Hospital Nursing Services Consultant

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Agency New York State Department of Health
Title Hospital Nursing Services Consultant
Salary $58,850-$72,424 NYC & Central Islip $5945 differential/$3,026 location pay OR New Rochelle $2680 differential/$3,026 location pay
Salary Grade Grade 22
Negotiating Unit Professional, Scientific and Technical/05
Location Metropolitan Area Regional Offices
Minimum Qualifications Current NYS license and registration as a professional nurse and four years of public health, community health or other nursing experience in a facility setting. Two years of this experience must have been providing direct patient care and two years of this experience must have been in nursing supervision, or working in the capacity of a nurse administrator as defined below: Experience in nursing supervision is defined as responsibility for the oversight and supervision of nursing staff and responsibility for: facility or agency-wide services or programs (examples include Quality Assurance, Risk Management, Infection Control); or Unit Nurse Manager OR responsibility for integrating the contributions of individual staff into a team initiative to evaluate, assess and assure adherence to appropriate standards and policies (oversight of one or more inter-disciplinary teams is required); OR supervisory/administrative responsibility for the coordination of utilization reviews for third-party payers or their designees (individual experience as a reviewer will not be deemed qualifying). In all of the above, experience must include ensuring appropriate staffing patterns, establishing work schedules, providing guidance, direction, training and preparing performance evaluations for subordinate staff. Experience in nursing administration is defined as responsibility for establishing policies and procedures in a health care or medical setting.
Preferred Qualifications N/A
Responsibilities Participate in a range of activities, which might include conducting complaint investigations or on-site surveys of health care settings and providers to determine compliance with Federal and State rules and regulations. May serve as part of a survey team and may be responsible for the facilitation of team operations. These positions require fieldwork.
Conditions of Employment Provisional, pending examination. Maintaining licensure and registration is a condition of continued employment. In addition to passing the NYS examination for this title, to retain certain positions, candidates must also be certified through an appropriate federal testing process.
Application Procedure Submit resume to Human Resources Management Group, Nurses/MARO/DAF, Room 2276, Corning Tower Building, Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12237-0012, or by e-mail to resume@health.state.ny.us or by fax to (518) 474-6771. Please use a subject line of Nurses/MARO/DAF.
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An affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. Women, minorities and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Item # Nurses MARO
Issued May 2, 2008