Nurse Practitioner - ACCS

Responsibilities

• Act as the psychiatric prescriber for individuals served by ACCS teams and Respite services.
• Provide and promote services that are culturally responsive, strengths-based, recovery-oriented, and inclusive of patient preferences.
• Provide services flexible to individuals’ needs via office sessions, outreach, or community sessions as clinically appropriate.
• Conduct biopsychosocial assessments and implement comprehensive psychiatric treatment recommendations, including but not limited to recommendations for psychotropic medications and medications to treat substance use and tobacco use disorders.
• Provide comprehensive education regarding presenting conditions and treatment options to support shared decision-making and informed consent.
• Monitor therapeutic effectiveness and side effects and conduct appropriate lab monitoring for all prescribed medications.
• Provide motivational interviewing and counseling around harm reduction practices to individuals with substance use and tobacco use disorders.

Qualifications

• Requires Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) Licensure from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing to practice as a licensed Nurse Practitioner;
• Registered to practice as a Nurse Practitioner from the American Nurses Credentialing Center;
• Maintains a valid registration(s) to issue written oral prescriptions or medication orders for controlled substances from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the United States Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration;
• Must have a history managing acute psychiatric patients and patients with serious mental illness;
• Must have a valid driver’s license and reliable transportation to and from work.

Pay

Annual Salary: $115,000 USD - $120,000 USD

Schedule

Monday-Friday, 8am-4pm