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 jobs. Our 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 City.

Title: Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Schedule: Either Full Time or Part Time, In Person Coverage Required a minimum of 3 days per week

Salary: $140,000 - $160,000

Program 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 conditions.

PRI 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 Operations
• Oversees all psychiatric care at the shelter including coordination with the Embedded Nursing staff for the administration of medication.
• Provides psychiatric evaluations for individuals referred for assessment of psychiatric conditions or for entitlements and housing.
• Provides psychiatric follow-up care as needed, including psychopharmacology and supportive psychotherapy. Adheres to agency policy regarding obtaining health screening and laboratory monitoring.
• Provides crisis intervention and assessment as needed.
• In collaboration with on-site nurse, provides liaison to outside psychiatric and medical providers as necessary and appropriate.

• Completes documentation in compliance with agency policies and procedures.

• Participates in weekly clinical team meeting at shelter. Provides case consultation to interdisciplinary staff such as case managers.
• Attends bimonthly group supervision with fellow providers and attends Healthcare Department Meetings
• Willing to participate in education and training to deliver care via telepsychiatry as needed.

• Participates in agency quality assurance process as requested by Medical Director.

• May participate in supervision of medical students or residents as arranged with Medical Director of Psychiatric Services.

Qualifications:

• New York State Medical License and Registration
• Board certified in Psychiatry
• Working with homeless population preferred
• Buprenorphine waiver preferred
• Must haveexcellent oral, writing and listening skills.
• The ability to work independently, prioritize tasks, and create and coordinate schedules
• Must have the ability to interface with clients as well as all levels of staff
• Must have knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially WORD and EXCEL

Project 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.