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About the Role
Serve as a clinical leader, ensuring quality care, regulatory compliance, and continuity of services for individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities throughout UCP Long Island's residential programs. This role promotes compliance with OPWDD regulations, strengthens quality assurance efforts, and provides nursing coverage when needed.
Responsibilities
- Conduct routine and unannounced chart audits across residential sites.
- Ensure compliance with OPWDD regulations and agency standards.
- Identify and address documentation concerns.
- Assist with the development and review of Plans of Nursing Services (PONS).
- Support implementation of nursing policies and best practices.
- Monitor electronic health records and eMAR systems for compliance.
- Complete assigned AMAP medication pourings.
- Ensure medication preparation and administration procedures meet agency standards.
- Provide coaching and support to staff regarding medication management.
- Provide RN coverage for residences with staffing vacancies.
- Help ensure continuity of medical care and documentation.
- Support teams during surveys, inspections, and complex medical situations.
- Participate in the nursing on-call rotation.
- Provide guidance to residential staff and nursing teams.
- Document calls and ensure timely follow-up when necessary.
- Deliver training and coaching to DSPs, AMAP staff, and residential leadership.
- Assist with retraining and corrective action plans following audits or incidents.
- Promote clinical excellence and professional development.
Requirements
- Current New York State Registered Nurse (RN) License.
- Ability to participate in an on-call rotation.
Skills
- OPWDD regulations
- AMAP guidelines
- Medication administration practices
- PONS development
- Clinical documentation standards
Location
- Commack, NY 11725
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 5+ years of nursing experience
- 1-2 years of OPWDD experience
Education Level
- Registered Nurse (RN) License
Salary/Compensations
- $90,000.00 - $97,000.00 Salary/year
Benefits
- 4 Weeks Paid Vacation
- Generous Sick & Personal Time
- Paid Holidays
- Defined Contribution Pension Plan
- Optional 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan
- Medical & Dental Insurance
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Company-Paid Base Life Insurance
- Voluntary AFLAC Benefits
- Paid Professional Training
- Career Growth & Advancement Opportunities
About the Company
- For more than 75 years, UCP Long Island has been dedicated to helping individuals with cerebral palsy and other disabilities achieve greater independence, opportunity, and inclusion.
- Our mission is simple: Creating Life Without Limits for People With Disabilities.
- Join an organization that has spent decades empowering individuals with disabilities and helping them live fuller, more independent lives.
Equal Opportunity
- UCP Long Island is an Equal Opportunity Employer.