FACT Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Open Door Family Medical Center•Yonkers, NY

About The Position

Open Door Care Network is seeking a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner to provide medical and psychiatric support to the FACT team. The Nurse Practitioner performs nursing duties in accordance with New York State Education Practice Guidelines and provides, delegates, evaluates, and coordinates comprehensive nursing care for participants of all ages, genders, cultures, and backgrounds. The role includes providing physical and psychosocial support to participants and their families, and caring for neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric age groups. The position reports to the designated supervisor based on the assigned site, with an indirect report to the Clinical Coordinator. The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner conducts psychiatric assessments, diagnoses, and ongoing medical treatment, including prescribing and managing medications. The role supervises the nursing team, coordinates participant care with the Clinical Coordinator and multidisciplinary team, and supports continuity of care, outreach, health education, and quality improvement. The work takes place in a health center environment with frequent contact with participants, employees, and outside agencies, and frequent exposure to communicable diseases and other conditions common to health centers. Infection-control standard precautions must be followed.

Requirements

Board-certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner.
Licensed in New York State as a Registered Professional Nurse.
Experience with forensic psychiatric issues or working with justice-involved individuals.
Ability to manage complex mental health conditions and provide psychiatric and medical assessments.
Experience in multidisciplinary team settings and strong collaboration skills.
English speaking.
Excellent interpersonal skills, verbally and in writing.
Highly organized and self-directed.
Engaged in learning and continuous quality improvement.
Resilient.
Valid New York State driving license.
Knowledge of group facilitation and program target groups; awareness of client needs; ability to interview clients from diverse backgrounds effectively and in a culturally competent manner, obtain facts, and recognize relevant case information.
Two to three years of experience in a related field.
Ability to meet the physical requirements of standing, walking, bending, carrying light items, operating office machines with hand dexterity, sitting for extended periods, and moving about the work unit.
Ability to adhere to infection-control standard precautions in an environment with frequent exposure to communicable diseases.

Nice To Haves

Spanish language skills.
Passion for providing high-quality mental health care to low-income, underserved residents.

Responsibilities

Work collaboratively with the Clinical Coordinator to provide medical support to the FACT team.
Conduct psychiatric assessments, diagnoses, and ongoing medical treatment, including prescribing and managing medications.
Supervise the nursing team and ensure compliance with New York State Education Practice Guidelines; review charts and client care.
Assess, plan, direct, and evaluate nursing care based on participants’ age-related physical, psychosocial, and cultural needs.
Perform and record screening tests, including blood pressure, temperature, pulse, weight, EKG, vision, and hearing assessments.
Administer medications, treatments, and intravenous solutions; perform laboratory and diagnostic testing and therapeutic procedures as authorized by standing or written orders.
Safely store and maintain medication and immunization inventories in accordance with CDC and New York State Vaccine Program requirements.
Review participants’ medication lists and communicate participant status and needs to the provider before visits, highlighting chronic disease and high-risk participants.
Maintain emergency equipment and oxygen tanks.
Collect and perform CLIA laboratory procedures, record and report results, calibrate and maintain instruments, and clean equipment according to manufacturer instructions.
Complete required paperwork and electronic documentation.
Perform and record monofilament diabetic foot assessments.
Oversee reconciliation of medical waste manifests.
Collaborate with the Clinical Coordinator to ensure treatment plans align with participants’ mental health and criminogenic needs.
Delegate follow-up of patient care to RNs and LPNs and ensure laboratory, consultant, diagnostic, discharge, and emergency-room reports are current in participant files before the next visit.
Handle telephone encounters and share communications with team members and participants.
Monitor the Relevant Dashboard and implement outreach to recall participants and address care gaps; participate in pre-visit planning and daily team huddles.
Reinforce health education and counseling on general health maintenance, birth control, pregnancy, newborn and pediatric care, nutrition, STD prevention and treatment, HIV testing and counseling, alcohol, drug and domestic abuse awareness, and smoking cessation.
Participate in practice-team quality improvement initiatives.
Participate in training, orientation, competency assessment, and education of new employees.
Communicate clearly, concisely, and accurately, and contribute to a working climate that supports personnel growth and job satisfaction.
Demonstrate clinical competency and serve as a resource to staff in the Nurse Practitioner’s clinical area of expertise.
Maintain infection-control and safety practices in accordance with CDC and OSHA standards.