Nurse Practitioner (Family Health), (NY HELPS), Washington Heights Psychiatric Unit, P25269
Company: New York State Office of Mental Health
Location: New York
Posted on: March 14, 2025
Job Description:
Duties DescriptionAs a Nurse Practitioner, you would assess the
physical and psychosocial status of clients by means of interview,
health history, physical examination, and diagnostic tests. Your
work may include the diagnosis of illness and physical conditions
and the performance of therapeutic and corrective measures.The
selected Family Health Nurse Practitioner will operate out of the
Inwood Clinic, part of the Washington Heights Community Service, as
a member of a multidisciplinary mission-driven team committed to
providing high quality person-centered care. The selected candidate
will provide integrated primary care to adults diagnosed with
serious mental illness who are receiving mental health care at the
clinic and will fill an important gap in care to ensure that
individuals served in the clinic receive both mental and physical
healthcare.
- If you fail to maintain your license and/or registration once
you are appointed, action will be taken to remove you from the
position.
- 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.
- Your degree or college credit must have been awarded by a
regionally accredited college or university or one recognized by
the NYS Education Department as following acceptable educational
practices. If your degree or college credit was awarded by an
educational institution outside the United States and its
territories, you must provide independent verification of
equivalency. You can write to the Examination Information Desk of
the Department of Civil Service for a list of acceptable companies
who provide this service. You must pay the required evaluation
fee.Minimum QualificationsNew York State License and current
registration to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse AND
certification by the New York State Education Department in the
Family Health specialty area to practice as a Nurse
Practitioner.Additional CommentsAll 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 programsBackground checks will be
required.Additional Comments:Posted Hiring Salary includes a
Geographic Differential ($40,000) and Downstate Adjustment ($3,400)
added to the statutory hiring rate ($88,639). Geographic
Differential and Downstate Adjustment added to the job rate
($111,897) for the PS&T Grade 24.
Keywords: New York State Office of Mental Health, New York , Nurse Practitioner (Family Health), (NY HELPS), Washington Heights Psychiatric Unit, P25269, Healthcare , New York, New York
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