Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner - CRP & STAR Center

DESC; Washington; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Life

Long-term Disability

EAP

FSA

ORCA subsidy

PTO 34 days

Job summary

DESC is recruiting a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner to join the CRP & STAR Center teams in Seattle, WA. The role involves collaborative care within a multidisciplinary behavioral health team, prescribing psychiatric medications, and addressing substance use disorders.

The successful candidate will work with a diverse population, participate in crisis evaluations, and contribute to care planning within a unionized, supportive environment. This position is full-time and on-site.

Qualifications

• Washington State license as Psychiatric ARNP with prescriptive authority.
• Master's degree in Nursing (Psychiatric).
• PMHNP-BC certification.
• DEA registration.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate client care within a multidisciplinary behavioral health team.
• Perform psychiatric evaluations and treatment planning; prescribe and monitor medications, including opioid use disorder treatment.
• Evaluate clients in crisis and advise on ongoing longitudinal care.
• Participate in program meetings and clinical case conferences.
• Meet changing needs of community behavioral health treatment.
• Assist in verbal de-escalation to maintain a safe environment.

Skills

Nursing license

PMHNP-BC

Harm reduction

Communication

DEA registration

Education

Master's degree in Nursing, Psychiatric

Board certification PMHNP-BC

Job description

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner - CRP & STAR Center

Seattle, WA (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1600+South+Lane+Street+Seattle+WA+USA+98144) -Medical

Job Type: Full-time

Shift: Office Day

Days Off: Saturday & Sunday

Supervised by: Agency Medical Director

Insurance Benefits:

• Medical
• Dental
• Life
• Long-term Disability

Other Benefits:

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• ORCA card subsidy
• Paid Time Off (34 days per year)
• Retirement Plan

Union Representation: This position is a part of a union and is represented by SEIU Healthcare 1199NW.

About DESC

Recognized nationally as an innovator and leader in developing solutions to homelessness, DESC is a social services organization, supportive housing operator, and licensed behavioral health treatment provider focused on meeting the needs of people experiencing long-term homelessness and living with complex behavioral health and other medical conditions. Approximately 3,000 people are actively receiving services from DESC at any given point in time. Our vision is a community where all people are shown compassion, treated with dignity, and everyone has a safe, stable, and affordable place to call home.

DESC operates five shelter/emergency housing programs,19 permanent supportive housing facilities with over 1,750 units, several hundred additional scattered site apartments, and a range of behavioral health services including outpatient mental health and substance use disorder treatment, residential crisis stabilization, street outreach, mobile crisis response, and treatment for opioid use disorder.

Come join our team!

We are hiring for a psychiatric nurse practitioner who is excited about working with dedicated multidisciplinary behavioral health teams, providing care to a vulnerable population, and delivering high-quality mental health and substance use care. The ideal candidate is someone who enjoys working with patients with severe mental illness and often concurrent substance use disorders and strives to provide evidence-based care to improve outcomes.

This position will work 1 day per week at the DESC Crisis Respite Program, which provides shelter and behavioral health care to individuals who have discharged from a behavioral health hospital; and 4 days per week working with a multidisciplinary care team at the DESC STAR (Stability Through Access & Resources) shelter.

This position will work alongside psychiatric nurses, case managers and social workers, substance use disorder professionals, peer specialists, support staff and collaborate with other psychiatric and medical providers.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordinate client care within a multidisciplinary behavioral health team
• Perform psychiatric evaluations, establish treatment plans collaboratively with clients, prescribe and monitor medications as indicated; this is inclusive of opioid use disorder treatment; all in context of a multidisciplinary team.
• Evaluate clients in crisis and advise courses of treatment. Recommend plans for ongoing longitudinal care.
• Participate in program meetings and in-service trainings; participate in clinical reviews and case conferences for clients as indicated
• Take initiative to meet the changing needs of community behavioral health treatment.
• Participate in verbal de-escalation in emergent situations and be able and willing to assist other staff as needed to maintain a safe, secure environment.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• Washington State Department of Health license as a Psychiatric Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner with prescriptive authority per WAC 246-840-410, in good standing.
• Master's degree in Nursing, Psychiatric.
• Board certification as Psychiatric-Mental Health NP Certification (PMHNP-BC).
• Registration with the Drug Enforcement Agency.
• Advanced knowledge and experience prescribing psychiatric medications.
• Be able to pass a Washington State Criminal background check.
• Knowledge of harm reduction principles and strategies.
• Ability and interest in providing case consultations with a multi-disciplinary staff.
• Ability to remain open and receptive to constructive feedback.
• Ability to communicate with and coordinate with staff from diverse backgrounds.
• Ability to work effectively with clients displaying a wide range of psychiatric behaviors.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge, skill, and proficiency in working with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. Training on buprenorphine is available after hire.
• Experience with buprenorphine prescribing
• Experience working in atypical health care settings (e.g., street outreach, housing, day centers, jails, etc.)
• Doctoral degree
• Bilingual in Spanish/English

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to succ