Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner - CRP & STAR Center
About The Position
DESC is seeking a psychiatric nurse practitioner to join their dedicated multidisciplinary behavioral health teams. This role involves providing care to a vulnerable population and delivering high-quality mental health and substance use care. The ideal candidate will enjoy working with patients with severe mental illness and often concurrent substance use disorders, striving to provide evidence-based care to improve outcomes. The position will work one day per week at the DESC Crisis Respite Program, providing shelter and behavioral health care to individuals discharged from a behavioral health hospital, and four days per week with a multidisciplinary care team at the DESC STAR (Stability Through Access & Resources) shelter. The nurse practitioner will collaborate with psychiatric nurses, case managers, social workers, substance use disorder professionals, peer specialists, support staff, and other psychiatric and medical providers.
Requirements
- Washington State Department of Health license as a Psychiatric Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner with prescriptive authority per WAC 246-840-410, in good standing.
- Master's degree in Nursing, Psychiatric.
- Board certification as Psychiatric-Mental Health NP Certification (PMHNP-BC).
- Registration with the Drug Enforcement Agency.
- Advanced knowledge and experience prescribing psychiatric medications.
- Be able to pass a Washington State Criminal background check.
- Knowledge of harm reduction principles and strategies.
- Ability and interest in providing case consultations with a multi-disciplinary staff.
- Ability to remain open and receptive to constructive feedback.
- Ability to communicate with and coordinate with staff from diverse backgrounds.
- Ability to work effectively with clients displaying a wide range of psychiatric behaviors.
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge, skill, and proficiency in working with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. Training on buprenorphine is available after hire.
- Experience with buprenorphine prescribing
- Experience working in atypical health care settings (e.g., street outreach, housing, day centers, jails, etc.)
- Doctoral degree
- Bilingual in Spanish/English
Responsibilities
- Coordinate client care within a multidisciplinary behavioral health team.
- Perform psychiatric evaluations, establish treatment plans collaboratively with clients, prescribe and monitor medications as indicated; this is inclusive of opioid use disorder treatment; all in context of a multidisciplinary team.
- Evaluate clients in crisis and advise courses of treatment. Recommend plans for ongoing longitudinal care.
- Participate in program meetings and in-service trainings; participate in clinical reviews and case conferences for clients as indicated.
- Take initiative to meet the changing needs of community behavioral health treatment.
- Participate in verbal de-escalation in emergent situations and be able and willing to assist other staff as needed to maintain a safe, secure environment.
- Other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Long-term Disability Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- ORCA card subsidy
- Paid Time Off (34 days per year)
- Retirement Plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
