Job Description

New York City Children’s Center (NYCCC) an Office of Mental Health (OMH) Joint Commission accredited facility, is hiring a part-time Registered Nurse 1 Psychiatric (50%) for their Community Residence program located in Brooklyn. The Community Residence program provides a short-term, trauma-sensitive, safe, and therapeutic living environment for youth ages 10-17.

The tentative shift is 10:00 am to 6:30 pm and the schedule is Tuesday and Thursday with an additional shift every other Saturday.

NYCCC is a multi-faceted community-based psychiatric center providing behavioral health services to children and adolescents in the greater New York City area. With campuses in Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx; NYCCC provides a variety of inpatient and community services including Day Treatment Programs, Behavioral Health Clinics, Mobile Integration Team (MIT), Community Residences, and Peer Advocacy Services. All programs are fully integrated which allows NYCCC to provide a full continuum of care to the children and adolescents they serve.

RNs working in NYCCC’s Community Residence are part of a multi-disciplinary team focused on providing compassionate care to children and adolescents and provide support to their family. Additional responsibilities include:

• Coordinating and overseeing all health care services and health education
• Monitoring medication management
• Participating in development of service plans and changes involving medications or medical conditions requiring nursing interventions
• Communicating with family/guardian about all medical conditions, appointments and/ or support services
• Overseeing the general health care of the residents including clinical evaluations, basic first aid, arranging for medical or dental visits, and providing follow-up care
• Assessing any injuries for first-aid or medical follow up and document incidents
• Completing health screening, pain assessment, and other nursing admission documents

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

• 7% shift differential for weekend shifts
• NYS medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Excellent opportunities for advancement and professional growth
• Paid time off including vacation, holidays, personal, & sick leave
• NYS Retirement programs

Minimum Qualifications:

• Registered Nurse 1 Psychiatric: NYS License and current registration to practice as a professional nurse.

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 Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@oer.ny.gov.

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.

Background checks will be required.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $55,573.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Application Question(s):

• How many years of experience do you have working with children with serious emotional disturbances?

License/Certification:

• RN License (Required)

Work Location: In person

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