Registered Nurse 3 (Consultant Developmental Disabilities)

There is currently no Civil Service eligible list for this title.

Candidates must have permanent competitive status in the posted title and be eligible for lateral transfer; OR be eligible to transfer via Section 70.1 of Civil Service Law.

Candidates who meet the following open competitive qualifications may be qualified for a provisional appointment:
Possession of licensure and current registration as a registered professional nurse in New York State and three years of post-licensure clinical nursing experience. A Bachelor's Degree in Nursing may substitute for one year of post-licensure clinical nursing experience; and a Master's Degree in Nursing may substitute for two years of post-licensure clinical nursing experience.

If you are appointed provisionally, you must take the next scheduled Civil Service examination for this title and your score must be reachable on the resulting eligible list before you can be permanently appointed. If you do not pass the examination or achieve a reachable score, you may not be retained.

Please note the starting salary for this title reflects a geographic pay differential. Posted Hiring Salary of $105,272 includes the sum of the statutory hiring rate for PS&T Grade 22 ($75,340), an Increased Hiring Rate ($9,932), and Geographic Differential ($20,000). Geographic Differential added to the job rate ($95,392) for PS&T Grade 22.

• The Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) and it's Division of Statewide Services is committed to creating and sustaining a culture of inclusion. We believe that we are most effective in managing and improving our service system with a diverse team of employees. With such a large workforce, we rely on the collective individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, self-expression, ideas and talent that our employees bring to their work. This speaks to our culture, and is a key part of our successes. As we continuously recruit people for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that applicants bring in terms of their education, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, color, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.
• Preference will be given to OPWDD employees impacted by closures. If you are being impacted by closure, please indicate this on your resume/cover letter.
• 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 (or excluded from any other Federal or Federally assisted program). If you are appointed and subsequently listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of these lists (or excluded from any other Federal or Federally assisted program), you may be terminated from your employment.
• OPWDD is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.