Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

3 weeks ago


Seattle, Washington, United States Downtown Emergency Service Center Full time
About the Job

We are seeking a highly skilled Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner to join our Mobile Response Team at the Downtown Emergency Service Center. The successful candidate will provide integrated behavioral healthcare services to adults in need of psychiatric and medical attention, including medication management and coordination with community providers.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Coordinate client care with a multidisciplinary team of Social Workers/Case Managers, Substance Use Disorder Professionals, Peer Support Specialists, Psychiatric Nurses, and other mental health staff.
  • Perform psychiatric evaluations, work with clients to discuss care options, and set and monitor goals through prescribing medications and/or recommending behavioral health services.
  • Prescribe and monitor psychiatric medications within ethical and legal guidelines.
  • Provide initiation of low-barrier buprenorphine treatment services and connect clients to DESC's longitudinal opioid treatment team for ongoing care.
  • Evaluate clients in crisis and advise courses of treatment, recommending crisis prevention with primary therapy.
  • Respond to emergency situations as needed during work hours.
  • Participate in psychiatric consultation, supervision, program meetings, and in-service trainings, and participate in clinical reviews and case conferences for clients on caseload.
  • Take initiative to meet changing needs of community mental health treatment.
  • Participate in verbal de-escalation in emergent situations and assist other staff as needed to maintain a safe, secure environment.

Requirements:

  • Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner, Psychiatric, licensed in the State of Washington with the Department of Health in good standing.
  • Advanced knowledge and experience prescribing psychiatric medications.
  • Interest or experience in working with clients who are difficult to engage and maintain in traditional mental health programs.
  • Ability to relate to a wide range of people, demonstrating highly developed communication skills, and a desire to serve homeless, mentally ill clients.
  • Ability and interest in providing case consultations with a multi-disciplinary staff.
  • Ability to remain open and receptive to constructive feedback.
  • Ability to communicate with and coordinate with staff from diverse backgrounds.
  • Ability to work effectively with clients displaying a wide range of unpleasant and/or bizarre behavior.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Knowledge and skill in working with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders, with homeless or formerly homeless individuals, and crisis intervention and stabilization experience.
  • Familiarity with Recovery Principles, Crisis Intervention and Stabilization, Integrated Treatment of Co-occurring Disorders, Intensive Case Management, Illness Management, and relevant Evidenced-based/Emerging best practices.
  • Valid Washington state driver's license and insurable driving record.
  • Doctoral Degree.
  • Bilingual in Spanish/English.
  • Experience with buprenorphine prescribing.

About DESC:

The Downtown Emergency Service Center is a nonprofit organization working to help people with the complex needs of homelessness, substance use disorders, and serious mental illness achieve their highest potential for health and well-being through comprehensive services, treatment, and housing.

Our vision is a community where no person is abandoned, ignored, or experiencing homelessness.

We serve almost 3,000 people each day, providing integrated service models to help people secure and maintain appropriate, safe, and affordable housing.

DESC is recognized nationally and regionally as an innovator in developing solutions to homelessness.



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