Part-Time ACT Team Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner/ Physician's Assistant

Job Location:  Morganton

Position Type: Part time

Education and Experience Required: 

1. A psychiatric nurse practitioner currently licensed as a NP in NC. 
2. A physician assistant currently licensed as a PA in NC.

A Caring Alternative, LLC (ACA) is a well-established comprehensive care agency providing behavioral health and substance use disorder services to adults, adolescents, and children in Western North Carolina. The agency was founded on the belief that when people truly care and are willing to go the extra mile, we will not only improve lives, but we will also create success in the lives of the people we support.

To more about us, visit our website at www.caringalternative.com.

Why apply at A Caring Alternative?

• We celebrate diversity, so bring YOU!   We want you to be proud and comfortable to bring your true self and we strive to enhance the value of our work through respectful curiosity of one another’s culture.
• Competitive Payrates!  We offer a competitive rate of pay.
• Work related mileage is paid tax free.
• Free Clinical Supervision!  If you are provisionally licensed, our company pays for this benefit directly to our clinical supervisor in the amount of $200 per month/$2,600 per year. Clinical supervision is provided by clinicians within our agency who will allow you to acquire new skills and grow in your ability to provide quality services during your employment with our company.
• Be a Team Member! As a member of our team, we are dedicated to promoting your talents, skillset, and energies to improve the environment and quality for those we serve. We are in the business of caring and committed to building an organization where our team can grow together by helping others. 
• Strong Core Values!  Join our values-based, family-owned company with a culture that we care.
• Flexibility!  We work in a team environment and promote flexibility. One of our core values is that our employees have a healthy work-life balance.
• Training!  Solid training is provided & paid for by the company. Free CPR, First Aid and NPI training. CEUs are available and external training is also paid for by the company.

An Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team consists of a community-based group of medical, behavioral health and rehabilitation professionals who use a team approach to meet the needs of an individual with severe and persistent mental illness. The Nurse Practitioner or Physician’s Assistant is responsible for the overall mental assessment and treatment of consumers in conjunction with team members.

Job Duties include:

• See an individual for the assessment and treatment of his or her symptoms and response to medication including side effects
• Provide clinical supervision and oversight of the psychiatric services delivered by the NP or PA
• Collaborate with the team leader in sharing overall clinical responsibility for monitoring an individual’s treatment and clinical supervision to the team
• Actively collaborate with nurses to develop and implement medication administration policies and procedures as well as overseeing the medical care of individuals that includes regular screenings for medical conditions and assessment of wellness and health management
• Educate non-medical team members on psychiatric and non-psychiatric medications, their side effects, and health related conditions
• Provide psychiatric back-up to the program after-hours and weekends (Note: may be on a rotating basis as long as other psychiatric care providers who share on-call and have access to individual’s current status and medical records and current medications)
• Conduct psychiatric evaluation
• Consultation to medical and mental health providers

Education and Experience Required: 

1. A psychiatric nurse practitioner currently licensed as a NP in NC. 
2. A physician assistant currently licensed as a PA in NC.
3. Exceptional written, oral, interpersonal, and organizational skills. High level proficiency in Microsoft Office- MS Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint. 

Education and Experience Preferred: 

1. At least 3 years’ experience in clinical services, primary and behavioral health care integration, organizational change processes, and consultation and training development/implementation. experience treating individuals with SPMI.

Resume must include degree earned (major & minor), graduation month & year, relevant employment dates including month and year, and populations served.

A Caring Alternative, LLC is a CARF accredited service provider with facilities in Asheville, Hickory, Marion, Statesville nd Morganton, NC. A Caring Alternative, LLC is CABHA certified and a Trauma Informed Agency. We provide an array of services to Alexander, Buncombe, Burke, Catawba, Caldwell, Iredell, McDowell, and Mitchell counties which consist of Assertive Community Treatment Team, Community Support Team, Day Treatment, Integrated Care, Intensive In-Home, Medication Management, Outpatient Therapy, and Therapeutic Foster Care.

We are an equal opportunity employer.

Salary : $2,600