Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner - Heartland Human Care Services

Are you ready to make a significant impact in healthcare? We are seeking a passionate and driven Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (NP) to join our team and help us transform lives!

Do you have a heart for patient care and a drive to make healthcare more accessible and effective? As a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (NP), you will be at the forefront of delivering top-quality primary health care services to special populations. Guided by our Associate Director of Health Services, you will focus on promoting health and preventing disease, playing a critical role in our mission to provide accountable, accessible, and affordable healthcare.

Essential Functions

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Facilitates entry of the client into the health care system by assessing the primary health care needs, including eliciting comprehensive health histories, performing physical examinations, ordering and/or performing pertinent diagnostic tests, analyzing collected data to determine client health status, and formulating a problem list.
• Provides coordinated and continuous primary health care to clients that spans the health continuum by mutual goal.
• Provides coordinated and continuous primary health care to clients that spans the health continuum by mutual goal setting and planning delivery of care.
• Prescribes a variety of treatment modalities to meet the health and illness needs of clients.
• Provides health teaching and counseling that promotes a therapeutic and caring relationship.
• Manages and evaluates the plan of care process and outcome and then modifies the plan as needed.
• Collaborates with other multi-disciplinary professionals and community agencies to provide high quality care.
• Coordinates services in conjunction with other team members to meet client’s primary health care needs and to ensure the continuity of care.
• Participates in quality assurance activities through protocol development and collaborative peer review by assisting in joint practice protocol development and identifying indicators for quality care; developing joint practice protocols and identifying appropriate evaluative criteria, evaluating clinical standards of care based on the quality assurance process; implements recommended changes and/or improvements to guarantee quality of care based on the evaluation process.
• Assumes the responsibility for professional development and contributes to the professional growth of others by developing in depth knowledge of daily program operations, policies and procedures; acting as a preceptor in the orientation of new health care personnel, interns and volunteers; serving as a consultant in specialized populations to other health care providers and community agencies.
• Incorporates and disseminates research findings as a basis for practice and to improve health care outcomes.
• Identifies clinical questions to be researched.
• Assumes the responsibility for maintaining competence in clinical practice by engaging in a mentor relationship with mid-level providers and physicians to gain clinical expertise; developing and maintaining a client case load as clinical competence is achieved to enhance continuity of care and meet Agency productivity standards; participating in appropriate educational activities in order to maintain and increase competence.
• Provides cost effective care that meets Agency productivity requirements by practicing collaboratively with the community health nurses to prevent the duplication of services.
• Practices within the legal and ethical guidelines established by the Nurse Practitioner Act, the Code for Nurses, the Social Policy Statement and Specialty Standards of Practice
• Documents comprehensive, accurate and continual data on client records and program reports
• Prepares the appropriate program reports to fulfill funding requirements.
• Adheres to professional standards as outlined by governmental bodies, American Nurses Associations (ANA), Nurses Association of College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (NAACOG), the American College of Nurse Midwives (ACNM), private funding sources, Agency plans/policies and unit guidelines. Participates in periodic evaluative reviews and/or in house and external staff training to ensure that he/she understands and continues to adhere to such standards. Initiates requests for assistance or guidance from Supervisor to address new issues or complex concepts affecting adherence to professional standards.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Education and Experience:

• Master’s degree in nursing from an accredited institution.
• Experience within Pediatrics is preferred.

Certifications/Licenses:

• Active Illinois Advanced Practice Nurse licensure or Physician's Assistant license required; Documentation of certification in specialty area or eligibility for certification in specialty area may be required; one to three years of nursing experience may be required; or a Physician's Assistant licensure and one year of relevant experience. IL Controlled Substance License and DEA required prior to hire.
• Additional documented clinical experience, education or certification in a related field maybe required. Documented experience in protocol development, evaluation, and implementation of clinical standards of care based on the quality of assurance process maybe required. Documented experience as a preceptor for new personnel maybe required. Documented experience as a consultant on special populations to health care providers and community agencies may be required.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities (K/S/A):

• Bilingual ability is preferred, but not required. Spanish is a preferred language. Ability to read, analyze, and interpret the most complex documents. Ability to respond effectively to the most sensitive inquiries or complaints. Ability to write speeches and articles using original or innovative techniques or style. Ability to make effective and persuasive speeches and presentations on controversial or complex topics to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.
• Access to regular, dependable and timely transportation
• Ability and comfortability working with people of varying socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Excellent communication skills. Strong networker, convener, relationship builder and communicator with experience collaborating with diverse work teams and stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to handle confidential and sensitive information possessing skills to handle situations in a professional and diplomatic manner.
• A high degree of collaboration and emotional intelligence, self-motivation, and analytical ability.
  Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Outlook/Exchange; Windows operating systems; and other software routinely used by Heartland Human Care Services.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Ability to work independently and remain self-motivated with minimal direct supervision.
• Strategic thought partnership and consultancy skills.

Work Arrangement:

This role is required to work on-site during clinic visits and when program evaluation is needed. There may be flexibility to conduct evaluations remotely and availability to work from home when appropriate. In-person meetings and trainings may be required on a regular basis (weekly, monthly, etc.).

Work Environment:

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• Each program site operates on a 24/7 basis, 365 days per year. To meet both the needs of our participants and contractual obligations, employees are required to be flexible in regards to scheduling and work location.
• Program sites are located throughout the Chicago area, including the North and South sides of Chicago, as well as the suburbs. Employees may be required to report to any one of our locations on a temporary or permanent basis.

Physical Demands:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.
• The employee is regularly required to sit, stand and walk.
• The employee must be able to stoop, kneel and/or crawl.
• The employee is regularly required to use hands to key, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• The employee must have unrestricted ability to provide physical restraint.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement:

Heartland Human Care Services makes all hiring and employment decisions, and operates all programs, services, and functions without regard to race, receipt of an order of protection, creed, color, age, gender, gender identity, marital or parental status, religion, ancestry, national origin, amnesty, physical or mental disability, protected veterans status, genetic information, sexual orientation, immigrant status, political affiliation or belief, use of FMLA, VESSA, military, and family military rights, ex-offender status (depending on the offense and position to be filled), unfavorable military discharge, membership in an organization whose primary purpose is the protection of civil rights or improvement of living conditions and human relations, height, weight, or HIV infection, in accord with the organization's AIDS Policy Statement of September 1987.