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Overview

Description:

Under the direction of the Chief Medical Officer, the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner is a vital part of the health center care team. Responsibilities focus on diagnosing, treating, and managing individuals with chronic mental illness, as measured by positive clinical outcomes and clinical quality performance indicators.

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Conduct psychiatric assessments, including MSE, psychiatric, medical, and social history
  • Establish DSM V TR diagnoses
  • Order, review, and direct appropriate follow-through of laboratory and diagnostic testing.
  • Formulates and directs the plan of care
  • Refer patients to appropriate levels of care, as indicated
  • Prescribe and administer psychotherapeutic treatments or medications, as indicated
  • Prepare and submit case reports when appropriate
  • Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to optimize patient treatment
  • Participate in continuing education and professional growth
  • Provide timely and clinically appropriate care to patients
  • Complete documentation immediately, or within 72 hours, following the patient visit, including applying appropriate billing codes and modifiers where indicated
  • Participate in after-hours call rotation
  • Adhere to approved Hamdard Healthcare treatment protocols
  • Utilize printed health education materials as appropriate, and document all instructions given
  • Consider the health literacy of patients and provide culturally sensitive verbal and written education
  • Participate in the orientation and training of staff as needed
  • Submit incident reports according to the organization's policy when indicated
  • Strive to meet patient visit productivity goals
  • Collaborate with health center staff to coordinate the delivery of case management services.
  • Adhere to the organization’s mission-based approach “to promote physical and emotional health and psychological well-being of individuals and families by offering hope, health, and healing.”
  • Supports and participates in Outreach/ Development/ and Strategy initiatives as needed.

Job Requirements

Qualifications

  • Licensed Independent Practitioner with an active Illinois license, required  
  • Full Practice Authority preferred or has a physician collaborative agreement.
  • An active DEA license is required.
  • Dual Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Adult Psychiatry, preferred
  • Comfort with managing patients with a substance use disorder diagnosis, preferred
  • Appropriate clinical experience is required
  • Willingness to provide care at various sites in the organization when possible, required
  • Experience working in a Community Health setting is preferred
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective work relationships as part of a multidisciplinary team is required
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required
  • Understanding of cultural issues, community resources, and family dynamics is required
  • Bilingual in Urdu, Hindi, Spanish, or Bosnian, preferred
  • Electronic Health Record and Computer skills are required
  • Commitment to continuous education, performance, and quality improvement is required
  • Experience & knowledge of multi-ethnic communities in a clinical environment are required
  • Current BLS certification is required
  • Compliance with organizational TB, COVID, MMR, HepB, Varicella, Tdap, and Influenza vaccination policies is required
  • Champion of harm reduction, social justice, trauma-informed care, cultural competence, and diversity/equity/inclusion principles for populations most affected by social determinants and racial inequities, required

Misc Benefits

Job Type: Part-time Pay: $105,000.00 - $120,000.00 per year

Benefits: 401(k) Dental insurance Health insurance Paid time off Vision insurance