Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Description

CCAP Mission Statement - To empower all people and communities, challenged by poverty as well as social and cultural barriers, through advocacy, education, and access to high quality health and human services.

JOB SUMMARY:  

The Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner is responsible for providing psychiatric evaluations, prescribing of medications, providing follow-up and stabilization of CCAP clients in need of non-emergency psychiatric medical services.  The clinician is a licensed, autonomous provider executing professional clinical judgement in the care of his/her patients, according to the guidelines, policies and procedures set forth by the agency.  Responsibilities include on-site patient care, and staff consultation.

WORK SCHEDULE DEMANDS  

• Full-time clinical position, to include at least 32 direct clinical hours weekly.    
• Some evenings / weekends required.   
• The days and hours are determined by the Chief Medical Officer and are equally shared among all providers.  
• Part-time hours are available with the approval of the Health Center Director.
• May be required to work at any CCAP location.

Requirements

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS  

• Master of Science in Nursing, Current Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner  
• Current DEA and MCSR license, DEA Waiver for Medication Assisted Treatment, CPR/BLS  
• Active or soon eligible nurse practitioner unrestricted license in Rhode Island, required  
• One year of experience working in a community health center setting highly desired?  
• Ability to meet all requirements for medical staff credentialling and privileging  

COMMUNICATION SKILLS  

• Exceptional oral and written skills needed.    
• Proficient in all applicable medical terminology.    
• Bilingual capacity in Spanish or Khmer is a plus.    
• Good interpersonal skills are needed.  
• Must have skilled communication to interact with patients of varied age, ethnicity, and social backgrounds  
• Ability to communicate effectively with coworkers   
• Patient care records should be written to support continuity of care      

 
SIGNIFICANT JOB FUNCTIONS   

• Clinical  
• Provision of care by appointment  
• Provides psychiatric evaluations for CCAP clients  
• Provides Follow- up and stabilization of clients  

Administrative: 

• Completes all evaluations in a reasonable amount of time  
• Maintains the psychiatric portion of the clinical record  
• Provides consultation and support to clinical staff  
• Administrative / clinical Peer review on rotating basis  
• Participation in departmental, team and full staff meetings to review and develop policies and procedures, health care plans, clinical goals, and objectives  
• Participation on certain committee as assigned by FHS, possibly including: quality improvement committee, quality review committee, patient advocacy / ethics committee, JCAHO committee  
• Participation in QI program, patient health outcomes  
• Community presentations as requested by the Medical Director or the Health Center Director.  
• Other duties assigned  

CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION  

Access to all Clinical records.   Maintains confidentiality of all information in accordance with State and Federal laws and CCAP policies and procedures  

PHYSICAL EFFORT / ENVIRONMENT  

Moderate physical activity: walking, standing, and stooping.  Potential exposure to blood borne pathogens, respiratory diseases and other infectious diseases, and other biohazards material requiring universal standard precautions for medical practitioners.  

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and to talk to hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands, fingers, handle or feel objects, tools or controls and reach with hands and arms.  The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 20 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The environment is a clinical business office environment. Potential exposure to blood borne pathogens, respiratory diseases and other infectious diseases, and other biohazardous material requiring universal standard precautions. 

H1-b and Green card sponsorship candidates are welcome to apply. Possible loan repayment available if candidate is eligible.

CCAP is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other protected characteristics as established by applicable federal, state, or local laws. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, placement, promotions, terminations, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.  

OUR BENEFITS

Our comprehensive benefits package includes 403(b), health insurance, vision and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health reimbursement accounts, tuition reimbursement up to $1,000 annually, Employee Assistance Program, generous vacation, sick and personal days, and 12 paid holidays for all full-time and some benefits are included for part-time employees.