Job Description

Job Description

Recruiting Director of Nursing/Chief Nursing Officer for Kingsboro Psychiatric Center

Kingsboro Psychiatric Center (KPC), 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 will be a member of KPC’s executive management team.

Duties

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

• Setting a vision for nursing care delivery and professional practice models that aligns with KPC and OMH mission
• Implementing compliance and regulatory process structures to meet Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals and Standards and OMH regulatory requirements
• Overseeing the integration of mental health, primary care, and substance abuse treatment to support individualized treatment, rehabilitation, and recovery
• Addressing critical change management factors essential to support a culture of excellence in patient care
• Mentoring and professional development of nursing staff, managers, and educators; establishing and implementing a progressive vision for the training, and continuing education for nursing and direct care staff
• Overseeing recruitment, retention, supervision, and evaluation of nursing and direct care staff
• Monitoring staffing, assignments, and scheduling to ensure quality care

About KPC

KPC, located in Brooklyn, New York, is a community-based mental health facility providing inpatient and outpatient services to adults in Kings County and the Greater NYC region. KPC delivers comprehensive, integrated services to hospitalized patients and operates three Transitional Living Residences; an 80-bed Family Care Program with certified homes in the community; a satellite clinic on campus; and two community-based outpatient clinics located in the Canarsie and Williamsburg neighborhoods. The clinics provide assessment and treatment planning; health screening and referrals; discharge planning; verbal therapies; medication therapy; medication education; symptoms management; psychiatric rehabilitation readiness determination; case management; crisis management; clinical support; mobile outreach; and family support services.

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 Commission-accredited and recognized as among the best mental health hospital systems in the United States. OMH believes everyone should have an equal opportunity to achieve mental wellness. This means implementing services and policies to reduce disparities in access, quality, and treatment outcomes for historically marginalized, underserved, and unserved populations.

If you would like to join KPC and contribute to a workforce dedicated to public service, we offer:

• Generous paid time off, including thirteen (13) vacation days, eight (8) sick days, and five (5) personal days accrued during the first year of employment; thirteen (13) paid holidays each year.
• Option to choose a NYS health insurance plan that meets your needs.
• Dental and vision coverage.
• Enrollment in the New York State and Local Retirement System (NYSLRS)

Minimum Qualifications

• NYS license and current registration as a registered professional nurse; and
• Bachelor’s degree in nursing; and
• Three (3) years of post-licensure clinical and administrative nursing experience. Two (2) years of this experience must have been in a nursing management position with overall responsibility for the development, implementation, and evaluation of nursing programs and services in a mental health, developmental disabilities, addictions, or long-term care setting or psychiatric program in a health care setting.

Substitution: Master’s in nursing can substitute for one (1) year of non-managerial post-licensure clinical nursing experience.

Notes

1. Background check is required. Candidates may be required to pay the associated fees. Employment is contingent upon complying with and satisfactorily meeting the background check requirements.
2. It is the candidate’s responsibility to clearly demonstrate how they meet the minimum qualifications. Vague or ambiguous information will not be interpreted in the candidate’s favor.
3. If appointed and you fail to maintain your license and/or registration once you are appointed, action will be taken to remove you from the position.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. The Mission of the New York State Office of Mental Health 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. The Office of Mental Health embraces diversity and promotes a workplace in which individual differences are recognized, appreciated, and respected. The New York State Office of Mental Health is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

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