Employment Opportunity
Director Mental Health Field Office 1, M-6
Hudson River Field Office – Poughkeepsie, New York
The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) is seeking a qualified candidate for the non- competitive, policy influencing position of Director Mental Health Field Office 1, M-6, to direct the Hudson River Field Office. The incumbent of this position will direct the development, interpretation, and communication of OMH policies and initiatives to local governmental units, community mental health providers, and the general public; formulate and recommend policies, procedures, and remedial actions to OMH executive staff on issues related to community treatment program activities and local service delivery systems. The incumbent will also direct a multi-disciplinary team of professionals representing key mental health functional areas. The salary for this position will be $147,785 to $185,851.
Specific duties include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Directs field office staff activities related to development, implementation, and evaluation of local mental health programs, and addresses policy questions and operational problems raised by local service providers.
- Monitors and oversees field office staff, program activities, and the delivery of services to ensure compliance with the New York State Mental Hygiene Law, federal standards for Medicaid reimbursement, and other applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
- Monitors and oversees all licensed programs and services to ensure the provision of quality mental health services in accordance with OMH policies and procedures.
- Works collaboratively with local governmental units, providers, and Central Office staff to identify unmet needs and issues in service delivery as they arise and recommends appropriate solutions to OMH executive staff.
- Reviews staffing configurations to develop and establish resource allocation plans; and targets resources to ensure funding for field office priorities.
- Develops program plans for State-operated and funded programs for clients within various populations and/ or cultures, and strategies to improve the operation of mental health services in the local service delivery system.
- Advises various Central Office programs, divisions, and bureaus on issues related to regional mental health planning.
- Responds to inquiries from outside consumer groups, families, the Legislature, the Division of the Budget, and other interest groups on behalf of the Governor and OMH executive staff.
- Solicits and facilitates participation by appropriate advisory committees, such as consumer and other citizen groups, and relevant professional and special interest groups in the development process of new initiatives and/or OMH policies.
- Works in partnership with other human service agencies to facilitate communication, improve agency collaboration, and better meet the needs of the constituencies served by multiple service systems.
Supervises Field Office staff. Analyzes staffing distribution, directs staff deployment to meet program needs and priorities, and reviews, monitors, and evaluates staff performance. Identifies training needs and arranges for the provision of training.
Minimum Qualifications:
Candidates must possess a bachelor’s degree in a human services field, hospital, healthcare, public or business administration, or a related field; and nine years of clinical, administrative, and/or supervisory experience in a mental health, public health, healthcare, and/or managed care setting. Four years of this experience must have been at a managerial level in at least one of the following areas:
- 1. Policy development for a statewide public mental health program, public health, healthcare, and/or managed care program.
- 2. Quality control, quality assurance, or quality improvement in a mental health, public health, healthcare, and/or managed care program.
- Program planning, design, implementation, or evaluation in a mental health, public health, healthcare, and/or managed care program.
- 4. Allocation, budgeting, and claiming of OMH funding for local mental health programs.
- As a county director of mental health.
Qualified candidates must submit a resume via email to OMHHRM@OMH.NY.GOV, attention Aurora Korotchen, Please reference Vacancy ID 146431
Notes: 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 the unique attributes and skills of all employees are valued and utilized to support the mission of the Agency. OMH is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
You are advised that, should you accept a job offer with the Office of Mental Health, you may be required to be fingerprinted and pay a fingerprint fee.
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 Governor’s Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474- 6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov.
For complete vacancy details, please see the following link:https://statejobs.ny.gov/employees/vacancyDetailsView.cfm?id=146431