Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Saban Community Clinic•Los Angeles, CA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Saban Community Clinic is seeking a registered Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner to provide comprehensive psychiatric and physical health services, health screenings, and crisis intervention to acutely mentally ill patients in an outpatient setting. The role evaluates medication needs, furnishes and administers medications under the clinic’s written standardized procedures and protocols with supervision from an SCC Psychiatrist, and monitors medication compliance and response. The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner conducts psychiatric evaluations and admission histories and physicals, assesses mental and physical health needs, participates in treatment-team planning, orders appropriate laboratory work and health screenings, leads medication education groups, and provides crisis intervention and supportive counseling. The role also requires knowledge of program forms and requirements to support appropriate client enrollment and continuation in the program. Saban Community Clinic provides Whole Person Care, including medical, behavioral health, and dental services, regardless of patients’ income or immigration status.

Requirements

Two years of clinical practice treating individuals with mental and physical illness, with a strong emphasis on experience with chronic mental illness and co-occurring disorders.
License to practice as a Registered Nurse.
Meet one of the stated education and training pathways: a master’s degree in Nursing from an NLN-accredited college or university with a Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing specialty and completion of an approved Adult, Child, or Family Nurse Practitioner Program; an approved master’s-level Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program; a master’s-level Nurse Practitioner program with a post-master’s specialty certificate in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing; an approved master’s-level Family/Adult Nurse Practitioner Program with three years of experience working with mental health patients; or a certified Nurse Practitioner program pursuant to CCR 1481.
Complete a State of California Board of Registered Nursing-approved pharmacology course.

Nice To Haves

Certification as a Family or Adult Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNPBC) from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Evaluate clients’ need for medications and furnish medications under SCC written standardized procedures and protocols, with supervision from an SCC Psychiatrist; administer medications as necessary.
Monitor medication compliance and response to medication.
Perform psychiatric evaluations and admission histories and physicals.
Provide mental and physical health assessments for patients referred through SCC Primary Care or CYC.
Participate as an active member of the treatment team, contributing consultation and guidance for treatment planning.
Assess psychiatric needs and medical conditions that may affect psychiatric conditions.
Request laboratory work for patients taking special medications that require frequent blood-level monitoring, and request health screening and follow-up care as appropriate.
Conduct medication education groups and activities in the assigned program.
Provide crisis intervention and supportive counseling as needed.
Maintain knowledge of program forms and requirements to ensure proper client enrollment and continuation in the program.