Department of Civil Service

Health and Human Services - Nursing

Career Ladder Information

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As a Registered Nurse 1 (Health Services), you would employ a holistic approach to providing occupational health services while working independently without direct supervision. There is often need for making critical nursing judgments in the absence of specific orders. Your principal client population would be State employees. You would be responsible for promoting and maintaining the health, wellness, and fitness of State employees. You might provide assistance and services to the public and other non-State employees who are on State property. Typically, you would work a 37 ½ hour, five-day week, assigned to a health service facility in a State occupied building. However, there may be occasional changes in work schedules or travel with overtime and overnights to provide occupational health outreach services such as TB tests, venipunctures, immunizations, and occupational health exams. When assigned to a Nursing Station, you would provide skilled nursing and follow-up care for both occupational and non-occupational illnesses and injuries; counsel employees on health and related problems; plan and administer health education programs; establish and maintain cooperative relationships with agency managers, community health organizations, and physicians; and maintain health records, supplies, and equipment. You might serve as a preceptor to collegiate nursing students and participate on agency committees. You might also serve as a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) instructor. When assigned to a Department of Civil Service Medical Examination Center, you would facilitate and/or participate in the examination process from initial client registration through medical testing and evaluation to final completion of the medical record. In either type of assignment, you would be expected to be able to administer emergency nursing care, including CPR, and to participate in occupational health outreach programs. You would also be expected to participate in professional nursing organizations and keep informed of new developments in nursing and medicine..

• Department of Civil Service

Possession of license and current registration as a registered professional nurse in New York State.