Director Nursing Psychiatric; NY HELPS), Health Center, P28176

Position: Director Nursing 3 Psychiatric (NY HELPS), Greater Health Center, P28176

Duties Description
Greater Binghamton Health Center (GBHC), a Joint Commission accredited Office of Mental Health (OMH) facility is recruiting a Director Nursing 3 (Psychiatric) to serve as the Chief Nursing Officer and is a member of GBHC’s executive management team.

Duties Description
Greater Binghamton Health Center (GBHC), a Joint Commission accredited Office of Mental Health (OMH) facility is recruiting a Director Nursing 3 (Psychiatric) to serve as the Chief Nursing Officer and is a member of GBHC’s executive management team.

As the Chief Nursing Officer, you will oversee and manage GBHC’s nursing department including nursing and direct care services provided to individuals with mental illness in inpatient, outpatient, residential and community setting including:

• Implementing nursing policies, procedures, programs, goals, and objectives
• Overseeing recruitment, training, and continuing education for nursing and direct care staff
• Monitoring staffing, assignments, and scheduling to ensure quality care
• Ensuring nursing operations are in compliance with laws, regulations, and standards of care
• Preparing for regulatory visits and surveys

Minimum Qualifications
Candidates from outside or within State Service can be considered for hire under the Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement – Statewide (NY HELPS) program as a Director Nursing 3 Psychiatric if they have:

• Possession of a license and current registration as a registered professional nurse in New York State and
• Possession of a license and current registration as a registered professional nurse in New York State; and
• Six years of post-licensure clinical nursing experience*. Two years of this experience must have been at a managerial level with overall responsibility for the development, implementation, and evaluation of nursing programs and services in a mental health, developmental disabilities, addictions, medical-surgical, or long-term care setting, or psychiatric program in a health care setting.
• A master’s degree in nursing may substitute for one year of post-licensure clinical nursing experience; and a doctorate in nursing may substitute for two years of post-licensure clinical nursing experience.

OR Candidates from within State Service can be eligible to transfer via Sections 70.1 or 52.6 of the Civil Service Law. To be eligible for transfer under Sections 70.1 or 52.6 of the Civil Service Law, candidates must have one year of permanent competitive service in a title approved for transfer by the Department of Civil Service within two salary grades or one M-grade of the M-1 level.

About GBHC
GBHC, located in Binghamton, New York, is a community-based mental health facility providing inpatient and outpatient services to adults and children and youth who live in Upstate New York’s Southern Tier region. GBHC delivers comprehensive, integrated services to hospitalized individuals on four (4) distinct adult units and one (1) unit for children and youth. GBHC’s outpatient services include Transitional Living Residences, Family Care Program with certified homes in the community, clinic services, Mobile Integration Team (MIT), Adolescent Crisis Residence, Adolescent Day Treatment, and OnTrack NY program.

GBHC 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 and enable persons with psychiatric illnesses to lead successful lives in the community.
About OMH
OMH operates the largest state mental health system in the country, with 23 hospitals, 90 clinics, two world-class research institutes, a secure residential center, and a network of community services. OMH hospitals are all Joint…