Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

CIRCLE THE CITY • Phoenix, AZ

13d • Onsite

About The Position

The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner provides compassionate, expedited, patient-centered mental health care in a street medicine-based team environment, serving people experiencing homelessness. The role includes assessing mental health, developing differential diagnoses and treatment plans, promoting wellness, and addressing barriers to care and social determinants of health. The practitioner coordinates care with a multidisciplinary team and community resources, collaborates with physicians and other providers, and supports continuity of care and transitions.

The position requires accurate and timely documentation in the agency’s electronic medical record, appropriate use of healthcare resources, evidence-based care that incorporates patient preferences, and communication tailored to patients’ cultural and linguistic needs. The practitioner contributes to integrated team process improvement, workflow design, training, and monitoring gaps in care. The role also requires excellent customer service, ongoing compliance with licensure and credentialing requirements, safe and clean work practices, adherence to legal and HIPAA requirements, and respect for diversity and multiculturalism.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program with additional training as a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP).
• Maintain Arizona state licensure to practice as a Nurse Practitioner.
• Maintain board certification to practice as a Nurse Practitioner.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• At least two years of experience as a PMHNP.
• Understanding of substance use issues.
• Computer proficiency, including the ability to use electronic health records.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to adapt to rapid, unpredictable workflows.
• Ability to focus on assigned work with attention to detail.
• Ability to work with difficult patients and patients with severe mental illness.
• Ability to sit and stand for extended periods.
• Ability to bend and reach regularly, including when transferring patients.
• Ability to lift, carry, and push 20 pounds regularly and lift and carry up to 50 pounds occasionally.

Nice To Haves

• Additional experience in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, or Emergency Medicine.
• Experience working with underserved populations.
• Experience in a community health center.

Responsibilities

• Develop compassionate, expedited, and patient-centered approaches to delivering mental health care in a street medicine-based team environment.
• Assess patients’ mental health through interviews, examinations, and the collection, updating, and review of medical histories.
• Generate differential diagnoses for acute, chronic, and undifferentiated illnesses and formulate management plans.
• Promote and maintain patient wellness using screening and prevention guidelines, while identifying and addressing barriers faced by people experiencing homelessness.
• Independently use critical thinking and decision-making to develop treatment plans for patients experiencing homelessness.
• Document patient care and clinical decision-making accurately and efficiently in the agency’s electronic medical record, meeting timeliness and productivity expectations.
• Coordinate patient-centered care with multidisciplinary team members and community resources, navigating the complex care needs of people experiencing homelessness.
• Apply evidence-based care principles and incorporate patient preferences into care plans.
• Use healthcare resources appropriately, including specialist and emergency department referrals, laboratory services, and medication management, with the goal of reducing fragmented care.
• Build and maintain positive therapeutic relationships through respectful language and nonverbal communication.
• Collaborate with and seek consultation from physicians and other care providers as needed.
• Support continuity of care by developing and implementing patient management plans and care transitions.
• Assess patients’ health-learning levels and provide medical information and health education using culturally and linguistically appropriate communication.
• Help patients identify barriers to care and social determinants of health, and refer them to community resources as appropriate.
• Contribute to integrated care team process improvement, workflow design, and training activities.
• Use data systems to monitor gaps in care.
• Provide excellent customer service, address and resolve complaints, and model excellent service to internal and external customers, employees, and patients.
• Maintain continuing medical education, licensure, credentialing, and privileging requirements.
• Maintain safe and clean working environments in accordance with procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Comply with federal, state, and local professional requirements and advise management of needed actions.
• Promote a professional environment grounded in respect for diversity and multiculturalism.
• Protect patient confidentiality and comply with HIPAA and organizational requirements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time