Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (IMT)
About The Position
Goddard Riverside is a well-established Manhattan community-based agency with an annual operating budget of approximately $50 million. Goddard Riverside is one of New York City’s leading human service organizations meeting the basic needs of children, youth and families, homeless people, and older adults across Manhattan and New York City. The Intensive Mobile Treatment (IMT) Team provides treatment and support services for individuals with frequent interaction with the mental health, substance abuse, criminal justice and homeless services systems and have been poorly served by traditional treatment models. IMT teams stay connected to individuals regardless of their location in shelter, on the street, in housing, hospital or jail. The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP) provides psychiatric evaluation, diagnosis, medication management, and treatment for IMT clients as part of a multidisciplinary team. The PNP supports recovery, safety, community stability, and improved health outcomes using recovery-oriented, trauma-informed, and harm reduction approaches.
Requirements
- Current NYS Nurse Practitioner in Psychiatry license and active NYS registration required (PNP/PMHNP/PMHNP-BC).
- Collaborative practice agreement completion (>3600 hours).
- DEA registration or ability to obtain within 3 months of hire with prescriptive authority (including Buprenorphine).
- Experience providing psychiatric evaluation, diagnosis, medication management, and services to individuals with serious mental illness, co-occurring substance use disorders, homelessness, and trauma required.
- Obtain and maintain MHL 9.58 designation.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in ACT, IMT, homeless outreach, mobile treatment, crisis services, harm reduction, Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), or criminal justice/shelter/hospital systems preferred.
- Fluency in Spanish or American Sign Language (ASL) a plus.
- Ability to learn Microsoft 365, AWARDS, HEALTHIX, PSYCKES, EPIC CommunityLink, and other required electronic systems.
- valid insurable driver's license a plus.
Responsibilities
- Provide psychiatric evaluation, diagnosis, treatment planning, medication management, and reassessment for IMT clients.
- Prescribe, administer, monitor, and adjust psychiatric medications and medications for substance use disorders, including medication assisted treatment for substance use disorders (MAT) and long-acting injectable antipsychotics when clinically appropriate.
- Assess psychiatric, medical, substance use, medication adherence, side effects, and treatment response.
- Provide services in office, community, shelter, street, subway, hospital, supportive housing, carceral, and other field-based settings.
- Coordinate care with medical and substance use providers, hospitals, pharmacies, AOT, families, and other collateral supports as necessary.
- Provide psychiatric consultation, crisis support, clinical guidance, and urgent intervention support to clients and the multidisciplinary IMT team.
- Participate in team meetings, case conferences, supervision, clinical reviews, trainings, and shared case management activities.
- Maintain timely and accurate documentation in accordance with program, regulatory, and funder requirements.
- Other duties as required or assigned.
Benefits
- Equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
