Minimum Qualifications Possession of a license and current registration as a registered professional nurse in New York State; a bachelor’s degree in nursing; and one year of service as a Registered Nurse Supervisor 1 (Psychiatric)
OR
Transfer Opportunity for qualified employees of New York State: have permanent status as an Assistant Director Nursing 1 Psychiatric (formerly Mental Hygiene Nursing Program Coordinator, M-1) and be eligible for lateral transfer; OR
Provisional Opportunity: If there is not a valid eligible list, candidates who meet the following promotion qualifications may be qualified for a provisional appointment.
Candidate must be a qualified employee of the NYS Office for People With Developmental Disabilities or the NYS Office of Mental Health and have two years of permanent competitive or 55-b/55-c service as follows:
1. Registered Nurse Supervisor 1 (Psychiatric) [formerly Nurse Administrator 1, Nurse Administrator 1 (Psychiatric), Nurse Administrator 2, or Nurse Administrator 2 (Psychiatric)]; and a bachelor’s or higher degree in Nursing, Nursing Administration, Health Care Administration, Public Health, Community Mental Health, or Health Administration; or
2. Training Specialist 1 (Nursing) [formerly Mental Hygiene Staff Development Specialist 3 (Nursing)]; Registered Nurse 2 (Community) (all parenthetics) [formerly Community Mental Health Nurse (including all parenthetics); Registered Nurse 3 (Infection Control) [formerly Infection Control Nurse]; Nurse Practitioner (all Parenthetics); or Registered Nurse 2 (all parenthetics) [formerly Nurse 3 (all Parenthetics)]; and a bachelor’s or higher degree in Nursing, Nursing Administration, Health Care Administration, Public Health, Community Mental Health, or Health Administration.
If you are appointed provisionally, you must take the next scheduled Civil Service examination for this title and your score must be reachable on the resulting eligible list before you can be permanently appointed. If you do not pass the examination or achieve a reachable score, you may not be retained.
Duties Description As an Assistant Director Nursing 1 (Psychiatric), you would function as a manager of the facility Nursing Department under the direction of the Director of Nursing 3 (Psychiatric). You would perform a broad range of clinical and administrative duties, such as assisting with the development and implementation of nursing policies and procedures; interpreting rules, regulations, and laws; assisting with planning, establishing, evaluating, and maintaining standards of nursing care; developing staff training programs; supervising Registered Nurse Supervisors 1 (Psychiatric) and other nursing staff in the provision and oversight of nursing services; participating in the recruitment and selection of nursing staff; monitoring licensure and credentials of nursing staff; and ensuring compliance with various accreditation standards for nursing care.
Notes:
1. If you fail to maintain your license and/or registration once you are appointed, action will be taken to remove you from the position.
2. 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.
3. 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.