Registered Nurse (RN)
Syracuse, New York
Nurses at HPC are part of a multi-disciplinary treatment team that provides patient-centered and recovery-focused mental health services to adults with severe mental illness and children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances.
Posted Oct 8 · New grads welcomed
- Shift and hours
- Nights
- Unit and setting
- Psych · Behavioral Health to adults with severe mental illness and children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbancesadults with severe mental illness; children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances
- License
- RN license NYS License and current registration as a practice as a professional nurseNYS license and current registration as professional nurse
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed, residency program
- License
- NYS license and current registration as professional nurse NYS License and current registration as a practice as a professional nurse Check your license
- License
- RN license in New York Registered Nurse (RN) License in the state of New York (Required) Check your license
- Also asks
- not listed on federal or state Medicaid/Medicare exclusion lists
Your six-month RN application plan
Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates.
6 months before
Shortlist units
Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
Find residencies →4–6 months before
Apply as windows open
Apply before graduation when the program allows it. Keep the cohort date and license deadline with each application.
Explore new grad jobs →2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questions →Around graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license →
Why start this early?
Advocate describes a 6–9 month application runway for several regional RN programs. These milestones are a planning guide, not deadlines for every employer. See program calendars.
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- Top of Syracuse staff RN paySyracuse staff RN postings that state pay run $73k/yr to $88k/yr, the middle half $75k/yr to $83k/yr, across 33 postings.
- Tuition assistance
- Offered
- Extra pay
- shift differential Shift Differential for evening & night shiftsevening & night shifts
Benefits
- BenefitsNurse Residency ProgramNurse Residency Program
- BenefitsAlternate work schedulesAlternate Work Schedules
- BenefitsOpportunities for advancement and professional growthExcellent opportunities for advancement and professional growth
- BenefitsDental insuranceDental insurance
- BenefitsEmployee assistance programEmployee assistance program
- BenefitsFlexible spending accountFlexible spending account
More benefits (10)
- BenefitsHealth insuranceHealth insurance
- BenefitsHealth savings accountHealth savings account
- BenefitsPaid time offPaid time off
- BenefitsParental leaveParental leave
- BenefitsProfessional development assistanceProfessional development assistance
- BenefitsRetirement planRetirement plan
- BenefitsTuition reimbursementTuition reimbursement
- BenefitsVision insurancevision insurance
- Paid holidays
- Opportunities for advancement
The role and schedule
- Details
- In person work location Work Location: In person
- Details
- may be required to be an enrolled Medicare provider you may be required to become an enrolled Medicare provider
Support on this unit
The posting does not state the assignment size, and nothing published names it for this unit.
- Orientation
- Residency program
The workplace
Worth asking
- What should I expect for weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What preceptor time and ongoing unit support are included?
More questions to askFewer questions
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
- Which physical workplace and unit is this role for?
Your fit
On your path
Psychiatric is open from year one. Behavioral health spans inpatient, emergency, and community settings.
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Hutchings Psychiatric Center (HPC) is currently recruiting Registered Nurses (RNs).
Register to our Virtual Nursing Information Session to learn more about RN opportunities at HPC:
Register for Friday – 10/16/26 at 9:00AM: https://meetny-gov.webex.com/weblink/register/re65f42efdcb4725c11c789209f3952d0
OR
Register for Friday – 10/16/26 at 4:00PM: https://meetny-gov.webex.com/weblink/register/r7858ccc09331fc007443f3c76bcb5f1b
Nurses at HPC are part of a multi-disciplinary treatment team that provides patient-centered and recovery-focused mental health services to adults with severe mental illness and children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances.
HPC is a Joint Commission accredited Office of Mental Health (OMH) facility that provides an integrated network of inpatient and outpatient services to individuals living in Central New York region. HPC 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.
If you would like to join the HPC Team and contribute to a workforce dedicated to public service, we offer a generous benefits package including:
- Competitive Salaries
- Shift Differential for evening & night shifts
- NYS medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Nurse Residency Program
- Alternate Work Schedules
- Tuition Assistance programs available
- Excellent opportunities for advancement and professional growth
- Paid time off including vacation, holidays, personal, & sick leave
- NYS Retirement programs
Minimum Qualifications
- NYS License and current registration as a practice as a professional nurse
Visit https://omh.ny.gov/omhweb/employment/nurse.html to learn about RN careers with OMH or contact us at OMHRecruiter@omh.ny.gov
Additional Comments
The Mission of the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) 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. OMH is deeply committed to supporting underserved individuals, organizations, and communities.
To this end, OMH is focused on implementing activities and initiatives to reduce disparities in access, quality, and treatment outcomes for underserved populations. A critical component of these efforts is ensuring OMH is a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees' unique attributes and skills are valued and utilized to support the mission of the Agency. OMH is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
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.
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.
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.
Pay: $99,567.00 - $108,970.00 per year
Benefits
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply
License/
Certification
- Registered Nurse (RN) License in the state of New York (Required)
Work Location: In person
What's around it?
Syracuse, NYFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 4% below the US average
- Median rent
- $1,039/mo
- Household income
- $47,819/yr, all local households, not nurse pay