Registered Nurse 2 Psychiatric (NY HELPS), Central New York Psychiatric Center, Marcy, P27643
State of New York - Mental Health, Office of
Marcy, New York
- Eligibility
- RN
- Shift
- Evenings
- Unit
- Psych
Marcy, New York
$104,000–$114,000/year
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Schedule and commitments
- Shift
- Evenings
- Term
- Travel
- Orientation
- Residency program
The work and the unit
- Unit
- Psych
- Specialty
- Psychiatric
- Setting
- Behavioral Health
Pay and benefits
- Against the board
- In range for New York travel roles
- Overtime pay
- $74/hr
- Paid holidays
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Paid time off
- Paid sick time
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- Vision insurance
- Shift Differential for evening & night shifts (7% evening, 10% night)
- 13 paid vacation days in first year
- 5 paid personal days
- PTO
- Paid Sick Leave
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed, residency program
- Also asks
- New York Registered Professional Nurse
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 residencies4–6 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 jobs2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questionsAround 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's around it?
Living costs about 8% above the US average
- Median rent
- $1,205/mo
- Household income
- $44,648/yr, all local households, not nurse pay
About this role
Duties Description Nurses are vital 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 including:
- Planning and supervising nursing care
Coordinating and providing nursing care
- Conducting nursing assessments
- Preparing, implementing, and modifying nursing care plans
- Providing health teaching, counseling, and education to individuals and families
- Implementing infection control protocols and procedures
- Observing and recording individuals 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 Registered Nurse 2 Psychiatric if they have a license and current registration as a registered professional nurse in New York State; and one year of post-licensure clinical nursing experience working with individuals, at least 50% of whom have been diagnosed with mental illness, addiction, or substance use disorder.
Substitutions: a bachelor's degree in nursing can substitute for one year of post-licensure clinical nursing experience; and a master's degree in nursing can substitute for two years of post-licensure clinical nursing experience.
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.
Additional Comments If you would like to join the Central New York 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
Additional compensation may apply based on shift assignment. 7%
- shift differential for evening shift. 10%
- shift differential for night shift.
All OMH employees receive a generous benefits package including
- NYS medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Access to tuition assistance programs
- Paid time off – 13 paid vacation days in the first year, 5 paid personal days, 13 paid holidays, & paid sick leave
- NYS Retirement programs
A background check will be required.
Additional Comments
Posted hiring rate includes the sum of the statutory hiring rate for PS&T Grade 20 ($74,193), an Increase Hiring Rate ($9,980), Geographic Pay Differential ($20,000) and the posted job rate is the sum of the statutory job rate ($94,121) and Geographic Pay Differential ($20,000).
Notes
- 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.
Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.
How this role fits you
About the employer
What is on record is the employer and the town; pay bands, unit texture, scheduling, and growth programs are not filled in here yet. If you need a local pay reference while you wait on an official range, one nearby…
On your path
Psychiatric is open from year one. Behavioral health spans inpatient, emergency, and community settings.
Worth asking
- What should I expect for weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What preceptor time and ongoing unit support are included?
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- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
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