Registered Nurse 1 (NY HELPS)

Description Duties

The Registered Nurse (RN) 1 is responsible for providing professional nursing services by utilizing the nursing process, which includes assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation/reevaluation. The RN 1 will be accountable for Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment data and coordinating residents' care plans through the MDS 3.0 process with the interdisciplinary team. They will administer medications, treatments, and direct resident care; The RN1 also monitors supplies to ensure they are adequate to meet the needs of residents; They and communicate residents' needs to medical staff for coordination of care.

• Residents' admission screening process, which involves travel as necessary.
• Create and implement policies and procedures.
• Manage finances and conduct performance evaluations.
• Maintain infection control standards, wound management, continuous quality improvement programs, and formal and informal education.
• Provide supervision to subordinate professional, paraprofessional, and support staff in the performance of their resident care duties as well as facility supervision.
• Act as a cottage clinical manager on either a temporary or long-term basis.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Candidates must possess a license and current registration as a registered professional nurse in New York State.
• Candidates must be a current New York State Department of Health Veterans Home at Batavia employee with permanent or contingent permanent status as a Registered Nurse 1, Grade 18.
• Candidates must be a current New York State employee with one or more years of permanent, contingent-permanent, or 55 b/c service in a position eligible for transfer under Section 70.1 of the Civil Service Law, to a Registered Nurse 1, Grade 18.

Preferred Qualifications: Experience in a Long-Term Care setting with a geriatric population.