Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Category: Nursing
Job Locations: US-MN-Brooklyn Park
Type: Regular Full-Time
About Us
We are a psychiatric healthcare system, dedicated to providing mental healthcare for all, with seven locations in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area, and two additional sites located in Rochester and Mankato. With a robust benefits package, career advancement opportunities, and great workplace culture, we value our employees and the work they do each day for our patients and families. Our services span the full continuum of care for patients, with a variety of roles and opportunities for job-seekers looking for more than a job, but a place where you can grow in your career.
Responsibilities
Provides comprehensive, direct services to adult, adolescent, and child psychiatric and chemical dependency patients and their families including assessment of physical and psychiatric functioning and pharmacological interventions in outpatient setting.
Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
- Provides diagnostic interviews as well as individual, family, and group therapy services to patients and their families.
- Have expertise in clinical psychopharmacology, as well as holistic/integrative/CAM modalities, for children, teens, and adults.
- Work on integrated healthcare teams and take a holistic approach to care coordination.
- May require clinical coverage in hospital-based programs.
- Oriented and educated in gender, cultural differences, and age-appropriate care for the assigned department.
Department Specific Responsibilities for Integrative Mental Health (CIMH):
- Empower patients and families by teaching self-care practices for healthier lifestyles that directly impact mental health (diet, exercise, sleep, stress management, electronics use, vitamins/supplements).
- Assist individuals and families with managing stress, finding healthy natural alternatives and preventing disease by improving health and well-being.
- Integrate reflection and self-care into your own personal and professional life.
- Be willing to teach other PrairieCare staff about the Integrative model.
Qualifications
- Requires Master's degree in nursing or DNP or PA in Psychiatry. Licensure as CNP with prescriptive authority required. Will also accept certified MN PA license.
- Previous experience in an advanced psychiatric nurse role preferred (CIMH required).
- Computer skills with Microsoft Office Products including Outlook and Word required.
- Ability to clearly summarize pertinent clinical information via written correspondence and medical records documentation.
- Strong skills in case management, time management, written and oral communications.
- Maintain information as highly confidential.
- Demonstrate the ability to treat all age populations consistent with licensure or have the capacity to develop these skills.
- Must have ability to manage a variety of clinical obligations in a timely manner.
- Ability to smoothly and rapidly shift between dissimilar tasks.
- Able to react quickly and calmly as part of a team to handle volatile and potentially emergency situations, make effective decisions while in stressful situations and circumstances, and after training, be able to manage disruptive and explosive patients.
- Current licensure in State of Minnesota as Nurse Practitioner (CNP), or Physician Assistant.
- DEA license.
PrairieCare is a psychiatric healthcare system experiencing rapid growth in the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota. With multiple sites across the metro, including locations in Rochester and Mankato, PrairieCare has quickly grown to become one of Minnesota's largest providers of mental health services to children, adolescents, adults, and their families.
PrairieCare does not discriminate against any person based on race, color, national origin, disability, or age in admissions, treatment, or participation in its programs, services, activities, or employment. PrairieCare is an Affirmative Action Employer/Equal Opportunity Employer supporting Veterans, Disabled, and other protected individuals and is committed to a diverse workforce.
PrairieCare is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity, including providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with a disability. Applicants with a physical or mental disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process please email hr@prairie-care.com for assistance.
Offers of employment from PrairieCare are conditional and contingent upon successful clearance of all background studies.
Additional Details
Excellent Opportunity for a Certified Nurse Practitioner-Psychiatric to provide full-time services in Adult IOP Program. Competitive Compensation & Comprehensive Benefits.
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