Registered Nurse 1 (NY HELPS)

Minimum Qualifications Must have a license and a current registration as a registered professional nurse in New York State.

Duties Description Monitors individual’s medical / health needs and services.

• Visits each assigned home weekly (minimally) to provide nursing oversight and complete review of items
• 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.
• Provides necessary documentation regarding home visits within established time frames.
• Follows pressure wound policy and documentation requirements.

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 . 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.
• PONS are current (for caseload) and signed by staff. All PONS are maintained in computer files.
• Provides health related training / consultation to day program, IES, residential staff.
• Annually for everyone in your caseload, completes : review of medical section ISP, medication audit (each home)
• 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

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