Nurse Practitioner (Adult Health or Family Health)

Nurse Practitioner

In a clinical setting, the incumbent will provide diagnostic and therapeutic medical care and services under the direct supervision of a licensed physician. Typical duties will include:

• Caring for the acute and chronic medical conditions of adults with developmental disabilities - many of whom have behavioral problems and psychiatric illness in a residential setting
• Works with Psychiatrist to review his consultations of patients with treatment team. Provides psychiatric medication data for the behavior Support Plan (BSP) in a timely manner to be reviewed by the Behavior Management Committee (BMC)
• Provides counseling and education to individuals and works with family members as needed.
• Works with psychologists on informed consent determinations
• Participates on the Emergency Response Team
• Participates in Medical On-Call to provide 24/7 access to clinicians for the campus and for the community to a lesser extent
• Participation in committee work as needed
• Knowledge of BLS with AED resuscitation
• Ordering appropriate treatment regimens and maintaining monthly orders using the e-prescribing system and working with the contracted long term care pharmacy
• Performing annual medical assessments and physical exams on assigned individuals including the ordering and interpretation of routine, diagnostic tests as required
• Maintain medical records in an established format (problem-oriented) with progress notes accurately reflecting current medical issues and treatments
• Updating the supervising physician/Medical Director on acute problems or unresolved chronic issues affecting the health and well-being of the individuals served
• Initiate any outside consultations with sub-specialists as needed and work with these consultants to obtain needed tests and procedures; assist in the preparation of court documents when obtaining consent for invasive treatments
• Instruct unit personnel and individuals (where applicable) on specific treatment procedures. This will not include answering any questions about specific diagnoses or proposed treatments
• Participating in multidisciplinary team meetings as required This involves presentation of patient cases and discussion of on-call.
• Maintaining a leadership role in applying the Sunmount policies that apply to medical issues, particularly the blood borne pathogen and infection control policies. This will include assisting the infection control/compliance officer in training and enforcing all aspects of the blood borne pathogen policy

On or before the date of filing your application, you must be certified and currently registered as a Nurse Practitioner in a specialty practice area by the New York State Education Department. Requirement for prescribing medication: You must meet the current requirements as prescribed by the New York State Board of Nursing. Specialty area must coincide with the scope of practice performed by an incumbent; this denotes the appropriate parenthetic.

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.

Additional benefits include savings programs, voluntary pre-tax savings programs, access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), life insurance and Disability insurance, the New York State Deferred Compensation Plan, paid holidays and leave, health care coverage, paid parental leave, retirement program, professional development and education and training, and the Public Service Workshops Program (PSWP).

OPWDD is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer dedicated to creating and sustaining a culture of inclusion. All people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.