Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Liberty Resources is seeking applicants for the position of Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner for Liberty Resources Integrated Health Care in Syracuse, NY.

                                     $4,000-$8,000 Sign On Bonus!

 Full Time and Part Time Opportunities Available

 

About Us:

Liberty Resources Integrated Health Care is a Certified Community Behavioral Health Center in Syracuse, serving children, families and adults with behavioral health challenges including co-occurring substance abuse.

Our employees have passion around the services they provide and our corporate values of excellence and staff support.

We’re committed to building a diverse workforce that values contributions of all team members and work to recognize cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and how they apply to provision of positive health outcomes.

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Position Summary:

In collaboration with the agency Medical Director, the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner will function as a member of the Integrated Health Care Team in assisting with a full range of nursing/medical services for clients.

The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner will provide health care to individuals diagnosed with mental illness, alcoholism, chemical dependency or substance abuse and perform other tasks and responsibilities within the framework of therapeutic counseling, health monitoring and screening, and the provision of wellness and recovery focused care.

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Job Responsibilities:

•    Performs interviews, health histories, mental status assessments, and diagnostic tests to determine diagnosis and current mental health status of clients.
•    Provides medical crisis intervention/counseling as required by direct visitation or telephone contact.

Completes evaluations, medication reviews, and care plans, reviews and progress reports.
•    Participates in the management of clients’ medication regimens; prescribes drugs and psychotropic medication treatments as indicated by diagnosis and lab results.
•    Provides psychiatric assessments, complex care management, and medication education to clients and families.

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Qualifications:

•    A certificate and current registration to practice as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner in New York State. 
•    At least one-year experience providing direct services in a clinical setting to individuals diagnosed with mental illness, or comparable experience preferred, but will consider recent graduates.
•    Substance abuse experience preferred.

Willing to prescribe Suboxone.

  
•    Must have eligibility for full and unconditional participation in the Medicaid and Medicare programs.
•    Must possess a valid New York State driver’s license and have access to reliable transportation.
•    Values service, excellence, and responsibility, seeing oppo...