Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Project Renewal is a leading non-profit organization with the mission of building supportive communities where people achieve dignity and independence renewing their lives with health homes and comprehensive and integrated 24/7 programs are designed to offer the holistic care our clients need. With a staff of 950 and an annual budget of $140 million Project Renewal is one of the larger social service nonprofits in New York : Psychiatric Nurse PractitionerSchedule: Either Full Time or Part Time In Person Coverage Required a minimum of 3 days per weekSalary: $140000 - $160000Program Overview:Project Renewal is one of the larger social service agencies in New York City with Federal Qualified Health Center/Article 28 Diagnostic and Treatment Centers OASAS licensed sites in addition to mobile health units. Empathic trauma and harm reduction informed services are delivered at low or no cost without barriers to our clients who often have severe mental illnesses co-occurring substance use disorders and multiple chronic medical strives to promote behaviors attitudes and policies that enable us to work inclusively and effectively in cross-cultural situations with clients co-workers and community partners. We actively recruit and seek to grow and maintain a staff that is diverse along many axes including but not limited to race ethnicity and national origin disability socioeconomic background sexual orientation and gender identity. Essential Duties & Responsibilities:The essential duties of the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner include but are not limited to the following activities:Reports to the Medical Director of Psychiatric Services. Works closely with the Chief Medical Officer and Director of Healthcare OperationsOversees all psychiatric care at the shelter including coordination with the Embedded Nursing staff for the administration of psychiatric evaluations for individuals referred for assessment of psychiatric conditions or for entitlements and psychiatric follow-up care as needed including psychopharmacology and supportive psychotherapy. Adheres to agency policy regarding obtaining health screening and laboratory crisis intervention and assessment as collaboration with on-site nurse provides liaison to outside psychiatric and medical providers as necessary and documentation in compliance with agency policies and in weekly clinical team meeting at shelter. Provides case consultation to interdisciplinary staff such as case bimonthly group supervision with fellow providers and attends Healthcare Department MeetingsWilling to participate in education and training to deliver care via telepsychiatry as in agency quality assurance process as requested by Medical participate in supervision of medical students or residents as arranged with Medical Director of Psychiatric :New York State Medical License and RegistrationBoard certified in PsychiatryIn Person Coverage required a minimum of 3 days per weekExperience working with homeless population skills:Licenses: Buprenorphine waiver :Must have excellent oral writing and listening skills:The ability to work independently prioritize tasks and create and coordinate schedules. Interpersonal skills: Must have the ability to interface with clients as well as all levels of skills: Must have knowledge of Microsoft Office especially WORD and EXCELProject Renewal is an equal opportunity employer. Its long-standing policy has been to embrace the equality of opportunity for all employees and applicants without regard to actual or perceived race color national origin alienage or citizenship status religion or creed gender (see separately issued Gender Discrimination policy for more detail) physical or mental disability age (18 and over) military status arrest record marital status domestic partnership status genetic information or predisposing genetic characteristic sexual orientation status as a victim or witness of domestic violence sex offenses or stalking unemployment status or any other basis protected by applicable federal state and local laws.