Nurse Practitioner - Mobile Team

Job Description

Job Description

Lives Change Here! We are GROWING… Columbia River Mental Health Services provides comprehensive behavioral health and recovery services that transform the lives of children, adults and families in the communities of SW Washington. We are the largest and oldest not-for-profit provider of mental / chemical dependency treatment in southwest Washington with 200 employees and a history dating back to 1942.

Our Mission : Providing behavioral health and recovery services that transform the lives of children, adults, and families in the communities of SW Washington.

Starting Pay Range –

$100,000+ annually depending on experience.

Summary :

This member of the Mobile Health team provides direct medical services; assessment and diagnosis; oversees standing orders; refers to specialty medical care and other community providers. This position entails working on a mobile unit in the community as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing care to houseless and unstably housed individuals.

Essential Job Responsibilities :

• Coordinate and implement activities of the Medical Department to meet consumer needs, contractual obligations and agency standards.
• Works in an independent and interdependent relationship with members of the medical staff and other providers, including consultation, collaboration or referral.
• Prescribes medications, treatments and ongoing individualized medication management.
• Maintains and completes legible, accurate and confidential medical records within 24 hours of patient encounter
• Documents all medical evaluations, diagnoses, procedures, treatment, outcomes, education, referrals and consultations according to Agency, MQAC and Federal standards.
• Coordination of care with other providers, counselors and community care providers.
• Coordinates mental health care needs with their medical / physical care as needed.
• Orders lab and diagnostic tests when appropriate and interprets rest results. Oversees standing orders.
• Triage acute and chronic medical conditions. Using appropriate judgement to determine which conditions can be treated by this team and which should be escalated to urgent or emergency care
• Under the direction of the team manager and director, organize and manage the system of providing medical outreach and integrating medical services tightly into clients’ individual treatment plans.
• Coordinate, schedule, and administer medical assessments of client physical health, making appropriate referrals to team prescriber for further assessment and treatment
• Provide assessment and appropriate treatment to clients with substance use disorders. Including COWS assessments, impairment assessments and emergency interventions for over-sedation.

Non-essential Job Functions :

Education, Licensing and Experience :

Why Work Here?

CRMHS offers AMAZING benefits aside from health and wellness (medical / dental / vision etc.) Work life balance benefits : 11 total paid holidays per year, including 2 paid floating holidays available upon hire, 24 days of PTO days in the first year and only increases from there! Career development : $325 annual allowance for career development and education with an additional 40 hours of paid time off for career development / education! And so many More!

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

CRMHS is committed to building an equitable and inclusive workplace where people from all backgrounds belong and thrive, and a culture that encourages, supports, celebrates and centers the diverse voices of our employees & clients. We believe that diversity is multivariate and includes race, ethnicity, gender & gender identity, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, citizenship, national origin, familial status, genetics, religious beliefs, socioeconomic class, physical status, neurodiversity and parental status.

PER COMPANY POLICY - ALL HEALTHCARE EMPLOYEES MUST BE EITHER COVID-19 VACCINATED -OR- HAVE A MEDICAL / RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION.

IF EXTENDED AN OFFER OF EMPLOYMENT WITHIN OUR COMPANY, CANDIDATE MUST PROVIDE PROOF TO BE COMPLIANT (COVID VACCINE CARD OR MEDICAL OR RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION) IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE HIRING PROCESS.