This position is being reposted. Previous candidates need to reapply in order to be considered.
The primary purpose of the Nursing Eye Care Consultants is to assist individuals with maximizing use of their residual vision and to prevent blindness and restore vision by serving as a consultant for the medical eye care program. The NECC is responsible for planning, organizing, coordinating, evaluating, and documenting low vision assessments and making recommendations for low vision aids. This position provides low vision assessments for individuals referred from DSB VR and IL programs.
Staff and consumer education is an important part of this position. The NECC provides individualized consumer/family education on their specific eye diagnosis. Education is also provided to the public through outreach events, to consumers at group trainings and to staff on an individualized or group basis.
Job responsibilities include the following:
Provide reviews of recommendations for medical eye care services to determine if individuals may qualify for financial assistance based on current policies.
determine when specific reviews must be directed to the DSB Consulting Ophthalmologist.
Salary determination is based on equity and education
To receive credit for all of your work history and credentials, you must list the information on the application form. Any information omitted from the application form, listed under the text resume section, or on an attachment will not be considered for qualifying credit.
Please refer to the link below for additional information
https://oshr.nc.gov/work-for-nc/how-do-i-get-job
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Demonstrated work experience utilizing a knowledge of nursing principles and techniques for medical, surgical, and mental health practices.
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Demonstrated work experience interpreting medical reports and applying the information to determine a plan of care.
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Ability to effectively communicate information to patients, families, and staff in a concise and descriptive manner verbally and in written form.
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Ability to provide services over a multi-county area.
Physical Requirements
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Physical requirements include some stooping, crouching, reaching, standing, walking from place to place and lifting up to 10 pounds frequently.
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Subject to inside environmental conditions and may have to perform operations which include analyzing data and figures, transcribing, viewing and operating a computer terminal and operation of light office machines; i.e., copiers and fax machines.
Some state job postings say you can qualify by an "equivalent combination of education and experience." If that language appears below, then you may qualify through EITHER years of education OR years of directly related experience, OR a combination of both. See oshr.nc.gov/experience-guide for details.
Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of North Carolina and one year of experience in the area of specialization.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Consideration for this vacancy, all applicants must complete an on-line application using this link, http://www.oshr.nc.gov/jobs/index.html.
If multiple applications are submitted to an individual posting, only the most recent application received prior to the posting close date will be evaluated for consideration.
Due to the volume of applications received, we are unable to provide information regarding the status of your application over the phone. To check the status of your application, please log in to your account. You will either receive a call to schedule an interview or an email notifying you when the job has been filled.
For technical issues with your application, please call the NeoGov Help Line at
855-524-5627. Applicants will be communicated with via email only for updates on the status of their application. If there are any questions about this posting other than your application status, please contact HR at 919-855-3517.