Job Description
Job Description
Duties Description
PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Work collaboratively with the team of ADK Clinic nurses to provide the following services to OPWDD individuals under our care:
- Provide/prepare for routine and emergent individuals care including assessing/triaging individuals and obtaining vital signs, EKGs, performing finger-sticks, catheterizations, IM and subcutaneous injections (immunizations, Prolia, B-12, Haldol, etc), assisting with minor procedures and annual physicals, helping with Eye Clinic, etc.
- Process orders, consultation forms, prescriptions, etc. generated from above visits correctly and in a timely manner. This also includes creating/processing referrals to outside specialty providers.
- Create/process electronic prescriptions, durable medical equipment justifications and prior authorizations for medications and diagnostic procedures.
- Triage incoming phone calls, labs, mail, email, and consults ensuring timely follow up by practitioner and compliance with Article 16 rules.
- Organize practitioner workload in an equitable manner throughout the day.
- Be liaison between Residential RNs/staff and Clinic practitioners (and other Article 16 practitioners as necessary) to ensure individuals needs are met in a timely manner.
- Create laboratory requisitions/prescriptions for routine and PRN lab work using correct ICD codes.
- Draw/process labs including blood, urine, stool, cytology, and pathology specimens.
- Sterilize reusable equipment as appropriate and perform monthly testing and routine maintenance of sterilizer.
- Maintain up-to-date supplies for minor procedures, lab draws, immunizations, sterilizer/EKG/Glucometer, etc.
- Maintain Immunization and Lab fridge/freezer including monitoring temperature, cleaning, and defrosting as needed.
- Empty biohazard containers and sharps containers as needed and prepare them for pickup by biohazard waste disposal vendor.
- Maintain OSHA standards and supplies, including laundering gowns and towels as needed and packaging biohazardous waste and arranging for pick-up as needed.
- Conduct quarterly OSHA inspections and document per policy.
- Assist clinic clerical staff as needed including answering phones, scheduling appts, copying, faxing, accepting deliveries, requesting medical records, etc.
- Room patients for providers including but not limited to medical and psychiatric providers. Setup telehealth appointments as necessary.
- Conduct and document assessments as instructed for providers during telehealth appointments.
- Cover in person for nurses at the Adirondack Clinic 200 Smith Drive, Corinth, NY 12822 as assigned.
- Train nurses assigned to OD Heck office as assigned.
- Be trained to cover dental sedation nurse duties.
- Telecommuting may not be available for this nurse as their job duties require that the nurse be on site.
- Incident Investigation and other duties as assigned.
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.
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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 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.
- Please 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.
- If you are currently a New York State employee serving in a permanent competitive qualifying title and eligible for a transfer via Section 70.1 of the Civil Service Law, you may be appointed to this title as a permanent competitive employee.
- Preference will be given to OPWDD employees impacted by closures. If you are being impacted by closure, please indicate this on your resume.
- 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.
- 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 [email protected] 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
- 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 [email protected] 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 dedicated 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.
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