ACT Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner - Outpatient

Southwest Network • Phoenix, AZ

8d • Hybrid

About The Position

The ACT Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner functions as the psychiatric medical provider and senior prescribing clinician on the ACT team, directing, coordinating and providing medical/clinical services to members served by the team. Provides medication services, provides clinical leadership and guidance regarding team’s delivery of direct clinical services, monitors member status, and participates in meetings, staffings, and treatment planning. Has a defined caseload, productivity goals, and meets the psychiatric needs of any member assigned to the ACT team. Provides after-hours care, on-call coverage, and support to all members served by the ACT team. Participates in utilization management and quality improvement activities as required.

Requirements

• Board-certified or eligible PMHNP
• Experienced in working with SMI populations, ideally in community mental health or comparable settings
• Psychologically-minded: skilled at both medication management and integrating brief therapy when appropriate, to care for the whole person
• Comfortable navigating complexity and energized by the opportunity to make a difference in community mental health
• A team player who values collaboration
• Active Arizona PMHNP license
• Valid DEA certification
• Minimum two (2) years of experience as a psychiatric nurse practitioner, including experience treating adults with serious mental illness (SMI) and/or other high-acuity behavioral health populations.
• Must maintain current CPR, First Aid, and Therapeutic Options (de-escalation/workplace safety) certifications, offered through Southwest Network
• Valid Arizona driver’s license and vehicle insurance
• Must be at least 21 years of age

Nice To Haves

• Prior ACT experience or equivalent community-based SMI experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Comprehensive psychiatric assessments, diagnostic clarification, and treatment planning
• Ongoing psychopharmacologic management, including clozapine and long-acting injectable antipsychotics
• Ability to integrate brief therapy during your visits as appropriate, to maximize clinical outcomes
• Consultation with colleagues on complex or treatment-resistant cases
• Providing psychiatric care for members on Court Ordered Treatment (COT) as part of your overall caseload
• Coordination with primary care, pharmacy, and inpatient teams during care transitions
• Work collaboratively with the ACT clinical team to engage, educate, communicate, and coordinate care with each member, their family, behavioral, medical and dental health care providers, community resource providers, and others to ensure that all services prescribed in the individualized service plan (ISP) are implemented.
• Conduct frequent community visits, including but not limited to private homes, Southwest Network sites, provider/treatment/service locations, educational facilities, jail/juvenile facilities, hospitals, and residential treatment/group homes.
• Opportunity to mentor and teach psychiatry residents during clinical rotations at our site

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Health Savings and Flex Spending account options
• Paid sick, vacation, and holiday time (10 paid holidays per year)
• CME reimbursement and paid CME time
• Retirement plan (403b) with company match
• Hinge Health (musculoskeletal care)
• Virta (diabetes management program)
• Disability insurance
• Basic life insurance with the option to purchase supplemental insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Discounts

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior