What are the responsibilities and job description for the Chief Medical Officer (Psychiatrist 3) position at New York State Office of Mental Health?
Are you looking to be a part of delivering improved mental health services to the State of New York? Become part of a team of passionate social services professionals and begin a rewarding, life-long career in public service. The State of New York offers unmatched benefits, individual support, and career mobility for motivated individuals.
Who We Are : New York State has a large, multi-faceted mental health system that serves more than 700,000 individuals each year. The Office of Mental Health (OMH) operates psychiatric centers across the State. OMH also regulates, certifies, and oversees more than 4,500 programs, operated by local governments and nonprofit agencies.
What We Stand For : The Mission of the New York State Office of Mental Health is to promote the mental health of all New Yorkers, with a focus on providing hope and supporting recovery for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances. Applicants with lived mental health experience are encouraged to apply. OMH is deeply committed to supporting underserved individuals, organizations, and communities. To this end, OMH is focused on implementing activities and initiatives to reduce disparities in access, quality, and treatment outcomes for underserved populations. A critical component of these efforts is ensuring OMH is a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees' unique attributes and skills are valued and utilized to support the mission of the Agency. OMH is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer.
What We Offer :
- NYS pension and retirement programs
- Annual cost of living and performance advance increases
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
- Flexible spending accounts for health and dependent care
- Paid time off, including thirteen paid holidays per year, and paid personal leave, vacation leave, and sick leave
Job Responsibilities :
The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) is seeking a qualified candidate to fill a Psychiatrist 3, M-8, position that will serve as the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for OMH. In this role, the incumbent provides advice and counsel concerning clinical and medical issues; provides clinical direction and supervision to the Medical Directors in the OMH Divisions of State Operated Adult Services, Children and Families, and Forensic Services; and oversees all Central Office assigned Psychiatrists. Reporting to the Commissioner, and as a member of the Commissioner’s Executive Cabinet management team, the CMO provides medical and clinical leadership across OMH, and vision, advocacy, and policy for high quality mental health care and treatment.
The role of the CMO broadly includes :
The CMO additionally oversees the following OMH Institutes and Offices :
Minimum Qualifications :
Candidates must possess a license and current registration to practice medicine in New York State; certification in psychiatry by the ABPN; and two years of post-board certification experience as a member of the psychiatric staff in a psychiatric hospital and / or in the psychiatry department of a general hospital, one year of which must have included clinical supervision of other psychiatrists, psychiatric residents, or fellows.
Continued employment as a Psychiatrist 3 is dependent upon current licensure and registration by New York State to practice medicine and certification by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Loss of licensure and registration may result in removal from employment.
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.
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.
