Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner ACT TEAM

Locations Available : Brooklyn and Harlem NYCPURPOSE: The Adult ACT program provides an integrated set of evidenced based treatment rehabilitation case-management and support services to adults residing in the community who are diagnosed with severe mental illness and whose needs have not been well met by more traditional service delivery a mobile multi-disciplinary team of staff recipients are supported in their recovery through an individualized person-centered model of OVERVIEW: The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner works as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide treatment and support services to adults living in the community. The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner is responsible for providing psychiatric services which includes the following: provision of a full behavioral health (includingmedicalhealth) assessment; diagnosis; treatment recommendations; treatment planning; clinical treatment; and follow-up planning. The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner participates in shared decision making with the client and a multi-disciplinary team. They provide services to andmake in person visits withclientsand their families/custodians/caregiversin their homes and communities and collaborate closely with other service providers and systems with which the client interacts. The role will require some evening availability and rotating on-call coverage. The Adult ACT Team Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner inconjunction with the Director/Team leader has clinical responsibility for monitoring recipient treatment and staff delivery of clinical ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:Provide health/behavioral health assessment (including differential diagnoses prognosis) treatment recommendations and treatment planning for clients across program client education on mental health issues and strategies for recovery and review patients progress and recommend discharge and aftercare responsibility for monitoring recipient treatment and staff delivery of clinical servicesPrescribe psychotropic medication as appropriate for client mandatory ACT trainings offered by medication management for counseling brief therapy psychoeducation about health/behavioral health and other care for client and their families as planned by the multi-disciplinary treatment team and to support the multi-disciplinary treatment plan of the daily team meetings and weekly one-on-one evaluate and record client progress with respect to care plan on-call after hour crisis intervention services when needed to clients and their support and participate in team meetings and supervisory specialty in case reviews and contribute to treatment planning goal consultations to non-medical staff on complex in both the development and implementation of a person-centered care plan that includes formal and informal supports. Communicate with health care providers outside of the agency and interpret health results for client care clients and family as active partners in developing reviewing and modifying a course of care that supports the clients progress towards identified goals where risk develop safety plans and provide crisis intervention on-call after hour crisis intervention services when needed to participants and their support network including respite referrals and other diversion and stabilization the ACT team requires 24/7 coverage by direct phone the NPP will provide a portion of this coverage in rotation with other team NPP must complete an initial assessment visit in the community and visits in the community including the required visits must provide at least monthly services or as clinically indicated for that individual in the LAI as needed and provide oversight of injection calendar monitoring in conjunction with the and reviewing Labs prior authorizations and follow up with draws as other related duties as COMPETENCIES for the position include:Translate research and other forms of knowledge to improve practice processes and practice knowledge effectively both orally and in writingParticipate in agency quality improvement projects to ensure the best client a climate of patient-centered care to include confidentiality privacy comfort emotional support mutual trust and in supervision with central psychiatry team and directors to improve REQUIRED:Licensed as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner in the State of New York.A current DEA registration for the prescribing of controlled substances. ANCC certification or pending application is required. NYS OPRA (Ordering/Prescribing/Referring/Attending) status approved or application pending required and a Health Commerce Account in place by the onset of former is needed to prescribe to clients with Medicaid the latter is needed to adhere to NYS I-STOP REQUIRED/LANGUAGE PREFERENCE:Must be able to work as a team member with complex knowledge of Microsoft Office ability to learn electronic health records and other software as SKILLS REQUIRED: Proficient with electronic health recordMicrosoft Office (Word PowerPoint Excel Outlook); comfortable and proficient using audio video platforms (i.e. Zoom Microsoft Teams).VISUAL AND MANUAL DEXIERITY:The work environment involves no physical risk or hazardous conditions. The majority of program services are provided in the community with less time spent in office-based the offices of the Jewish Board are accessible in accordance with the ADA the sites to which staff may need to travel may or may not be perform the essential functions of this job the candidate must be able to travel within New York City carrying equipment such as a laptop and cell phone weighing up to approximately 10 poundsTo perform the essential functions of this job the candidate is routinely required to sit (20% of the time) and stand (30% of the time) and travel to and from appointments using public or private transportation options (50% of the time)Frequent travel within the assigned borough is required. However if a client relocates the provider must continue to offer services in the new borough until the clients case is transferred.