ARNP - Community Mental Health
Sound
Summary
Provide psychiatric services in a community mental health agency through prescribing and monitoring medications, evaluating psychiatric status, and consulting to non-medical team members. This is primarily a clinical position with the same productivity standards and scheduling guidelines as physicians.
Job description
Essential Functions and Duties
- Independently evaluate patients to determine a differential psychiatric diagnosis and biopsychosocial case formulation.
- Assess patients for psychiatric/psychotropic medication necessity.
- Prescribe psychiatric or psychotropic medications within licensing purview.
- Coordinate with program manager to facilitate integration of medical issues with overall treatment planning.
- Screen patients for concurrent non-psychiatric medical conditions and refer for appropriate care.
- Order appropriate laboratory tests to determine differential diagnosis and assure safe prescription of medications.
- Assess for medication side effects and treat when appropriate following professional standards.
- Consult with treatment teams and other providers on patient treatment and overall treatment planning.
- Liaison with primary care physicians and their staff.
- Attend and participate in medical staff meetings as required.
- Obtain supervision, consultation, or guidance by an agency psychiatrist or medical director as needed.
- Maintain clinical records in accordance with agency policy.
- Perform other functions such as teaching, supervision of nursing staff and students, and committee responsibilities as assigned.
- Understand, apply, and demonstrate recovery concepts in behavioral health clinical work.
Key Work Relationships
Establish and maintain positive, ethical, and professional working relationships with clinical team members, clients, and outside organizations. Relate to a wide variety of people, including members of ethnic and sexual minority populations, and respect individual and cultural differences.
Requirements
- At least two (2) years of previous experience prescribing psychotropic medications is required, preferably in a community mental health setting.
- Applicants without psychotropic prescribing experience must have completed the PMHNP or PA program that first made them eligible for board certification no more than 18 months prior to the date of application.
- For ARNP: If the position is to work with children, child ARNP certification is necessary or adult certification with child prescribing experience and intent to be certified in child.
- For ARNP: If the position is mainly to work with adults or older adults, adult ARNP certification is required.
- For ARNP: Ability to be reimbursed for services by Medicare and Medicaid is required.
- For ARNP: Current nursing license in the State of Washington required.
- For ARNP: Current license to prescribe medicine in the State of Washington required.
- For ARNP: Current license as an Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner in Washington State required.
- For ARNP: DEA for WA State required.
- Must pass a criminal background check.
- For Physician Assistant: If the position is to work with children, child PA certification is necessary or adult certification with child prescribing experience and intent to be certified in child.
- For Physician Assistant: If the position is mainly to work with adults or older adults, adult PA certification is required.
- For Physician Assistant: Ability to be reimbursed for services by Medicare and Medicaid is required.
- For Physician Assistant: Current license to prescribe medicine in the State of Washington required.
- For Physician Assistant: Current license as a Physician Assistant in Washington State required.
- For Physician Assistant: DEA for WA State required.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Long Term Disability Insurance
- Retirement Plan 3% Contribution
- 401(k) Plan
- Health Savings Account
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Employee Assistance Plan
- 18 Vacation Days
- 9 Holidays
- 12 Sick Days
- Bereavement Leave
- Free Parking
- Free In-House Training
- $400 Annual Off-Site Training
- Service Awards
Company overview
Sound is a mental health care company focused on providing accessible and innovative mental health services. Operating in the healthcare provider sector, the company specializes in delivering comprehensive mental health care solutions to individuals seeking support for various psychological conditions. While specific details about their service offerings are limited, companies in this space typically provide therapy, counseling, psychiatric services, and mental wellness programs. Sound appears to be positioned within the growing mental health technology and services market, which has seen significant expansion in recent years as awareness and demand for mental health support have increased globally. The company likely leverages modern approaches to mental health care, potentially incorporating telehealth services, digital platforms, or integrated care models to make mental health support more accessible to diverse populations. As a healthcare provider in the mental health space, Sound contributes to addressing the critical need for mental health services in communities and workplaces.