4071A | Nurse Practitioner Psychiatry

WORKING WITH US

The Jewish Board delivers innovative, best-in-class mental and behavioral health services to over 45,000 New Yorkers each year. We are unique in serving everyone from infants and their families, to children, teens, and adults. That adds up to countless opportunities to use your skills, training, and compassion to make a difference in the lives of others.  Similarly, we support our employees through benefits like, professional development opportunities and paid supervision. Some of our other benefits include:

• 15 agency holidays and 15 sick days in addition to generous vacation days
• Health/dental/vision plans that are subsidized up to 80%
• Tuition assistance and educational loan forgiveness
• Access to 403(b) retirement benefits and a pension

ABOUT THE PROGRAM
 

The Staten Island Clinic is an outpatient mental health clinic that provides psychiatric services to children 0-18 and adults. The Jewish Board is one of two clinics that services children and adolescents on Staten Island; a community that is limited in behavioral health resources. Services include individual, family, couples and group therapy as well medication management. The population served faces challenges and impaired functioning related to diagnoses such as: PTSD, Bi-Polar Disorder, MDD, Generalized Anxiety, ADHD, Conduct Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder. 

ABOUT THE JOB

As part of the clinical team you will provide care to people who are experiencing a wide range of behavioral health issues. Services for adults and children include psychiatric evaluation, medication management, crisis intervention, and clinical consultation to the treatment team. As a psychiatric care practitioner, you will be responsible for:

• Providing psychiatric services which includes the following: provision of a full psychiatric assessment, diagnosis, treatment recommendations, medication management and follow up
       coordination with the clinical team.
• Participating in shared decision making with the client and the clinical team

TO QUALIFY

We’re always looking for talented people of all cultures, religions, races, and gender expressions, so that our staff is a direct reflection of the people we serve, with the following qualifications:

• A Nurse Practitioner degree with specialized training or experience in psychiatry.
• A current license to practice as a nurse practitioner in NYS.
• A current DEA registration for prescribing controlled substances.
• ANCC certification/pending application.
• NYS OPRA status and a Health Commerce Account at the onset of employment
• Specialization with specific populations (such as child/adolescent) or settings and language competency for the population served may also be required.

We respect diversity and accordingly are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage, citizenship status, age, disability, sex, gender, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, partnership status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

This applies with respect to recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, termination, assignments, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs, and all other terms and condition of employment as well as general treatment during employment.

 We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified employees with disabilities, without regard to any protected classifications, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. Any employees who need assistance to perform their job duties because of a physical or mental condition should contact human resources.