Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

About the role

Central City Concern's Old Town Recovery Center offers an opportunity to join an intensive case management team focused on transforming lives through comprehensive, trauma-informed care for individuals with serious mental illness, substance use disorders, homelessness, and complex medical needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychiatric evaluations, diagnosis, medication management, and ongoing treatment
• Prescribe buprenorphine, Vivitrol, Naltrexone, Acamprosate, and other medications supporting recovery
• Deliver brief psychotherapy and motivational interviewing interventions
• Respond to psychiatric crises and provide suicide risk assessment and intervention
• Partner closely with behavioral health, primary care, and substance use treatment teams
• Help shape individualized treatment plans for some of Portland's most vulnerable community members

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing
• Master’s degree in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing from State Board of Nursing approved schools of nursing
• Current license to practice nursing in Oregon and certified as a PMHNP by the Oregon State Board of Nursing and National certification
• Full prescriptive powers in Oregon with a DEA number
• Priviledging requirements as required by FTCA
• Current BLS certification required prior to start
• Bilingual in Spanish preferred
• Must meet applicable training requirements for Buprenorphine prescribing
• Must generally have the ability to walk, bend, stoop, kneel, squat, twist, reach, pull and lift heavy objects, and climb stairs with reasonable or no accommodation
• Pass a pre-employment drug screen, TB test, and background check
• Must be able to work within an integrated, multidisciplinary setting
• Adhere to agency’s non-discrimination policies
• Ability to adhere to Central City Concern’s drug-free workplace

Qualifications

• Minimum qualifications include a bachelor’s degree in nursing and master’s degree in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
• Current license to practice nursing in Oregon and certified as a PMHNP by the Oregon State Board of Nursing and National certification
• Full prescriptive powers in Oregon with a DEA number
• Priviledging requirements as required by FTCA
• Current BLS certification required prior to start
• Bilingual in Spanish preferred
• Must meet applicable training requirements for Buprenorphine prescribing
• Must generally have the ability to walk, bend, stoop, kneel, squat, twist, reach, pull and lift heavy objects, and climb stairs with reasonable or no accommodation
• Pass a pre-employment drug screen, TB test, and background check
• Must be able to work within an integrated, multidisciplinary setting
• Adhere to agency’s non-discrimination policies
• Ability to adhere to Central City Concern’s drug-free workplace

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to consider the impacts and outcomes for underserved communities during decision-making process
• Knowledge, evaluation and treatment planning for clients with substance use disorders, including both pharmacotherapies and psychotherapies
• Knowledge of evaluation plans and treatment of clients with a variety of psychiatric disorders, with psychopharmacological and psychotherapeutic interventions
• Ability to consider impacts of oppression, structural racism, and individual bias on client outcomes
• Ability to consider impacts of oppression, structural racism, and individual bias on client outcomes
• Ability to practice independently and seek consultation when appropriate
• Ability to delegate patient care, as needed, and if appropriate
• Ability to work in a busy clinic setting and responsively attend to unpredictable requests for assistance from colleagues
• Ability to successfully interact with a diverse population, including both patients and co-workers
• Sufficient manual dexterity and physical ability to perform assigned tasks
• Ability to maintain accurate records and necessary paperwork
• Ability to remain calm and composed when dealing with clients who are in crisis
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality of patient information
• Excellent communication skills including diplomacy, tact, effective “bedside manner”

Benefits

• Extensive total rewards package
• Competitive compensation
• Medical, dental, vision, and student loan repayment options
• Retirement savings matching plans
• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental insurance coverage
• Employer-paid life, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance
• Sabbatical program offering extended time off at years 7, 14, and 21