About the Role
Liberty Resources Integrated Health Care is a Certified Community Behavioral Health Center in Syracuse, serving children, families and adults with behavioral health challenges. The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner will collaborate with the Medical Director to provide a full range of nursing and medical services for clients diagnosed with mental illness, alcoholism, chemical dependency, or substance abuse.
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 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.
Requirements
- 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.
- Must have access to reliable transportation.
- Values service, excellence, and responsibility.
- Strives to create and sustain an inclusive environment where everyone feels a strong sense of belonging.
Skills
- Psychiatric assessments
- Complex care management
- Medication education
- Therapeutic counseling
- Health monitoring
- Screening
- Wellness and recovery focused care
Location
- Syracuse, NY
Work Type
- Full Time
- Part Time
Experience Level
- 1+ year experience preferred
- Recent graduates considered
Education Level
- Certificate as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
- Current registration to practice as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner in New York State
Salary/Compensations
- $135,000 to $150,000 annually
Benefits
- A Collaborative and Supportive Team Atmosphere
- Competitive Compensation and Paid Time Off Package
- Family-Friendly Workplace
- Medical/Dental/Vision Coverage
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
- Continuing Education Opportunities
- $4,000-$8,000 Sign On Bonus
- Eligibility for National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (Tier 3)
About the Company
- 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.
Equal Opportunity
- Liberty Resources is committed to creating a diverse inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
- Liberty Resources offers equal employment opportunities to all persons without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, parental status, housing status, source of income or military status, in accordance with applicable federal, state and local EEO laws.
