to jc.sm.hrresumes@justicecenter.ny.gov detailing how you meet the minimum qualifications for this position as listed in Specifics and indicate the Vacancy ID number for which you are applying.