Psychologist 1 (NY HELPS), Kingsboro Psychiatric Center - Risk Management, P27804

Duties Description

Kingsboro Psychiatric Center (KPC) is recruiting a Psychologist 1 to function as a Risk Management Specialist and will play a critical role in Risk Management functions within the facility.

Responsibilities include investigating significant incidents, addressing patient and family complaints, collecting and analyzing data, and ensuring regulatory compliance. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication and organizational skills, with a proactive approach to promoting patient safety and continuous improvement.

Duties include:

• Conduct and oversee all aspects of investigations as per Office of Mental Health (OMH) policies and procedures, including but not limited to:
• Interview staff and gather relevant documentation.
• Coordinate Justice Center interviews with facility leadership for patients and staff.
• Complete comprehensive reports on significant incident investigations within 30 days.
• Identify incident causes, patterns, and trends to inform risk reduction strategies.
• Conduct risk management orientation and related training sessions for staff.
• Participate in environmental rounds to identify and mitigate potential safety risks.
• Review incident and restraint/seclusion forms, ensuring accurate entry into the NIMRS database.
• Serve as the liaison between the facility, OMH field office, Central Office, and the NYS Justice Center.
• On-Call Availability: Be available during off-shifts and weekends to address reportable incidents as needed.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

Candidates from outside or within State Service can be considered for hire under the Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement – Statewide (HELPS) program as a psychologist 1 if they have:

• Master’s degree in psychology that prepared graduates for positions treating individuals in clinical, forensic, community mental health, or school settings OR
• Completion of graduate coursework in a qualifying doctoral program in psychology that would be the equivalent required for conferral of a master’s degree in psychology and
  
  

AND

• 2 years of appropriately supervised post-master’s clinical psychology experience in a clinical, forensic, community mental health, or school setting where your primary duties were providing psychological services OR
• Fieldwork assignment as part of the qualifying master’s degree in psychology program
  
  

Substitutions:

Doctoral degree in a clinical field of psychology and 1 year of qualifying experience may be substituted for both the education and experience requirements.

Clinical psychology practicum, externship, or fieldwork assignment, that was completed as part of a qualifying Master of Psychology degree, may be substituted for 1 year of the required experience.

Certificate of advanced study in a clinical field of psychology or school psychology may be substituted for 1 year of required experience.

OR

Candidates from outside or within State Service can be considered for a competitive class appointment if they are reachable on the current Psychologist 1 eligible list.

OR

Candidates from within State Service can be considered for a competitive class appointment 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

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:

This position is eligible for a Down State Adjustment of $4,000.

Please Note:

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 (NPES); 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 Medicaid and Medicare, you may be terminated from your employment.