Open to all qualified candidates:
Candidates must be reachable for appointment on the eligible list for the title;
OR
Transfer Opportunity - Have one year of permanent service as a Nurse 1 or Nurse 2 (Psychiatric) and be eligible for lateral transfer; or in a comparable title and eligible for Section 70.1 or 70.4 transfers.
OR
Open Competitive Opportunity – Nurse 1:
Candidates must have a license and current registration to practice nursing in New York State. To apply as an open competitive candidate, please complete the New York State Application (http://www.cs.ny.gov/extdocs/pdf/nysapp.pdf) and submit it with your other application materials.
OR
Possession of a limited permit to practice nursing in New York State. (You must obtain your NYS license within one year of the date of appointment or action will be taken to remove you from the position.)
Nurse 2:
Have a license and be currently registered to practice nursing in New York State AND either one year of full-time post-RN licensure clinical nursing experience, of which six months must be specialized nursing experience with individuals, at least 50% of whom have been diagnosed with mental illness, alcoholism, or chemical dependency; OR eighteen months of full time post-RN licensure clinical nursing experience. To apply as an open competitive candidate, please complete the New York State Application (http://www.cs.ny.gov/extdocs/pdf/nysapp.pdf) and submit it with your other application materials.

As Nurse 1 or Nurse 2 (Psychiatric), you will provide professional nursing services which include, but are not limited to, nursing interventions and their documentation, case finding, health teaching/counseling and provision of supportive and/or restorative care. You will also participate in staff training, prepare clinical and administrative reports, maintain infection control standards, and function as a member of a treatment team. You may also act as a charge nurse. As a Nurse 2 (Psychiatric), you may provide supervision to subordinate professional, paraprofessional, and support staff in the performance of their patient/resident care duties and be responsible for maintaining inventory standards for medicine, controlled drugs, and narcotics.
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.

Background Investigation Requirements:
Prospective appointees will be: 1) Checked against the Staff Exclusion List (SEL) maintained by the Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs. Prospective employees whose names appear on the SEL as having been found responsible for serious or repeated acts of abuse or neglect will be barred from appointment and may have their names removed from the eligible list(s) for the title(s) if applicable. 2) Investigated through a Criminal Background Check (CBC), which includes State and federal Criminal History Record Checks. All convictions must be reported; conviction of a felony or misdemeanor, or any falsified or omitted information on the prospective appointee’s employment application, may bar appointment or result in removal after appointment. Each case will be determined on its own merits, consistent with the applicable provisions of State and federal laws, rules, and regulations. Prospective employees will be fingerprinted in order to obtain a record of their criminal history information, and may be required to pay any necessary fees. 3) Screened against the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment (SCR). Prospective employees will be required to pay any necessary fees. Additionally, prospective employees whose names are indicated on the SCR may be barred from appointment.
Additional Comments:
Salary schedules for the Nurse 1 and Nurse 2 position are as follows:
Nurse 1: $74,1987 -$82,806
Posted Hiring Salary includes the sum of the statutory hiring rate for PS&T Grade 14 ($49,202), an Increased Hiring Salary ($4,996), and Geographic Differential ($20,000). Geographic Differential added to the job rate ($62,806) for the PS&T Grade 14.
Nurse 2: $80,279 - $89,882
Posted Hiring Salary includes the sum of the statutory hiring rate for PS&T Grade 16 ($54,903), an Increased Hiring Salary ($5,376), and Geographic Differential ($20,000). Geographic Differential added to the job rate ($69,882) for the PS&T Grade 16.
Additional compensation may apply based on shift assignment.
OMH hospital employees must be fully vaccinated or willing to become fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Candidates who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 may not start working until two weeks after their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.