Registered Nurse 1 (NY HELPS)

Duties Description Coordinates, directs and provides professional nursing care to residents of the Nursing Home under the direction and supervision of the RN 2 and/or ADON/DON. Notes: 1. If you fail to maintain your license and/or registration once you are appointed, action will be taken to remove you from the position. 2. 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. If you are appointed and subsequently listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of these lists, you may be terminated from your employment.

Minimum Qualifications Candidates must possess a license and current registration as a registered professional nurse in New York State.


Reassignment: Current New York State Department of Health St. Albans Veterans Home employee with permanent or contingent permanent status as a Registered Nurse 1, Grade 18.


Transfer: 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: Must have Long-Term Care Nursing Experience
Wound Care Experience Preferred (a plus)

Additional Comments Permanent, competitive full-time appointments, or non- competitive full-time appointments via HELPS.


Transfer candidates may be asked for their Social Security Number to verify your transfer eligibility. For more information on transfer types, transfer eligibility criteria, and the current transfer determinants for your title, visit the following website:


Degrees awarded from educational institutions outside of the United States, or its territories must be independently verified for equivalency. Please see for additional information.


Posted salary range ($76,147 - $85,138) includes statutory hiring rate at step 4 and job rate for grade 18, plus a geographic pay differential of $35,000 in addition to $4,000 of Downstate Adjustment.

Inconvenience pay program of $575 per year will be paid to employees who work four (4) hours or more between 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. Hours worked between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on an overtime basis are not included for Inconvenience Pay. Additional Shift differential of 7% for evening shift and 10% for Night shift.


This position is part of the NYS HELPS program. No examination is required.


We offer a work-life balance and a generous benefits package, worth 65% of salary, including:

• Holiday & Paid Time Off
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
• Pension from New York State Employees' Retirement System
• Shift & Geographic pay differentials
• Affordable Health Care options
• Family dental and vision benefits at no additional cost
• NYS Deferred Compensation plan
• Access to NY 529 and NY ABLE College Savings Programs, and U.S. Savings Bonds
• And many more...

The NYS Department of Health is committed to making New York a safer, healthier, and more equitable place to live. Understanding health equity, social determinants of health and health disparities is critical to accomplish our goal of eliminating health disparities. For more information on the NYS Department of Health's Mission, Vision, Values and Strategic Plan, please visit:

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NYS Department of Health does not participate in E-Verify and does not sponsor visa applications.

For new State employees appointed to graded positions, the annual salary is the hiring rate (beginning of the Salary Range) of the position. Promotion salaries are calculated by the NYS Office of the State Comptroller in accordance with NYS Civil Service Law, OSC Payroll rules and regulations and negotiated union contracts.

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Name Human Resources


Telephone


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Address

Street NYS Veterans Home at St Albans


178-50 Linden Boulevard


City Jamaica


State NY


Zip Code 11434


Notes on Applying Please submit your resume and cover letter as one (1) document, preferably in PDF format, by email to:


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with Registered Nurse 1 included in the subject line


or by mail to: NYS Veterans Home at St. Albans
178-50 Linden Boulevard
Jamaica N.Y., 11434

Attn: Human Resources

Failure to include the required information may result in your resume not being considered for this position.