Nurse Practitioner

Summary: The Nurse Practitioner will provide outpatient psychiatric evaluation and medication management, professional qualification and experience to provide service coordination crisis assessment and intervention; symptom assessment and management; individual counseling and psychotherapy; medication prescription, administration, monitoring and documentation. This role will serve both youth and adult populations with a primary focus on our youth consumers.  

Primary Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for providing psychiatric services to clients in a variety of clinical settings during scheduled hours. Scope of services includes outpatient psychiatric evaluations and medication management services. 

• Assess, diagnose, and treat adults, adolescents, and children experiencing symptoms of behavioral health disorders. 

• Prescribe, recommend, or discontinue drugs and treatments to treat mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders in accordance with the Collaborative Practice Agreement and the state’s Nurse Practice Act. 

• Collaborate with counselors, social workers, or other treatment team members to coordinate client care.

 • Responsible for timely and accurate completion of medical records, including assessment, treatment plan, progress notes, outcome measures, and billing entries. 

• Counsel clients during appointments, as necessary. 

• Design/participate in the development of individualized treatment plans, incorporating best and leading practices into treatment interventions. Examine or order laboratory or diagnostic tests for clients to provide information on general physical condition and mental disorders. 

• Collaborate with guardians, relatives, and significant others on client’s conditions and treatment when clinically appropriate.

• Prepare and submit assessments, progress notes, reports, and summaries to entities/agencies (funders, insurance companies, etc.) as required. 

• Return calls and emails promptly (within 24 hours of receipt or sooner if clinically necessary) 

• Respond to client emergencies and be accessible to Provider’s 24/7 crisis clinicians 

• Responsible for making independent decisions based on protocols developed utilizing national guidelines for treatment interventions. 

• Maintain medical records and submit at least 10% of records to the supervising Psychiatrist for biweekly review in accordance with the Collaborative Practice Agreement.

Job Skills:

• Also must be efficient in Electronic Health Records (HER) systems.

• Excellent clinical and interpersonal skills; excellent writing, conceptual, analytical and presentation skills. 

• Excellent knowledge of mental health field including evidence based and promising practices.

Qualifications:

• Masters Degree

•Active DC Nurse Practitioner License

•Active DEA License

Competencies: 

• Do the Right Thing – Doing what’s right starts with integrity. It means being honest about your actions, your intentions, and how you treat people—especially when no one’s watching.

• Own It – Everyone has a part. If you’ve been trusted with something, it’s because it’s yours to manage. When we all take care of our piece, everything runs like it should.

• Serve First – Follows policies and procedures; Completes administrative tasks correctly and on time; Supports organization's goals and values; Benefits organization through outside activities; Supports affirmative action and respects diversity.

• Choose Solutions – You always have a choice. Our strength is in choosing what moves us forward. Be someone who solves, and choose what helps, not what hurts.

• Lead with Respect – You can’t lead others if you don’t respect yourself first. Respect shows up in how we speak, how we act, and how we care for people. Leadership starts inside.

• Commit to the Goal – The plan might shift. The process might change. People might come and go. But the goal stays the goal. Get there—and make sure we’re getting there together