Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (Contract/1099)

Simply Bee Mission statement: We change lives through programs, services, and resources for all people to recognize, achieve, and sustain personal wellness.

Vision statement: A world where all people can simply “bee” themselves through mental, physical, and spiritual wellness.

Organizational Core Values: Simply Bee staff aspire daily to demonstrate a strong understanding and use of our core values:

• Quality: To passionately do our best to deliver exceptional quality services and products to our clients and continuously improve all that we do.
• Respect: We work collaboratively with all team members and community partners in a transparent, caring and inclusive environment.
• Growth: To continually provide innovative programs and services to clients and the community while also challenging our team to grow personally and professionally.

We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) to join our outpatient mental health team. The ideal candidate will provide compassionate, high-quality mental health care and medication management to clients as young as age 5 through adults.

This is a contract/1099 role. The pay is $100 for 60 min visits and $50 for admin time.

The ideal candidate will be available to work two evenings a week (Monday & Thursday). Potential for some flexibility on the days of the week worked and growth opportunities in the future.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Conduct initial and ongoing psychiatric and physical status based on the presenting symptoms and complaints, establish patient diagnoses, and manage medications for ages 5 through the lifespan in an outpatient setting
• Documents clients’ medical and psychological histories, physical assessment results, diagnoses, treatment plans, prescriptions, and outcomes for assigned clients
• Educates clients and family members about mental health and medical conditions, preventive health measures, medications, and treatment plans
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary team members including psychiatrists, psychologists, dietitians and therapists to develop, implement, and evaluate treatment plans

Qualifications

• Masters of Science in Nursing, with a Psychiatric/Mental Health emphasis, from an accredited college or university (required)
• Licensed as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) by the Illinois Board of Nursing (required)
• Experience working with children ages 5+, adolescents, and adults (required)
• Three (3) to five (5) years of clinical experience
• Experience working in higher level of care/hospital setting (required)
• Experience working with eating disorder populations (preferred)
• Superior analytical and problem solving abilities
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills