Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

PURPOSE:

The Jewish Board's Community Behavioral Health treatment programs provide compassionate, high quality, evidence-based services to individuals and families in the communities we serve. Our staff use a culturally affirming, person-centered approach to help individuals and their families develop skills and resources to improve overall functioning, to instill hope, and to strengthen resiliency. Our programs work closely with community partners to address health disparities in our neighborhoods while also celebrating the strengths and resiliency of our communities.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The psychiatric nurse practitioner (NPP) is responsible for providing psychiatric services and care to the agency's children and adult population in community clinic practices, including clinical diagnosis, prognosis, medication management, and discharge planning. The NPP functions as an integral part of the interdisciplinary team environment approach of the Agency. The NPP may be asked to cover for other NPPs and/or assist with administration of long acting medication when nurse unavailable.

KEY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Provide psychiatric assessment, clarification of clinical diagnosis, recommend treatment options and provide client education on mental health issues and strategies for recovery and review patient's progress and recommend discharge and aftercare planning.
• Attend and provide feedback in case conferences.
• Prescribe psychotropic medication as appropriate for client care.
• Collaborate with other appropriate staff, i.e., nurses relative to individual, group and family therapy.
• Assist with urgent crisis situations by conducting evaluations, interventions, and/or consultation to the clinical team.

CORE COMPETENCIES for the position include:

• Translate research and other forms of knowledge to improve practice processes and outcomes
• Communicate practice knowledge effectively, both orally and in writing
• participate in agency quality improvement projects to ensure best client outcomes
• Create a climate of patient-centered care to include confidentiality, privacy, comfort, emotional support, mutual trust, and respect.
• work in supervision with central psychiatry team and directors to improve practice

EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING REQUIRED:

• Licensed as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner in the State of New York.
• A current DEA registration for the prescribing of controlled substances. ANCC certification or pending application is required. NYS OPRA (Ordering/Prescribing/Referring/Attending) status approved or application pending required and a Health Commerce Account in place by the onset of

employment. The former is needed to prescribe to clients with Medicaid, the latter is needed to adhere to NYS I-STOP law.

• Must be able to work as a team member with complex cases.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, ability to learn electronic health records and other software as required.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED/LANGUAGE PREFERENCE:

• Russian required.

COMPUTER SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Proficient with electronic health record
• Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook); comfortable and proficient using audio video platforms (i.e., Zoom).

VISUAL AND MANUAL DEXIERITY:

• The work environment involves no physical risk or hazardous conditions.
• To perform the essential functions of this job, the candidate is routinely required to sit ( 90% of the time) and stand ( 10% of the time)

VISUAL AND MANUAL DEXIERITY:

• The work environment involves no physical risk or hazardous conditions.
• To perform the essential functions of this job, the candidate is routinely required to sit ( 90% of the time) and stand ( 10% of the time)

Add line: The NPP may be asked to cover for other NPPs and/or assist with administration of long acting medication when nurse unavailable.

We are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.