Bilingual Community Health Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (Spanish or Haitian Creole)

Schedule: Day shift, Monday-Friday with some Saturdays

Essential Job Functions

• Initial and follow up psychiatric evaluations/assessments
• Comprehensive mental status exams and risk assessments
• Provides monitoring and follow-up of all referrals.
• Prescribes psychotropic medication and manages psychotropic treatment as needed for enrolled clients.
• Provide crisis intervention as directed.
• Discusses and creates Treatment Plans with clients.
• Other relevant duties as assigned.

Education and Certification

• Master of Science in Nursing and a post-master’s certificate with license to practice as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner.
• 3-5 years of clinical, psychopharmacology and direct service provision with minority communities, communities at risk and families affected by HIV/AIDS, mental illness and substance abuse.
• Must have working experience prescribing, adjusting, and monitoring psychiatric medications. 
• Working experience with group facilitation, psychopathology/psychotherapy, and differential diagnosis.
• Intermediate to advance knowledge and experience with Microsoft Word and Outlook.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish or English/Haitian Creole)
• Experience working with PLWHA population and social service systems in New York City.