What are the responsibilities and job description for the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner position at Refinery Counseling Services LLC?
Job Summary
As a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, you’ll assess patients, diagnose behavioral health conditions, and develop individualized treatment plans. You’ll provide compassionate care across appropriate settings, communicate clearly with patients and care teams, and support safe, coordinated follow-up.
Your impact: Thoughtful assessment and evidence-informed treatment help patients and their families navigate behavioral health needs with clarity and continuity.
Responsibilities
- Conduct patient intake, physical examinations, mental health assessments, and diagnostic evaluations; document findings in electronic health record (EHR) systems.
- Prescribe and manage medications in accordance with applicable regulations, including Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) requirements, and monitor treatment response.
- Coordinate care with healthcare professionals, including primary care, psychiatry, case management, and community services; support referrals and discharge planning.
- Provide patient education and health coaching while protecting privacy under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
- Maintain accurate medical records and follow infection-control and clinical documentation standards.
Experience
- Required: Current nurse practitioner credentials and authorization to practice as an advanced practice provider, as applicable to the role and jurisdiction; ability to meet collaborative practice agreement requirements where applicable.
- Required: Knowledge of nursing, anatomy, physiology, medical terminology, patient assessment, medication administration, and behavioral health care.
- Preferred: Psychiatry or psychopharmacology experience, telehealth, outpatient or inpatient care, geriatrics, pediatrics, hospice and palliative medicine, or care for people with disabilities.
- Preferred: Familiarity with EHR/EMR systems such as Epic, Cerner, Athenahealth, or eClinicalWorks; experience with ICD-10 coding, triage, and clinical research.
- Additional clinical exposure—such as emergency, acute, critical, medical-surgical, primary, or senior care—is valued.
Pay: $70,000.00 - $85,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Flexible schedule
- Referral program
Work Location: In person
Salary : $70,000 - $85,000