Crisis Center Nurse Practitioner - Per Diem (26-118)

Kent County CMH Authority•Grand Rapids, MI

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Network180 is seeking a Crisis Center Nurse Practitioner to join their Behavioral Health Crisis Center. This role is part of a multidisciplinary team and provides psychiatric evaluations and short-term medication management for patients presenting to the 24-hour Crisis Center. The center includes a Brief Intervention Clinic and a Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU) and operates in consultation with a collaborative Psychiatrist. The facility serves adults 18 years and older, offering assessment and unscheduled clinical services to prevent or resolve mental health or substance-related crises. Services are typically for crises resolving within a few hours but may extend up to seventy-two hours, and can be voluntary or involuntary. The CSU aims to divert individuals from jail, emergency departments, and inpatient psychiatric settings to the least restrictive appropriate treatment setting. This position is per-diem, offering availability across all three shifts based on departmental needs and is located in-person at 260 Jefferson Ave SE Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503.

Requirements

Licensed in the State of Michigan as a Registered Nurse with a NP Nurse Specialty Certification.
Ability to be paneled by all insurance carriers.
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (Master’s Degree minimum) with an active, unencumbered license.
At least one year of experience as a practicing Registered Nurse providing psychiatry care.
Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
Excellent interpersonal and human relations skills.
Possession of a valid driver’s license and access to reliable transportation for job related use.
Ability to work effectively in a multicultural environment and skills and capabilities of bridging language/cultural barriers to Network180 services within diverse communities.
Ability to adhere to Network180 policies resulting from HIPAA privacy rules regarding individually identifiable health information concerning individuals served or employed by Network180 and credentialing.

Nice To Haves

Lived experiences with mental illness/developmental disabilities/substance use disorders valued.

Responsibilities

Provides psychiatric evaluations for patients presenting to the 24-hour Crisis Center.
Provides short-term medication management for patients.
Works in consultation with a collaborative Psychiatrist.
Delivers assessment and unscheduled clinical services designed to prevent or resolve mental health or substance-related crises.
Provides services to individuals whose crisis will typically resolve within a few hours, however, may require up to seventy-two (72) hours of treatment.
Offers services that can be voluntary or involuntary.