Psychiatric Nurse Practicioner

About the role

The Psychiatric Midlevel Practitioner functions within the Mental Health Outpatient Department to provide behavioral health assessment and treatment in close collaboration with the Psychiatrist, medical providers, and the behavioral health team. Such treatment will include maintaining an independent caseload and assisting other mental health providers in their clinical treatment of patients. The Psychiatric Midlevel Practitioner provides a wide range of mental health treatments including medication management.

Responsibilities

• Manages a caseload of patients within an interdisciplinary team model with psychiatric and substance use disorders, medical conditions, and extensive psychosocial stressors.
• Performs medical and psychosocial assessments, patient and family education, and disposition planning.
• Coordinates referrals to other facility services and community agencies.
• Provides mental health care services in an outpatient setting in collaboration with the Psychiatrist and other SEARHC providers.
• Participates in medical staff functions as requested, peer review, patient care conferences, quality assurance and other relevant reviews and meetings.

Requirements

• Graduation from a Physician’s Assistant (PA) or Nurse Practitioner (NP) Program.
• PA: National certification as a PA.
• PA: Licensed in state of Alaska or obtain license in Alaska within 6 months of employment.
• NP: Current full, unrestricted Registered Nursing license in Alaska or other U.S. state required. Direct Hire must have applied for an Alaska nursing license before start date.
• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Experience in mental health treatment at the PA/NP level or prior training.
• Experience that allows the practitioner to work independently in a wide range of mental health settings.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated knowledge of clinical mental health treatment as a nurse practitioner or physician’s assistant including assessment, diagnosis, and standards of care.
• Demonstrated knowledge of current developments and best practices in mental health treatment and medication management.

Skills

• Professional clinical skills in the practice of medicine, including assessment, diagnosis and treatment of behavioral health conditions.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills to ensure thorough documentation and positive working relationships with patients and other health care providers.
• Skilled in differential diagnosis including identification of interactions between physical conditions, mental health issues, and substance use disorders.
• Ability to work cooperatively with other health care and social service professionals.
• Ability to integrate information from a variety of sources to assess, diagnose and treat complex conditions in both routine and crisis situations.
• Ability to apply best practices, standards of care, and ethical guidelines in interactions with patients and staff.

Benefits

SEARHC offers generous benefits, including retirement, paid time off, paid parental leave, health insurance, dental, and vision benefits, life insurance and long and short-term disability, and more.