PCMH
Job Details Job Location: 391 East 149th Street Bronx ACT - Bronx, NY Position Type: Full Time Education Level: Graduate Degree Salary Range: $160,000.00 - $175,000.00
JOB SCOPE:
This is a direct service position requiring specific knowledge of mental health, and skills in crisis intervention and stabilization. As part of the ACT, you must be willing to go out into the community to provide services. This position requires the desire to work as part of a team.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Participate in morning meetings and staff meetings.
- Evaluate need for psychotropic medication; prescribe medications as needed, educate clients and relatives about these medications and their effects, review and adjust dose level as needed, and document all medications in consumer’s electronic chart.
- Conduct visits in the community in accordance with NYS Office of Mental Health (OMH) licensing standards.
- Coordinate consumer access to medications with the RN and LPN nurses, including administering injectable medications when needed.
- Order routine blood work and/or toxicology testing as needed.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- License in NYS as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner.
- Minimum of three (3) years working with people with serious mental health conditions, co-occurring substance use disorders, and homelessness.