GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Under the administrative direction of the Executive Director and the clinical supervision of the Medical Director, the Nurse Practitioner works as a member of the Tenderloin Outpatient Clinic’s “Med Team” (along with 1 psychiatrist and 2 other psychiatric nurse practitioners) to provide various direct and indirect psychiatric clinical services to clients of a multidisciplinary nonprofit adult outpatient community mental health clinic.

RESPONSIBILITIES

· Psychiatric evaluation of new clients for diagnosis and initiation, alteration or continuation of psychiatric medications, as well as risk assessment

· Maintain a caseload of individual adult clients for medication and symptom monitoring, including administration of long-acting injectable medications, with follow-up appointments being a combination of in-person and telehealth

· Refer clients as needed to on-site individual therapy, groups, case management, and neuropsychology

· Participation in weekly team and staff meetings and in-service trainings

· Supervision and consultation with medical director, staff, and interns

· Adequate productivity via hitting service billing targets (5400 minutes of service per month per full-time employee, pro-rated for part-time employees)

· Timely electronic health record documentation in Epic (notes entered within 3 days)

· Adherence to all state, federal and county documentation standards and HIPAA regulations

QUALIFICATIONS

· Possession of current Nurse Practitioner license in good standing issued by California Board of Registered Nursing

· ANCC certification as a Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)

· DEA license in good standing

· Strong knowledge of DSM-5 criteria, HIPAA, and psychiatric medication treatment options

· Computer literacy and comfort working with electronic health record; experience with Epic preferred

· Commitment to working in a community mental health setting with challenging clients with severe, acute and chronic psychiatric disorders, including dual & triple diagnosis

BENEFITS

· Salary available upon request

· Health benefits and 401K

· No weekends, call, or after-hours duties; paid leave (sick & vacation), all federal and state holidays

· Position available immediately

Please send cover letter and CV to:

HR@hscssf.org

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