Position Information

NY HELPNo

AgencyMental Health, Office of

TitleResearch Scientist 5, New York State Psychiatric Institute – Molecular Imaging, P19611

Occupational CategoryOther Professional Careers

Salary Grade31

Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)

Salary RangeFrom $27743 to $27743 Annually

Employment Type Part-Time

Appointment Type Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Non-competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Schedule

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 10

Workday

From 12 AM

To 11:30 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? No

Location

County New York

Street Address New York State Psychiatric Institute – Molecular Imaging

1051 Riverside Drive

City New York

StateNY

Zip Code10032

Job Specifics

Minimum Qualifications A doctorate and three years of professional research experience in an appropriate field; or a master’s degree and five years of such experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: The ideal research scientist will have a doctorate in Bioengineering and 10 years of experience working in the field of medical imagining research. The research scientist must have expertise in performing extensive quantification, mathematical modeling and analysis of brain images and data from both PET and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) for the investigation of cerebral hemodynamics and neuroreceptor systems.

Duties Description The research scientist will be responsible for the supervision and coordination of all in vivo brain image analysis for the Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology Division.

Specific responsibilities would include, but not be limited to:

• Methodology development and data analysis for Positron
Emission Tomography (PET)

• Maintenance and upgrade of New York State Psychiatric
Institute’s in-house software, BrainFit, used to analyze PET.
data.

Additional Comments Background Investigation/Justice Center Review:
Prospective appointees will be: 1) Checked against the Staff Exclusion List (SEL) maintained by the Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs. Prospective employees whose names appear on the SEL as having been found responsible for serious or repeated acts of abuse or neglect will be barred from appointment and may have their names removed from the eligible list(s) for the title(s) if applicable. 2) Investigated through a Criminal Background Check (CBC) which includes State and federal Criminal History Record Checks. All convictions must be reported; conviction of a felony or misdemeanor, or any falsified or omitted information on the prospective appointee’s employment application may bar appointment or result in removal after appointment. Each case will be determined on its own merits, consistent with the applicable provisions of State and federal laws, rules, and regulations. Prospective employees will be fingerprinted in order to obtain a record of their criminal history information and may be required to pay any necessary fees. 3) Screened against the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment (SCR). Prospective employees may be required to pay any necessary fees. Additionally, prospective employees whose names are indicated on the SCR may be barred from appointment.

Additional Comments:

OMH is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

The work hours are to be determined.

1. 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.

2. 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 (NPES); 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
Medicaid and Medicare, you may be terminated from your
employment.

Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.

Contact Information

Name Human Resources

Telephone

Fax 212-795-0786

Email Address hrnyspi@nyspi.columbia.edu

Address

Street New York State Psychiatric Institute

1051 Riverside Drive

City New York

State NY

Zip Code 10032

 

Notes on ApplyingPlease indicate the Title, Vacancy ID # and Location of the position you are applying for in the subject line of your email or fax. Please complete the Office of Mental Health Employment Application and submit it along with your other application materials via fax, mail or the Human Resources email address noted above.

http://www.omh.ny.gov/omhweb/employment/docs/employment-application.pdf