MENTAL HEALTH NURSE PRACTITIONER (PMHNP) SOUTH KING COUNTY (1-2 DAYS PER WEEK) OPTION OF 1-2 DAYS PER MONTH IN ABERDEEN, AS NEED/AVAILABLE

Seeking: Bi-lingual fluency skills in Spanish and English to serve families who communicate in Spanish

The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Nurse Practitioner provides psychiatric/medical oversight and consultation, as well as direct psychiatric services to clients of Family Behavioral Health.  This role works in collaboration with clinical supervisors and mental health clinicians in all services to ensure quality psychiatric care of consumers and quality clinical consultation to staff.  The successful candidate will collaborate with community partners, colleagues, and families to provide family-centered, strengths-based, individually-tailored care to clients of Catholic Community Services in South King County (1-2 days per week on site in Tukwila; plus, option of 1-2 days per month, on-site in Aberdeen, WA.

WHO ARE WE:

We are a values-driven organization, providing family-oriented mental health care for children, youth and families in their own homes and communities.  Our skilled clinical teams provide intensive mental health services to help children and youth remain safely in their own home with their family, restoring hope, and helping to strengthen family unity. With a site located in Portland, Oregon and Washington sites in Tukwila, Burien, Vancouver, Olympia, Yelm, Shelton, Aberdeen, Bremerton, University Place, and Tacoma Family Behavioral Health offers comprehensive and intensive mental health services to a diverse population of youth and families. We employ over 700 caring and compassionate employees. 

*WHAT WE VALUE:  * Compassion  Diversity  Excellence  Justice  Stewardship  Accountability  Safety

We strive to help children and families live together safely and securely with hope and promise.  We serve as a catalyst for change, challenging long-standing service traditions in community behavioral health.  We approach service provision with humility and passion, demonstrated through compassionate and respectful interactions with youth and families.  We offer alternatives to restrictive levels of care and stand strong to advocate with child-serving systems to provide the most normative, least-restrictive services in order to keep youth in their community.

*WHAT WE OFFER: *

• Opportunity to work with innovative therapeutic team who are serving youth and families in their home and community.
• Part-time (1-2 days per week) at our South King County site (Tukwila and/or Burien) site. Also, may pick up 1-2 days per month in Aberdeen, as needed/available (FBH will make and for local Hotel when overnight).
• Additionally, some events and trainings are provided in person as well.
• Pay is commensurate with related experience and credentials.  
• Bi-lingual fluency in Spanish and English, tiered pay depending on consistency of services delivered to Spanish speaking families served.

JOB SUMMARY:

Conducts psychiatric assessment of youth in services.

Evaluates medication needs, prescribes, and supervises ongoing medication needs for all assigned clients.  

Participates in regular intervention reviews and ongoing treatment planning for all consumers.

Meets regularly and as needed with consumers for medication monitoring/management; consults with families as appropriate.

Provides regular psychiatric/medical consultation and direction to clinical staff.

Participates in care coordination with community partners for higher levels of care or specialized treatment services.

Consults regularly with leadership around service needs.