Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (Part-Time)

About the role

Hume Center is hiring a part-time Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner to provide direct psychiatric care to adults with severe and persistent mental illness across its Full-Service Partnership (FSP), outpatient, and intensive outpatient and/or partial hospitalization (IOP/PHP) programs. The NP works within an interdisciplinary team in a multicultural community mental health setting, under the clinical supervision of the Medical Director or a designated consulting psychiatrist.

Key responsibilities

• Provide psychiatric services to adult patients with severe mental illness across FSP, outpatient and PHP settings
• Perform initial assessments, psychiatric evaluations, brief physical exams, follow-ups, annual assessments and lab monitoring
• Manage psychotropic medications and deliver psychotherapeutic interventions
• Update treatment plans and collaborate with outside providers, therapists, case managers, housing specialists, community partners, caregivers and families
• Document clinically in line with agency, Medicare, Medi-Cal and county guidelines
• Supervise the licensed psychiatric technician and take part in weekly treatment team meetings
• Provide emergency phone coverage after hours, oversee on-site storage and dispensing of psychiatric medications, and take part in quality assurance, utilization review and peer review
• Take part in weekly clinical supervision and case conferences, and represent the agency professionally

Required profile

• Current California RN license and current Nurse Practitioner certification with the California Board of Registered Nursing
• Certification as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)
• Current DEA registration and CURES access, or ability to obtain them
• Preferred: four years of behavioral health/psychiatry experience and two years of training and supervision experience
• Valid California driver's license and willingness to use their own insured vehicle for work travel
• Willingness to stay reachable for occasional urgent clinical situations

Required skills

• Microsoft Word, Excel, Google apps (Calendar, Docs, Drive) and electronic health records (InSync)
• Sound clinical judgment, cultural humility and effective communication with patients, families and the team