Program Overview: Youth Villages' residential programs in Tennessee and Georgia provide safe, nurturing environments for youth ages 6 to 17 with complex behavioral and mental health challenges. These programs are offered across three types of facilities-secure facilities, open campuses, and group homes-each designed to meet the individual needs of youth exhibiting a range of referral behaviors, including aggression, self-harm, suicidal ideations, and problem sexual behavior.
Our residential campuses deliver an intensive treatment program that strikes a unique balance between structure and freedom, all while preparing youth for continued success outside of a residential setting. A key focus is to help each youth step down to the least restrictive treatment option possible by developing the skills they need to thrive in less structured environments through trauma-informed care, clinical interventions, life skills building, and recreation therapy (in selection locations). Most youth also attend fully accredited schools located on our campuses, ensuring their educational progress continues alongside therapeutic support.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner:
- Provides guidance and approval of treatment activities by attending treatment team
- Monitors the use of medication and documents treatment results
- Tracks patient progress and documents their results
- Conducts individual, group, or family counseling sessions
- Provides medication management under the supervision of psychiatrists
- Educates patients and families about mental illness treatment
- Diagnoses patient conditions and their causes
- Interviews patients about symptoms/complaints and provides appropriate diagnosis
- Screens patients for physical illness and analyzes explanations for psychiatric illness (i.e., developmental issues, family dysfunction, genetics, neurological trauma, or social/cultural problems)
- Assesses risk factors for mental illness and broader wellness evaluations
- Completes daily documentation (such as contact notes, milieu notes, and precautionary notes) in an electronic medical record system (EMR)
- Performs other duties as assigned
Additional Information:- The supervision and treatment of youth requires prolonged periods of walking, standing, running, climbing stairs, and physical agility.
- Applicants must be able to participate in physical interventions when necessary and frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, occasionally more than 100 pounds.
- Applicants are required to complete Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) and CPR trainings and pass an agility and strength evaluation.
- Applicants must possess a current, valid driver's license.
Qualifications:- Master's degree in nursing and PMHNP certification (required)
- Active registered professional nurse license in the applicable state (required)
- Experience working in a pediatric or psychiatric setting for at least 6 months (preferred)
- Experience working in a mental health setting (preferred)
- Experience working with youth/adolescent population (preferred)
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Excellent written, verbal, and oral skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
- Basic computer knowledge
- Ability to maintain a flexible schedule
Youth Villages Benefits- Medical, Dental, Prescription Drug Coverage and Vision
- 401(k)
- Time off:
- 2 week paid vacation (full-time) / 1 week paid vacation (part-time)
- 12 paid sick days per year
- 11 paid holidays
- Paid Parental Leave
- Mileage & Cell Phone Reimbursement (when applicable)
- Tuition reimbursement and licensure supervision
- Growth & development through continuous training
- Clinical and administrative advancement opportunities
*Benefits are excluded for variable status employees. 
