Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Los Angeles LGBT Center•Los Angeles, CA

About The Position

Under the supervision of their collaborating physician, the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (NP)will provide trauma-informed and culturally competent psychiatric assessment and management to patients at the Los Angeles LGBT Center. The NP’s panel of patients will reflect the diversity of LGBTQ community and include individuals of all genders and expressions and with varying levels of medical and psychosocial complexity, including those living with HIV. The NP will also be expected to provide episodic care for non-panel patients as needed.

Requirements

Knowledge of or experience working with the LGBTQ community and familiarity with issues of particular relevance to LGBTQ people.
A passion for the Center’s work and its mission to make the world a better place for LGBTQ people.
CA RN license/MSN with current CA Furnishing Number.
ANCC/ California Nurse Practitioner Certification.
DEA registration.
Current Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) card.
Minimum 5 years’ experience with outpatient mental health care or HIV specialty mental health care with dual-diagnosis.
Ability to develop and maintain patient records.
Basic computer skills and knowledge including word processing, database operations, and spreadsheets.
Strong writing skills.
Ability to effectively educate patients and their families.
Superior interpersonal communication skills.
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively with people of diverse races, ethnicities, nationalities, sexual orientations, gender identities, gender expression, socio-economic backgrounds, religions, ages, English-speaking abilities, immigration status, and physical abilities in a multicultural environment.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual skills, a plus (English/Spanish fluency preferred).

Responsibilities

In accordance with the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s defined standardized protocols, the psychiatric nurse practitioner will conduct clinical encounters with new and returning patients including: obtaining a comprehensive psychosocial and medical history, reviewing past and current psychotropic medications, providing differential diagnosis, and developing a treatment plan.
Follows-up with patients as needed to ensure compliance with protocol/treatment guidelines.
Participate in formal and informal case consultation with the referring provider and care team, mental health therapist and ICP team.
Demonstrates chart maintenance by keeping patient problem lists up-to-date and reconciling medications.
Follows practice policies and procedures regarding EHR documentation, including completing and “signing-off” on clinical notes, lab results and refill requests within a timely manner.
Responds to messages from patients and care team members in a timely manner.
Provides evidence-based care that is in accordance with national standards and internal practice guidelines.
Seeks consultation from staff physicians as needed, especially when a patient’s problems are especially complex or if the patient’s condition is not responding as expected.
Participates in peer review exercises and completes mandatory clinical trainings
Delivers appropriate patient health education
Maintains sufficient Continuing Education Units (CEU) as required by the California Board of Nursing for license renewals and as may be required to maintain any certifications necessary to demonstrate proficiency in a specialty area relevant to NPs clinical practice.
Maintains the strict confidentiality of patient records at all times.
Provides cross- coverage for the other medical providers in cases of vacations, conferences, and illness, and overflow.  This includes review of other providers’ lab results, portal messages and medication refill requests.
Attends staff and other meetings as assigned.