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Graduate Nurse (NY HELPS), Rochester Psychiatric Center, P269

New York State Office of Mental Health, Rochester, NY, United States


Duties Description
Rochester Psychiatric Center (RPC) is currently recruiting Graduate Nurses to join its Nursing Team. Candidates from outside or within State Service can apply.

Graduate Nurses at RPC are members of a multi‑disciplinary team focused on providing compassionate care through patient‑centered and recovery‑focused mental health services to individuals with serious mental illness under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse, including:

Providing nursing care

Conducting nursing assessments

Implementing infection control protocols and procedures

Observing and recording individual’s symptoms and care; reporting responses to medications or changes in health

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 Graduate Nurse if they:

Possess a limited permit as a graduate nurse in New York State; or

Are eligible to enter examination for licensure as a registered nurse in New York State.

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.

Candidates will immediately advance to Registered Nurse 1 Psychiatric, SG‑18, when they receive their NYS Registered Nurse license.

Additional Comments
If you would like to join the St. Lawrence 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

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

Recruitment is for all three shifts, including weekend hours.

Posted hiring rate includes the sum of the statutory hiring rate for PS&T Grade 14 of $53,764, an Increase Hiring Rate of $8,324, and Geographic Pay Differential of $20,000. The posted job rate is the sum of the statutory job rate of $68,630 and Geographic Pay Differential of $20,000.

Background checks will be required.

Notes

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.

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