Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (Np)

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Full-time, M-F- 29 clinical hours with at least 3 clinical hours outside 9-5pm

Fully onsite

Function:

Under the administrative and clinical supervision of the Medical Director of Behavioral Health, provides outpatient psychiatric services to adults.

Representative Duties:

1.Provides Direct Psychopharmacological Services to Clients

• • Performs psychiatric evaluations using established format; completes and submits written documentation of the psychiatric evaluations within 2 business days
  • Assumes responsibility for evaluation and follow-up of clients' psychopharmacological status, and completes documentation within 2 business days of the client’s appointment (within one day for urgent care appointments)
  • Provides on call back up psychiatry coverage. Responds to calls in a timely manner.

2.Participates in Activities designed to maintain and enhance the quality of the Behavioral health department’s programs and services

• • Remains knowledgeable regarding issues of assessment, diagnosis and treatment planning.
  • Attends and actively participates in psychiatry team meetings.
  • Participates in diagnostic formulations and develop treatment plans for their clients in coordination with the team.

3.Represents Organizations’s Psychiatric Services to the External Community

• • Facilitates the department's relationships with hospitals and provide telephone consultations as needed for clients.
  • Participates in the education and training when asked.

4.Meets Agency Participatory Expectation

• • Suggests and participates in continuing quality improvement efforts
  • Adheres to all agency and departmental policies and procedures
  • Participates in quality assessment and improvement activities as requested
  • Adheres to the highest principles of patient and client confidentiality
  • Adheres to established safety policies, procedures and precautions; identifies potential or actual unsafe situations in the environment and takes measures to rectify the situation
  • Attends all required meetings, in-services and professional trainings
  • Attends all regularly scheduled research meetings, trainings, forums and pertinent staff meetings
  • Maintains professional competence necessary to perform job responsibilities; maintains and provides agency with records of continuing education activities
  • Serves on agency committees and in professional organizations when requested

5.Performs Related Duties as Assigned

• Education: Graduate degree from a certified Psychiatric NP program is required
• Current Massachusetts license is required
• 2 years of outpatient experience as a certified NP preferred
• Ability to complete documentation accurately and on time and to maintain current client care documentation
• Proficiency in psychiatric assessment/evaluation
• Experience with, or strong interest in, the LGBTQIA+ community, HIV, trauma, and substance abuse
• Experience working effectively and collaboratively with an ethnically, culturally, racially and gender diverse staff
• Demonstrated capacity to work effectively with ethnically, culturally, racially, and gender diverse clients
• Demonstrated understanding of the intersectional impacts of racism, homophobia, transphobia, sexism, ableism, classism, and other forms of oppression
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to be an effective team member
• Flexibility, adaptability, and ability to multitask
• Lived and/or professional experience with BIPOC individuals, LGBTQIA+ issues, HIV, and trauma strongly preferred
• Bilingual Spanish/English individuals and women encouraged to apply

Physical Requirements:

Ability to meet the following physical requirements with or without reasonable accommodations:

• Sit at a computer station for extended periods of time
• Ability to keyboard for extended periods of time