Psychiatric Nurse Educator

Capital District Psychiatric Center; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition Assistance programs

NYS medical, dental, and vision

Advancement opportunities

Paid time off including vacation, HOLs

Job summary

Capital District Psychiatric Center (CDPC) is recruiting a Registered Nurse 3 Psychiatric Educator to join the Nursing Quality and Education Department. The RN3 Educator will mentor staff, develop curricula, and support competency activities across the unit.

Under the Assistant Director of Nursing, you will guide education, ensure infection control and safety compliance, and contribute to quality improvement initiatives while maintaining proper documentation for leadership review.

Qualifications

• New York State license and registration as a registered nurse.
• Bachelor's degree in nursing.
• Two years of post-licensure nursing experience, including mental health focus.
• At least one year as a professional nurse educator delivering education and training.

Responsibilities

• Mentor, coach, and support nurses and direct care staff in the nursing department.
• Participate in planning, development, evaluation, and modification of training curricula and simulations.
• Reinforce hospital policies, nursing standards, infection control, safety, and regulatory requirements.
• Document activities and communicate educational trends to hospital leadership.
• Support quality improvement initiatives and corrective actions.

Skills

Clinical mentorship

Nursing education

Curriculum development

Simulation training

Regulatory compliance

Infection control

Coaching staff

Education

Bachelor's degree in nursing

Job description

Capital District Psychiatric Center (CDPC), an Office of Mental Health (OMH) Joint Commission accredited hospital, is recruiting a Registered Nurse 3 Psychiatric Educator (RN3 Psychiatric Educator) to join their Nursing Quality and Education Department.

Under the direction of the Assistant Director of Nursing, Quality, Education, and Training, the RN3 Psychiatric Educator will provide clinical mentorship, coaching, support, and resources to staff in the CDPC Nursing Department. Duties will include, but are not limited to:

• Participating in planning, development, evaluation, and modifying of nursing training curriculums, skill refreshers, simulations, competency activities, and other practice-improvement interventions.
• Providing mentorship, coaching, and support to nurses and direct care staff.
• Assisting nurses and direct care staff with identifying individual learning needs and professional goals, and providing additional resources, education, and/or supervisory support as needed.
• Reinforcing hospital policies, nursing standards, infection control practices, safety expectations, and regulatory requirements.
• Supporting corrective action and quality improvement initiatives.
• Maintaining appropriate documentation of activities and observations and communicating educational trends to hospital leadership.

About CDPC

CDPC provides inpatient and outpatient treatment and rehabilitation to adults who have been diagnosed with serious mental illness, outpatient treatment services for children and adolescents diagnosed with serious emotional disturbances and operates adult community residences in the Albany/Capital District area. CDPC is committed to supporting underserved individuals, organizations, and communities along with activities and initiatives to reduce disparities in access, quality, and treatment for underserved populations.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Possession of a license and current registration as a registered professional nurse in New York State; and
• Bachelor's degree in nursing; and
• Two years of post-licensure experience.
• One year must have been in clinical nursing experience working with individuals, at least 50% of whom have been diagnosed with mental illness, addiction, or substance abuse disorder; and
• One year must have been as a professional nurse educator conducting nurse education and training.

Substitution:

• A master's degree in nursing may substitute for 1 year of post-licensure clinical nursing experience
• A doctorate in nursing may substitute for 2 years of post-licensure clinical nursing experience.

If you would like to join the CDPC Nursing Team and contribute to a workforce dedicated to public service, we offer a generous benefits package including:

• Tuition Assistance programs
• NYS medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Excellent opportunities for advancement and professional growth
• Paid time off including vacation, holidays, personal, & sick leave

Additional Notes:

The Mission of the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) 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.

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor's Office of Employee Relations at [phone] or via email at [e-mail].

In order to be hired and to maintain your employment, candidates cannot be listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of the Federal and/or State Medicaid and Medicare exclusion lists. If appointed and subsequently listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of these lists, 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.