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