Graduate of an accredited Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Program
Graduate of an accredited Master's Degree Program in Nursing
Current New York State licensure and board certification
Extensive experience in mental health and substance use treatment
Knowledge of insurance and managed care processes
Expertise in working with children, adolescents, and adults
Responsibilities
Identify and evaluate psychiatric and substance use issues
Conduct medical assessments and coordinate referrals
Provide psychoeducation on preventive care and medication
Document evaluations, diagnoses, and treatments per regulatory standards
Direct psychiatric appointments and maintain EMR documentation
Sign treatment plans promptly
Resolve pharmacy and external facility communication issues
Attend multidisciplinary meetings for care coordination
Provide coverage for other psychiatric providers
Support onboarding and training of psychiatric staff
Collaborate with teams to ensure continuity of care
Benefits
Opportunity to work in a multidisciplinary behavioral health team
Engagement with the local Queens community
Focus on improving community mental health outcomes
Involvement in training and supporting new staff
Flexible work hours including weekends
Full Job Description
Summary
The Child Center of NY is seeking a compassionate and experienced bilingual Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (Mandarin + English) who can connect with Mandarin-speaking clients in a culturally responsive manner. This is an opportunity to join our multidisciplinary behavioral health team of experienced providers who are passionate about delivering high-quality care to the local Queens community and improving community mental health outcomes. This role involves providing comprehensive psychiatric services to children, adolescents, adults, and families in our outpatient Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC). This role includes weekend clinical care (Saturdays).
Essential Functions:
Identifies, evaluates, and addresses psychiatric and/or substance use behavioral health issues
Conducts medical assessment reviews of clients; coordinating and referring for specialized care when indicated
Provides psychoeducation to clients and/or families about preventive care, substance use/harm reduction, psychiatric or medical issues, and use of prescribed medications with their possible side effects
Documents all psychiatric and/or substance use evaluations, diagnoses, procedures, treatments, outcomes, education & referrals consistent with state and city regulatory standards
Directs psychiatric appointments with corresponding documentation in the EMR
Signs treatment plans in a timely manner
Resolves issues with pharmacies or communications with outside facilities when needed (e.g. emergency room collateral, potential referrals, etc.)
Attends meetings, including risk conferences, medical and program staff meetings, care coordination meetings
Provides coverage for other psychiatric providers as part of larger team
Supports in onboarding and training of psychiatric staff
Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure continuity of care and clinical best practices
Performs other related duties as assigned
Required Qualifications:
Bilingual psychiatric fluency in English and Mandarin
Graduate of an accredited Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Program
Graduate of an accredited Master's Degree Program as a Nurse
Practitioner with current New York State licensure and board certification
Extensive training and/or experience in mental health and substance use treatment
Knowledge of relevant insurance/managed care processes
Expertise in working with children, adolescents, and adults
Hours:
Tuesday - Saturday (9:00am-5:00pm)
Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to walk, sit for long periods of time; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or control; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; talk or hear. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
