What are the responsibilities and job description for the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner position at Positive Impact Health Centers?
Job Type
Part-time
Description
Join Positive Impact Health Centers !
Positive Impact Health Centers (PIHC) is a community leader in providing HIV prevention, care and treatment services located in Metro Atlanta. The PIHC model of care assures that clients have access to medical, pharmacy, dental, behavioral health and social services, providing the best opportunity for patients to achieve high-quality health outcomes. Services are provided on-site and through telehealth.
Requirements
The Psychiatric mid-level practitioner (Nurse Practitioner: NP, Clinical Nurse Specialist: CNS, or Physician Assistant: PA) will provide:
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk, use hands to finger, handle, or operate computers, objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
Notes
Part-time
Description
Join Positive Impact Health Centers !
Positive Impact Health Centers (PIHC) is a community leader in providing HIV prevention, care and treatment services located in Metro Atlanta. The PIHC model of care assures that clients have access to medical, pharmacy, dental, behavioral health and social services, providing the best opportunity for patients to achieve high-quality health outcomes. Services are provided on-site and through telehealth.
Requirements
The Psychiatric mid-level practitioner (Nurse Practitioner: NP, Clinical Nurse Specialist: CNS, or Physician Assistant: PA) will provide:
- Psychiatric services including diagnostic and medication assessment, prescription of psychiatric medications, and medication management.
- He/she will provide direct services to patients with support of the Behavioral Health Department clinical staff and the psychiatric assistant, and under the direction of a PIHC staff psychiatrist.
- The Behavioral Health Director supervises the position.
- All clinical staff provide care per Standard Operating Procedures and protocols developed by the Behavioral Health Department.
- The NP/CNS/PA works collaboratively across PIHC Substance Abuse, Client Services, Clinical Care, and Prevention Departments.
- Mater's Degree in Nursing (or higher) or Physician Assistant degree/Program from accredited college or university
- NPI and DEA
- A minimum of 2 - 5 years of experience as NP/CNS/PA in clinical setting
- Experience working with medication assisted treatment preferred
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk, use hands to finger, handle, or operate computers, objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
Notes
- Positive Impact Health Centers, Inc., is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, or covered veteran status.
- Recreational drugs, weapons and violence are not permitted on agency property or at any agency events or programs.
- The above job description represents the general nature, primary duties and responsibilities, and qualifications for the work performed by employees within this job, but is not a comprehensive and exhaustive list. Employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned, and specific duties, responsibilities, and activities within the core nature of the job may change at any time with or without notice. Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the job, as specified by the employing entity, with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Where permitted by applicable law, must have received or be willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by date of hire to be considered for all jobs, if not currently employed by Positive Impact Health Centers.