Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner - Evenings

Compass Health Center; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision plans

401k with company match

Paid time off including parental leave

CEU training & volunteering

Job summary

Compass Health Center in Chicago area seeks a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner to join interdisciplinary teams focused on PHP/IOP for children through adults. The role emphasizes autonomous treatment planning within a crisis-informed program.

You will conduct comprehensive assessments, prescribe meds when indicated, and collaborate with the care team to ensure high-quality, patient-centered care across multiple programs. Onsite, full-time, four shifts weekly, 10:30 AM–8:30 PM.

Qualifications

• Licensed or license-eligible as Advanced Practice Nurse in Illinois.
• ANCC PMHNP Certification required.
• DEA license for prescriptive authority.
• RN license issued in Illinois.
• DNP or MSN from an accredited nursing program.
• CPR certification.

Responsibilities

• Perform initial psychiatric evaluations to determine diagnosis and plan of care.
• Revise and implement therapeutic regimens via interdisciplinary approach.
• Monitor patient progress and coordinate with treatment team.

Skills

Crisis experience

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Prescriptive authority

Patient education

Mood & anxiety disorders

Trauma-informed care

Education

DNP or MSN in Nursing

IL RN license

DEA prescriptive authority

ANCC PMHNP Certification

Job description

Weekly outpatient therapy isn't always enough, and a trip to the ER isn't the only answer. Patients and their families rely on Compass Health Center when in crisis – every day, we help people overcome depression, anxiety, suicidality, obsessions/compulsions, trauma, chronic pain, and other obstacles in order for our patients to live freely.

About This Role

We are seeking a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner who is passionate about addressing the current nationwide behavioral health crisis, while working on interdisciplinary treatment teams within an organization that is redefining the standard of comprehensive PHP/IOP care. You will play a pivotal role in a growing, mission-driven environment that accommodates provider autonomy to create innovative and individualized treatments for each patient. This role will be focused on treating patients in our child, adolescent, young adult, and adult programs. This is an onsite, full-time position with an anticipated schedule of four shifts/week from 10:30 AM-8:30 PM.

What You’ll Do

• Performing complete initial psychiatric evaluation on patient to determine diagnosis and develop plan of care including medication prescription, if indicated
• Revising, prescribing, and implementing therapeutic regimen using an interdisciplinary approach
• Monitoring patient progress and providing collaborative treatment and communication with the treatment team
• Providing timely documentation of each encounter with a patient
• Ensuring patient/family education regarding clinical condition and relevant aspects of care
• Working in collaboration with treatment team members to ensure quality of care and consideration of services
• Maintaining required level of continuing education and preferred development activities
• Using interpersonal and communication skills that enable one to establish and maintain professional relations with patients, families, colleagues and other members of the healthcare team

Who You Are

• Licensed or possess the ability to obtain license as an Advance Practiced Nurse in the State of Illinois
• ANCC National Board Certification in Psychiatry- PMHNP Certification
• Prescriptive Authority DEA license
• Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Illinois
• DNP or MSN from an accredited Nursing Program
• CPR certified
• Experience with patients in crisis
• 2-3+ years’ experience prescribing
• Experience with multiple specialties including mood and anxiety, mental health and substance use, OCD and complex anxiety, and trauma

Who We Are

Compass Health Center is a recognized leader in crisis-level mental health, bringing passion, connection, and patient-centered care to the Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient space (PHP/IOP). Based in Chicagoland, we serve hundreds of patients every day, ranging from ages 5 through adulthood, in our onsite facilities or through our flourishing virtual programming. Compass fills a critical gap between outpatient and inpatient care through an intermediate level of Behavioral Healthcare.

A few more things we want you to know: our values are super important to us, and hopefully will be to you, too. Cultural humility, teamwork, continuous improvement, connection, patient centered care, passion, innovation, and agility should be your power sources. Joining Compass is an opportunity to feel fulfilled through a joint mission towards healing our communities.

Benefits & Perks

We know that you will be dedicated to your purpose here. We look at that investment as a two-way street. We are proud to offer plenty of space for growth, and opportunities to pursue continuous development within our organization.

• comprehensive medical/dental/vision plans
• 401k program with company matching
• generous PTO (including competitive parental leave after 1 year of employment)
• continuous training through CEU seminars and volunteering opportunities