
Registered Nurse 1 Psychiatric (NY HELPS), Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center, Children and Youth, Evenings/Nights, P28328
Utica, NYFull-time$100–109K/yrSeen 3 days agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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Job overview
New York State Office of Mental Health is recruiting Registered Nurse 1 Psychiatric staff for its Children and Youth program at Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center. Nurses join a multidisciplinary team providing compassionate, patient-centered, recovery-focused mental health services. No previous psychiatric experience is required. The position involves evening or night shifts on weekdays, with scheduled weekend hours, in 8- or 12-hour shifts.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Benefits
Full job description
NY HELPS Yes
55-b/c Eligible Yes
Agency Mental Health, Office of
Title Registered Nurse 1 Psychiatric (NY HELPS), Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center, Children and Youth, Evenings/Nights, P28328
Occupational Category Health Care, Human/Social Services
Salary Grade 18
Bargaining Unit PS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)
Salary Range From $99576 to $108970 Annually
Employment Type Full-Time
Appointment Type Permanent
Internship No
Jurisdictional Class Non-competitive Class
Travel Percentage 0%
Workweek Other (see below)
"Other" Explanation Evening or night shift weekdays, plus scheduled weekend hours. These will be filled as 8 hour shift or 12 hour shifts.
Hours Per Week 40
Workday
From 3 PM
To 7 AM
Flextime allowed? No
Mandatory overtime? No
Compressed workweek allowed? No
Telecommuting allowed? No
County Oneida
Street Address Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center, Children and Youth
1400 Noyes Street
City Utica
State NY
Zip Code 13502
Duties Description Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center, Children and Youth an Office of Mental Health (OMH) Joint Commission accredited facility, is recruiting Registered Nurses to join their nursing team. Positions are available on day, evening, and night shift, including every other weekend. No previous psychiatric experience is required.As a Registered Nurse at Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center, you are a vital member of a multi-disciplinary team focused on providing compassionate care through patient-centered and recovery-focused mental health services to individuals with mental illness including:• 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 individual’s 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 1 Psychiatric if they have a license and current registration as a registered professional nurse in New York State.ORCandidates 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 MVPC Nursing Team and contribute to a workforce dedicated to public service, we offer a generous benefits package including:• Competitive Salaries with Geographic Pay Differentials• Shift Differential offered for evening & night shifts• NYS medical, dental, and vision insurance• Nurse Residency Program• Alternate Work Schedules• Tuition Assistance programs available to pursue advanced degrees and/or ANCC Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Board certification• Excellent opportunities for advancement and professional growth• Paid time off including vacation, holidays, personal, & sick leave• NYS Retirement programsBackground checks will be required.Additional Comments:Posted hiring rate includes the sum of the statutory hiring rate for PS&T Grade 18 ($69,964), an Increase Hiring Rate ($9,612), Geographic Pay Differential ($20,000) and the posted job rate is the sum of the statutory job rate ($88,970) and Geographic Pay Differential ($20,000).Additional compensation may apply based on shift assignment. 7% shift differential for evening shift. 10% shift differential for night shift.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.
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Name Human resources
Telephone
Fax 315-738-4059
Email Address [email protected]
Address
Street Mohawk Valley Psychiatric Center
1400 Noyes Street
City Utica
State NY
Zip Code 13502
Notes on Applying To be considered for this position, please copy the link below into a new browser window to complete the Office of Mental Health Employment Application, and submit it along with your resume and other application materials via fax or email the Human Resources email address noted above. Please indicate the Title, Vacancy ID #, and Location of the position you are applying for in the subject line of your email or fax.https://omh.ny.gov/omhweb/employment/docs/employment-application.pdfThe 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. 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.
How this job compares
Set against the 58,203 open Registered Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$100–109K/yr
- New York median$85–110K/yr595 salary ranges
- US median$83–110K/yr4,576 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $104K, is 6% above the New York median midpoint ($98K) — in the middle half of Registered Nurse salary ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 3,361 open Registered Nurse jobs in New York and 58,203 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
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- Experience
- Registered Nurse postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (28,471 postings).
- Education
- 4,392 of the 58,203 open Registered Nurse jobs (8%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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