Implementation Specialist

New York State Psychiatry Institute•New York, NY

61d•$86,502 - $104,400•Onsite

About The Position

The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene is hiring a full-time Implementation Specialist for the Center for Practice Innovations (CPI), under the auspices of the New York State Office of Mental Health. CPI promotes the use of evidence-based practices across behavioral health provider agencies in New York State by building stakeholder collaborations, developing practitioners’ expertise, and supporting agency infrastructures for implementing and sustaining evidence-based practices. The specialist will help develop and support IMPACT-OCD, a statewide program supported by the New York State Office of Mental Health to improve providers’ assessment, care delivery, and treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder. The program uses implementation-science-informed strategies, including e-learning with continuing education, virtual consultation and learning communities, audit and feedback, and incentives. Strategies are co-designed with people with lived experience, clinicians, clinic leaders, and state mental health authorities. The role also supports program evaluation and research related to recovery-oriented approaches and digital health interventions. The position is based at 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10605. The employer describes an excellent benefits package but notes that Research Foundation employees are not state employees, do not participate in a state retirement system, and do not receive state fringe benefits.

Requirements

Licensed clinical social worker (LCSW or equivalent) or licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) in New York.
At least one year of experience assessing OCD and providing exposure and response prevention.

Nice To Haves

Some experience creating training curricula.
Some experience leading and facilitating training.
Some experience providing care consultations or implementing evidence-based practices.

Responsibilities

Develop curricula for e-learning courses, webinars, and training.
Present virtual trainings or workshops on evidence-based care for OCD, and occasionally present in person.
Assess the needs and context of care recipients, clinicians, clinic leaders, and the community.
Assist OMH clinicians and clinic leadership in identifying workflows that support evidence-based care for OCD.
Collaborate with program leadership to develop tools, templates, and dashboards for performance monitoring and quality improvement.
Identify implementation barriers and work with teams to develop practical, sustainable solutions.
Promote staff engagement, problem-solving, and continuous improvement.
Provide follow-up support to help ensure changes are adopted, sustained, and effective.
Engage people with personal and family lived experience, front-line clinicians, clinic leadership, and state mental health authorities in co-creating implementation strategies and support systems.
Conduct virtual consultations on OCD assessment and evidence-based treatment with NYS-OMH clinicians, supervisors, and administrators, individually or in groups.
Develop REDCap databases to support IMPACT-OCD data collection.
Interpret and discuss implementation support data with implementation partners to support ongoing improvement.
Prepare written summaries, recommendations, and reports for clinic leadership and other partners.
Support day-to-day management of IMPACT-OCD activities.
Lead presentations and develop manuscripts and other initiative-related reports or publications.
Supervise IMPACT-OCD staff in training and implementation support activities.