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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 Treatment Unit Clerk if they have 18 months of clerical, secretarial, or direct care experience in a mental health facility or setting.
✓Candidates from 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.
Benefits
Medical, dental and visionPaid time offTuition assistance
243New York State Office of Mental Health open roles
6behavioral health roles open at this facility
259beds at this facility
Full employer posting
- Duties Description A Treatment Unit Clerk works on a ward or unit of a psychiatric center and is assigned to work in patient areas. Depending on the organization of the facility, candidate will provide the following duties for a building, treatment unit, service ward, or group of wards. Responsibilities include:
- Preparation, maintenance, and monitoring of a variety of clerical records and reports related to the activities of employees and patients in the assigned work area.
- Required to respond to routine inquiries regarding the functions/programs of the unit or treatment service from visitors or employees and patients from other areas of the facility.
- Ordering and maintaining an inventory of unit supplies and performing miscellaneous clerical duties necessary for the efficient operation of the assigned work area.
- 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 Treatment Unit Clerk if they have 18 months of clerical, secretarial, or direct care experience in a mental health facility or setting. OR 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 Treatment Unit Clerk Trainee if they have one year of clerical, secretarial, or direct care experience in a mental health facility or setting. OR Candidates from 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. Please Note: After successful completion of a six-month traineeship, candidate appointed as Treatment Unit Clerk Trainee will automatically advance to the Treatment Unit Clerk, SG-7, without further examination. Additional Comments All 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 programs Background checks will be required. Additional Comments: This position is eligible for the Downstate Adjustment of $4,150. Salary reflects starting salary for Trainee at Grade 6 to ending salary of full-performance, Grade 7. NOTE: 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.
About the role
Preparation, maintenance, and monitoring of a variety of clerical records and reports related to the activities of employees and patients in the assigned work area.