Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Position Description

The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner plays a pivotal role in our FQHC, Article 28 Health Services Division and Article 31 clinic.  The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner works within an interdisciplinary team providing health care services within a community based health center, responsible for assessment, psychiatric treatment and consultation for primary health care clients responsible to assist. This position must be able to work well in a team oriented environment and have experience working with vulnerable individuals experiencing serious and chronic mental health and addiction issues.

Essential Job Functions

The following duties are mandatory requirements of the job:

1. Initial and follow up psychiatric evaluations/assessments
2. Comprehensive mental status exams and risk assessments
3. Keeps Clinical Director informed of significant activities or conditions that may impact upon client level or program level operations and/or program goals.
4. Provides monitoring and follow-up of all referrals.
5. Prescribes psychotropic medication and manages psychotropic treatment as needed for enrolled clients.
6. Provide crisis intervention as directed or needed by Health Services providers. 
7. Discusses and formulates Treatment Plans with clients.
8. Partner and collaborate with primary psychotherapist on treatment planning and treatment course.
9. Provide psychiatric follow up and assessments for client being provided Medication Assisted Treatment with Suboxone or Naltrexone
10. Writes progress notes in a timely manner (within 24 hours after session is finished).
11. Maintains record keeping.
12. Develops and implements clinical supervision for program.
13. Participates in the development and implementation of the quality improvement process..

Other Responsibilities

The following duties are to be performed as assigned by the supervisor:

1. Attends trainings and meetings scheduled by Program Manager and Managing Clinical Director.
2. Maybe required to work over time to provide crisis intervention to the individuals and/or families served by the program
3. Position Reports Clinically to Chief Psychiatrist and Administratively to Director of Clinical Services & Behavioral Health

Education and Certification

• This employee will possess, at a minimum, a Master of Science in Nursing and a post-master’s certificate with license to practice as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner.  
• The candidate will also possess 3-5 years of clinical, psychopharmacology  and direct service provision with minority communities, communities at risk and families affected by HIV/AIDS, mental illness and substance abuse.  
• The candidate will have demonstrated didactic proficiency in group facilitation and have a comfortable working knowledge of psychopathology and differential diagnosis.

Special Skills and Knowledge

In addition to the above-listed job responsibilities and educational requirements, the ideal candidate for this position possesses most or all of the following:

1. Have an above adequate knowledge of psychopathology and differential diagnoses using the DSM-5 Manual
2. Intermediate to advance knowledge and experience with Microsoft Word and Outlook.
3. Bilingual (English-Spanish) is desirable.
4. Experience working with PLWHA population and social service systems in New York City.