Minimum Qualifications Possession of a license and current registration to practice nursing in New York State.

Duties Description As Registered Nurse 1 Psychiatric, you will provide professional nursing services to individuals diagnosed with mental illness. Services may 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 on a unit 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.

Additional Comments All OMH employees receive a generous benefits package including:

* NYS medical, dental, & vision insurance

* Access to tuition assistance programs

* Excellent opportunities for advancement & professional growth

* Paid time off - 13 paid vacation days in the first year, 5 paid personal days, 13 paid holidays, & paid 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 ($65,001), an Increase Hiring Rate ($8,928), Geographic Pay Differential ($20,000) and the posted job rate is the sum of the statutory job rate ($82,656) and Geographic Pay Differential ($20,000).

Additional compensation may apply based on shift assignment.

Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.

This position is on Central New York Psychiatric Center's Albion Satellite Unit located on the grounds of Albion Correctional Facility in Orleans County.