Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse

JOB REQUIREMENTS: The Gerald L. Ignace Indian Health Center is seeking aqualified, caring, and trauma-informed Psychiatric Mental Health NursePractitioner (PMHNP). The Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse PMHNP worksunder the supervision of the Behavioral Health Director, in accordancewith State guidelines, and Gerald L. Ignace Indian Health Center, Inc.policy and procedure. The PMHNP provides psychiatric consultation,diagnostic and treatment services, ongoing monitoring and assessment ofmedication effectiveness, and oversight of the long acting injectionclinic. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Provides mental healthassessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and medication management forpatients accessing psychiatric medication services; Actively coordinatesessential patient care treatment plans with the primary carepractitioner and care team, and involves the patient, family andcare-giver in shared decision making, as appropriate; Provides directand/or indirect patient care oriented towards maintaining health andpreventing illness; Communicates with behavioral health and primary careclinicians regarding patient status and progress to ensure continuity ofcare; Initiates medication treatment options for patients with mentalhealth conditions which are within the scope of practice of thepractitioner; Prescribes medications as patient clinical conditiondictates and adjusts treatment plans according to established protocol;Provides medication management through regular follow-up care andappointments; Provides basic health education, including healthpromotion and disease prevention (HP/DP) education; Works in conjunctionwith the Care Coordination team to establish and reinforce protocols forestablishing care in the psychiatric medication management clinic;Serves as prescriber and oversight for the Long Acting Injection (LAI)Clinic, and works with the Care Coordinator, RN, to ensure fluidoperations of the LAI Clinic; Establishes relationships withpharmaceutical companies; Participates as a member of themulti-disciplinary treatment team; Ensures timely clinical documentationthrough OCHIN EPIC medical records system, and maintains all appropriatemental health records, charts, and reports; Actively participates inPerformance Improvement and Peer Review activities; Keeps updated oncurrent clinical practices; Participates in quality assuranceactivities; Uses standardized tools as evidence-based guidelines andclinical decision support, as appropriate. Maintains anydocumentation... For full info follow application link. The Gerald L.Ignace Indian Health Center, Inc. provides equal employmentopportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color,religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin,protected veteran status or disability. Equal Opportunityemployer/Veteran/Disabled. American Indian and Veteran Preferenceemployer. APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply Online:ipc.us/t/53BD94BED13E4CBC Qualified females, minorities, and specialdisabled veterans and other veterans are encouraged to apply.

Created: 2026-03-07