Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Nmpca; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision & dental

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Paid time off

Sick leave

Paid holidays

FSAs

401k match

License renewal paid

CEU stipend

Student loan forgiveness

Job summary

Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless is seeking a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner to provide compassionate psychiatric care to clients experiencing homelessness in clinic and outreach settings within Bernalillo County.

You will collaborate with primary care and behavioral health teams, prescribe medications, document in the EHR, and participate in quality assurance and case reviews as part of an integrated care model.

Qualifications

• MSN or DNP from an accredited program.
• Licensed APRN-CNP or PMHNP-BC in good standing.
• DEA and CSR licenses required.
• Experience providing psychiatric care in medical/clinical settings.
• Strong ability to work in an integrated team and diverse population.

Responsibilities

• Work with other disciplines toward integrative approaches to patient psychiatric care.
• Provide psychiatric care to those experiencing homelessness at clinic and outreach locations.
• Serve as a cross-department psychiatric resource for AHCH staff.
• Collaborate with staff in treatment planning and quality assurance activities.
• Participate in peer review and maintain standards of psychiatric care.
• Prescribe and monitor psychiatric medications for AHCH patients.
• Coordinate with primary care and behavioral health providers on psychiatric cases.
• Ensure timely documentation of services in the EHR per AHCH standards.

Skills

Ability to thrive in complexHealthcare

Integrated/Cross-disciplinary teamwork

EHR documentation experience

Bilingual Spanish/English

Education

MSN or DNP from accredited program

Licensed APRN-CNP or PMHNP-BC

DEA license

CSR license

Job description

Every day, people across Albuquerque face impossible choices between health, housing, safety, and survival. For more than four decades, Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless has stood alongside our community’s most vulnerable neighbors, providing compassionate care, creating pathways to stability, and championing systemic change. More than 5,000 people each year find support through our integrated model of care, but our impact extends far beyond the walls of our clinic. Through advocacy, partnership, and innovation, we are working to transform the systems that drive homelessness and build a community where everyone has the opportunity to live with dignity, health, and hope.

We are currently looking for a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner who is passionate about working with our clients. Our ideal candidate will be adept in psychiatric care, related pharmaceuticals, and substance use disorder treatment.

Our treatment model is integrated with other departments and agencies and the candidate would need to be a strong team player. We believe that there are many pieces to a person's wellbeing and we need a candidate with this holistic approach. The candidate would need to be comfortable in the clinic as well as treating in part of our mobile teams; we have a treat first model that incorporates onsite treatment in outreach settings. Our ideal candidate would have working knowledge of harm reduction philosophies and would be able to embody these ideas with clients.

Compassion for and an understanding of the wide variety of issues for those experiencing homelessness is a must. Trauma is an underlying issue with most of our clients and we need a candidate that has a working knowledge of trauma informed care. Our clinic operates in a shared client model so the candidate would be comfortable sharing clients with multiple practitioners.

We have walk in hours as well as scheduled appointment times for clients. We have no on call hours. Our team is very passionate about public health and our population.

This is a full-time, exempt position.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work with other disciplines toward integrative approaches to patient psychiatric care
• Provide psychiatric care to those experiencing homelessness both at the clinic site and through outreach locations in the Bernalillo County service area
• Serve as a cross-department clinical psychiatric resource for AHCH staff
• Collaborate with other staff in treatment planning
• Participate in planning, case review and quality assurance activities
• Participate in peer review process
• Maintain standards of psychiatric care according to established protocols
• Prescribe and monitor psychiatric medications as needed to AHCH patients
• Will work closely with primary care and behavioral health providers on clients with psychiatric issues
• Ensure timely documentation of services in EHR in compliance with AHCH standard
  

Minimum Qualifications:

• Ability to thrive in a complex healthcare setting
• Have a strong desire to work in an integrated/cross-disciplinary team model
• Experience documenting services in an EHR
• Graduated with MSN or DNP from accredited program
• Licensed APRN-CNP or PMHNP-BC
• DEA and CSR license
• Experience providing psychiatric care in a medical/clinical setting

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3 or more years providing psychiatric care in a medical/clinical setting
• Previous experience with outreach/street medicine
• Clinical experience with underserved populations, those with SMI/CMI, and substance abuse disorder
• Previous experience working in a FQHC
• Bilingual Spanish/English

All benefits start the month after you begin work:

• Low cost medical, vision, and dental insurance with health club membership
• Life insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment fully paid for by organization
• Long Term Disability fully paid for by organization
• Paid Time Off - 24 days in first year of employment
• Catastrophic Sick Time accrual
• 7 Paid holidays
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• 401k with employer match
• New Mexico State License renewal paid for by organization
• Yearly stipend towards CEUs
• Student loan forgiveness eligible