Job Description
Job Description
Job Title: Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Job Summary:
CASES is seeking a skilled and recovery-oriented Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) to serve in a key clinical leadership role on the ACT Team. In partnership with the Team Leader, the PMHNP holds shared responsibility for the delivery of high-quality, person-centered clinical services. This role includes conducting comprehensive psychiatric assessments, providing psychopharmacological treatment, and coordinating consumers’ physical and behavioral health care needs. The PMHNP collaborates closely with interdisciplinary team members and external providers and delivers care in a trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and recovery-oriented manner that addresses the complex realities of individuals living with serious mental illness in the community.
Salary: The salary range for this role is $165,000 - $170,000 per year.
Shift Hours: The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner is full-time position working Monday – Friday from 10:00am – 6:00pm, or 11:00am – 7:00pm.
Location Address: 2090 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10027. Our office is easily accessible by public transportation.
Workplace Flexibility: Flexible, Maximum 1 day/week virtual team meeting
What You Will Be Doing:
- Conducts initial comprehensive psychiatric evaluations and monthly psychiatric assessments in the community.
- Prescribes medications through e-prescribing function of agency’s electronic health record, educates consumers about their medications and side effects, and monitors consumers’ response to prescribed medications.
- Coordinates consumers’ medication management needs with the ACT nursing staff, including ordering blood work and/or toxicology testing whenindicated, managing prior authorizations for medications, administering injectable medications when needed.
- Completes and signs assessments, progress notes, incident reports, and other required documentations in accordancetothe New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) regulations, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) guidelines, and Medicaid billing standards and regulations.
- Coordinates care with family and other community service providers or collaterals including, but not limitedto:hospitals, housing providers, shelter staff, criminal justice personnel, Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT), and primary health care providers.
- Participates in team meetings and clinical meetings to collaborate and discuss clinical issues and clients’ needs with other team members.
- Uses motivational interviewing, developmentally and culturallyappropriate, recovery oriented, and trauma-informed approaches when delivering services.
- Any other duties are required by ACT Leadership and senior executive staff.
- Helps maintain a safe and clean environment, ensuring proper use and disposal of medical supplies/equipment as required, adheres to infection control protocols, and notifies their supervisor immediately of any potential safety hazard identified in the office/client-care environment.
What We Are Looking For:
- Currently licensed as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner by the NYS Education Department
- Current board certification by The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) or American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
- Extensive experience working with adults with serious mental illness, co-occurring substance abuse, who may also be justice-involved, homeless, with limited social support
- Excellentwrittenand communication skills
Preferred Skills:
- Fluency in Spanish
Employee Benefits:
CASES cares about employee wellbeing, and we offer a comprehensive benefits package to support you and your family, including:
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Vacation and Paid Time Off – starting at 25 days-off annually, plus an additional summer self-care day
- 12 Paid Holidays per year
- Retirement 403b Competitive matching up to 6%
- Employee Referral Program
- Visit www.cases.org/careers/ to learn more about benefits offered by the CASES
Our Values
At CASES, we like to move with PURPOSE, which reflects our values:
PEOPLE| Hold people’s stories with dignity
UNITY| Commit to a shared mission
RESPECT| Celebrate the strength of diversity
PROGRESS| Always work to improve
OPTIMIZE| Make the best use of resources
SOLUTIONS| Work together to solve problems
EMPATHY| Seek to understand others
Although we would love to learn about the skills of every candidate, only selected candidates that are selected will receive a response. We encourage you to apply for any position(s) you feel you are qualified for.
CASES is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment with CASES is based solely on qualifications and competence for a particular position without regard to race, color, ethnic or national origin, age, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or marital, military, or citizenship status. We also actively recruit individuals with prior involvement in the criminal legal system.
Monday - Friday, 9am to 5pm
35 hours per week excluding breaks