ARNP - Community Mental Health

Sound•Bellevue, WA

5d•$79 - $83•Onsite

About The Position

SOUND Behavioral Health is hiring an ARNP or Physician Assistant to provide psychiatric services at its Auburn and Bellevue clinics in King County, Washington. The role focuses on prescribing and monitoring medications, evaluating psychiatric status, and consulting with non-medical team members. It is primarily clinical, with most work time spent seeing patients and productivity and scheduling standards comparable to those for physicians. The position is part-time, benefits-eligible, and scheduled for 32 hours per week across four 8-hour weekday shifts, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The ARNP independently evaluates patients to determine psychiatric diagnoses and biopsychosocial case formulations, assesses the need for psychotropic medication, prescribes within the scope of licensure, and monitors medication effects. The role coordinates medical issues with treatment planning, screens for other medical conditions, orders appropriate laboratory tests, and collaborates with clinical teams, outside providers, and primary care physicians. The ARNP maintains clinical records, participates in medical staff meetings, obtains consultation or supervision when needed, and may perform teaching, supervision, and committee duties. The position requires respectful, ethical, and professional relationships with clients, colleagues, and outside organizations, including people from diverse backgrounds. The clinician is expected to understand, apply, and demonstrate recovery concepts in clinical work at SOUND.

Requirements

At least two years of previous experience prescribing psychotropic medications; applicants without this experience must have completed the PMHNP or PA program that first made them eligible for board certification no more than 18 months before applying.
Current Washington State nursing license.
Current Washington State license to prescribe medicine.
Current Washington State Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner license.
Washington State DEA registration.
Must pass a criminal background check.
Ability to be reimbursed for services by Medicare and Medicaid.
Comfort working under physician supervision and collaboratively with other team members.
For work mainly with adults or older adults, adult ARNP certification is required.
Ability to sit at a desk for four or more hours per day and use office equipment, including phones and computer keyboards, for four or more hours per day.
Ability to communicate by voice with vendors, team members, clients, and others by phone and in person.
Regular attendance.

Nice To Haves

Psychotropic medication prescribing experience, particularly in a community mental health setting.
For work with children, child ARNP certification, or adult certification with child prescribing experience and intent to obtain child certification.
For work mainly with adults or older adults, corresponding experience with adult ARNP certification is desirable.

Responsibilities

Independently evaluate patients to determine differential and psychiatric diagnoses and develop biopsychosocial case formulations.
Assess patients for the necessity of psychiatric or psychotropic medication.
Prescribe psychiatric or psychotropic medications within the scope of licensure.
Coordinate with program managers to integrate medical issues into overall treatment planning.
Screen patients for concurrent non-psychiatric medical conditions and refer them for appropriate care.
Order appropriate laboratory tests to support differential diagnosis and safe medication prescribing.
Assess medication side effects and treat when appropriate according to accepted professional standards and applicable standards of care.
Consult with treatment teams and agency or non-agency providers about individual treatment and overall treatment planning; liaise with primary care physicians and their staff.
Attend and participate in medical staff meetings as required.
Obtain supervision, consultation, or guidance from an agency psychiatrist or medical director when needed.
Maintain clinical records in accordance with agency policy.
Perform other assigned functions, including teaching, supervising nursing staff and students, participating in inter- and interagency committees, and providing group staff consultations when a staff psychiatrist is not present.
Understand, apply, and demonstrate recovery concepts in behavioral health clinical work.
Establish and maintain positive, ethical, and professional working relationships with clinical team members, clients, and outside organizations, while respecting individual and cultural differences.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance, with Sound paying 75%-85% of premiums for team members and child coverage through age 26, depending on plan; spouse or domestic partner coverage is available at the team member’s cost.
Life insurance equal to two times annual salary plus an additional $25,000, paid by Sound.
Long-term disability insurance covering 60% of monthly salary, paid by Sound.
Retirement plan with a 3% Sound contribution; team members are 100% vested.
401(k) plan with pre-tax and/or Roth contributions available.
Health Savings Account contributions of $1,133.33 for individual coverage or $2,266.67 for family coverage for eligible team members, prorated for new hires in their first year.
Flexible Spending Accounts for health care and dependent day care costs.
Employee Assistance Plan.
18 vacation days per year, increasing with years of service.
Nine holidays per year.
12 sick leave days per year.
Bereavement leave for death in the family.
Free parking at all Sound sites.
Free in-house professional training and $400 annually plus three paid days for approved off-site training.
Service awards at 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, and 40 years of service.