Licensed Psychologist

Recruiting Psychologists – Care that Gives Hope

Creedmoor Psychiatric Center (CPC), an Office of Mental Health (OMH) Joint Commission-accredited facility, is recruiting Psychologists to join their team and provide evidence-based and culturally sensitive care to individuals with mental illness. This position is located at the Steinway Wellness and Recovery Center (SRWC) in Astoria. The clinic is located near the Grand Central Parkway and Brooklyn Queens Expressway, with street parking and is bus-line accessible with local stops on the Q18, Q32, Q66, and Q101. Also, it is accessible by subway on the E, F, M, N, R, and W. The schedule is Monday through Friday, 8 : 00 AM – 4 : 30 PM, with pass days of Saturday and Sunday.

The SRWC is a community-based clinic in which Psychologists are part of a collaborative multidisciplinary team offering recovery-focused care that empowers individuals with serious mental illness to build meaningful lives. Duties include :

• Administering psychological assessments and evaluations.
• Developing and implementing Individualized Service Plans
• Providing individual and group therapy to individuals and their families.
• Documenting an individual's progress toward recovery goals.
• Attending and participating in clinical rounds.
• Teaching didactic seminars for interns and externs'

About CPC

CPC, one of the largest and culturally diverse OMH facilities, provides a continuum of care to individuals from the borough of Queens who require intermediate and extended mental health treatment through inpatient and outpatient services. CPC's comprehensive service delivery focuses on individualized and person-centered care.

About OMH

OMH operates the largest state mental health system in the country, with 23 hospitals, 90 clinics, two world-class research institutes, a secure residential center, and a network of community services. OMH hospitals are all Joint Commission accredited and recognized as among the best mental health hospital systems in the United States. OMH believes everyone should have an equal opportunity to achieve mental wellness. This means implementing services and policies to reduce disparities in access, quality, and treatment outcomes for historically marginalized, underserved, and unserved populations.

If you would like to join CPC and contribute to a workforce dedicated to public service, we offer :

Minimum Qualifications :

Licensed Psychologist

Salary $145,413

Additional Comments :

The 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.

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.

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.

Background checks are required.