Duties Description Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center, Children and Youth an Office of Mental Health (OMH) Joint Commission accredited facility, is recruiting Registered Nurses to join their nursing team. Positions are available on day, evening, and night shift, including every other weekend. No previous psychiatric experience is required.
As a Registered Nurse at Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center, you are a vital member of a multi-disciplinary team focused on providing compassionate care through patient-centered and recovery-focused mental health services to individuals with mental illness including:
• Coordinating and providing nursing care
• Conducting nursing assessments
• Preparing, implementing, and modifying nursing care plans
• Providing health teaching, counseling, and education to individuals and families
• Implementing infection control protocols and procedures
• Observing and recording individual's symptoms and care; reporting responses to
medications or changes in health
Minimum Qualifications Candidates from outside or within State Service can be considered for hire under the Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement - Statewide (NY HELPS) program as a Registered Nurse 1 Psychiatric if they have a license and current registration as a registered professional nurse in New York State.
OR
Candidates within State Service can be considered for transfer to a competitive class position if they have one year of permanent competitive or 55-b/55-c service in a title eligible for transfer under Section 70.1 of the Civil Service Law.
Additional Comments If you would like to join the MVPC Nursing Team and contribute to a workforce dedicated to public service, we offer a generous benefits package including:
• Competitive Salaries with Geographic Pay Differentials
• Shift Differential offered for evening & night shifts
• NYS medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Nurse Residency Program
• Alternate Work Schedules
• Tuition Assistance programs available to pursue advanced degrees and/or ANCC Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Board certification
• Excellent opportunities for advancement and professional growth
• Paid time off including vacation, holidays, personal, & sick leave
• NYS Retirement programs
Background checks will be required.
Additional Comments:
Posted hiring rate includes the sum of the statutory hiring rate for PS&T Grade 18 ($69,964), an Increase Hiring Rate ($9,612), Geographic Pay Differential ($20,000) and the posted job rate is the sum of the statutory job rate ($88,970) and Geographic Pay Differential ($20,000).
Additional compensation may apply based on shift assignment. 7% shift differential for evening shift. 10% shift differential for night shift.
Notes:
1. If you fail to maintain your license and/or registration once you are appointed, action will be taken to remove you from the position.
2. 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.
3. If appointed, you may be required to become an enrolled Medicare provider; obtain and provide to your employer a National Provider Identifier (NPI) number issued by the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES); and otherwise actively participate to the degree necessary to allow for your services to be billed through Medicare and Medicaid. If you are appointed and you lose the ability to bill through Medicare and Medicaid, you may be terminated from your employment.
Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.
Name Human resources
Telephone
Email Address mvpersonnel@omh.ny.gov
Address
Street Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center
1400 Noyes Street
City Utica
State NY
Zip Code 13502
Notes on Applying To be considered for this position, please copy the link below into a new browser window to complete the Office of Mental Health Employment Application, and submit it along with your resume and other application materials via fax or email the Human Resources email address noted above. Please indicate the Title, Vacancy ID #, and Location of the position you are applying for in the subject line of your email or fax.
https://omh.ny.gov/omhweb/employment/docs/employment-application.pdf
