New mental health director appointed at Oswego

Oswego Health recently welcomes Clark Sargeant as its new executive director of mental health and wellness.

Sargeant is a family face to Oswego Health as he previously worked in the medical surgical unit as a senior RN from 2012-2018. Since then he has worked throughout Central New York including as a nurse manager at Crouse Hospital from 2018-2020 and then in his most recent position as director of primary care operations and integrated health for Liberty Resources.

Sargeant earned his Master of Business Administration in healthcare from Jack Welch Management Institute in Virginia in 2022, his BSN from Utica University in 2017, and his Associate of Science in nursing from Crouse Hospital College of Nursing in 2012.

As executive director of mental health and wellness for Oswego Health, Sargeant will oversee operations for inpatient, outpatient adult, outpatient youth, school-based, and assertive community treatment services. In addition, he will establish goals, budget, plan, organize, implement, and coordinate all mental health programs and collaborate with the local governing unit and senior leadership team to ensure that psychiatric needs are being met for the community.