Registered Nurse 2 Psychiatric, (NY HELPS), Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center, P26220

Sauk Prairie Healthcare, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 74,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Sauk Prairie Healthcare, Inc. is seeking a Registered Nurse 2 Psychiatric for the Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center in New York. The role focuses on delivering compassionate mental health services with responsibilities including patient care planning and nursing assessments. Suitable candidates are licensed RNs with at least two years of experience, especially in mental health settings. A comprehensive benefits package and competitive salary are available.

Benefits

Shift Differential for evening & night shifts

Nurse Residency Program

Alternate Work Schedules

NYS medical, dental, and vision insurance

Tuition assistance programs

Paid time off

NYS Retirement programs

Qualifications

• Must hold a valid NY registered nurse license.
• Minimum two years of clinical nursing experience with mental illness patients.
• Experience with nursing assessments and care planning.

Responsibilities

• Plan and supervise nursing care for psychiatric patients.
• Conduct nursing assessments and modify care plans.
• Provide education and counseling to patients and families.

Skills

Patient-Centered Care

Clinical Nursing

Mental Health Services

Education

Registered Professional Nurse License in New York

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

Master’s Degree in Nursing

Job description

Registered Nurse 2 Psychiatric, (NY HELPS), Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center, P26220 New York

Duties Description

Nurses are vital members of a multi-disciplinary team focused on providing compassionate, patient-centered, and recovery-focused mental health services to individuals with serious mental illness, including:

• Planning and supervising nursing care
• Coordinating and providing nursing care
• Conducting nursing assessments
• Preparing, implementing, and modifying nursing care plans
• Providing health teaching, counseling, and education to individuals and families
• Implementing infection control protocols and procedures
• Observing and recording individuals' symptoms and care; reporting responses to medications or changes in health

Minimum Qualifications

Possession of a license and current registration as a registered professional nurse in New York State; and two years of post-licensure clinical nursing experience working with individuals, at least 50% of whom have been diagnosed with mental illness, addiction, or substance use disorder.

Substitutions: a bachelor’s degree in nursing may substitute for one year of post-licensure clinical nursing experience; a master’s degree in nursing may substitute for two years of post-licensure clinical nursing experience required for Registered Nurse 2 (Psychiatric).

OR

Candidates within State Service can be considered for transfer to a competitive class position 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

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

• Shift Differential for evening & night shifts
• Nurse Residency Program
• Alternate Work Schedules

Additional compensation may apply based on shift assignment. 7% shift differential for evening shift. 10% shift differential for night shift.

All OMH employees receive a generous benefits package including:

• NYS medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Access to tuition assistance programs
• Paid time off – 13 paid vacation days in the first year, 5 paid personal days, 13 paid holidays, & paid sick leave
• NYS Retirement programs

A background check will be required.

Posted hiring rate includes the sum of the statutory hiring rate for PS&T Grade 20 ($74,193), an Increase Hiring Rate ($9,980), Downstate location pay ($4,000), and Geographic Pay Differential ($35,000). The posted job rate is the sum of the statutory job rate ($94,121), Downstate location pay ($4,000), and Geographic Pay Differential ($35,000).

Notes:

• If you fail to maintain your license and/or registration once you are appointed, action will be taken to remove you from the position.
• 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.