Nurse Practitioner - Psychiatric jobs in New Mexico

Job Summary:

Performs psychiatric assessments as needed and participates in the ongoing treatment of clients within the scope of law and regulation.

Core Competencies:

• Ability to perform a complete psychiatric evaluation, including medical symptoms, history and treatment that may be related to psychiatric symptomatology.
• Demonstrable knowledge of all psychotropic medications that currently have general acceptance for use in psychiatry. Working knowledge of the major risks and benefits of the medications, both as single agents and in combinations with other psychotropic. Must show ability to find needed information about psychiatric illnesses and medications in a timely fashion. Must be able to initiate and maintain medication plans that are likely to be followed and tolerated by the client.
• Must be familiar with interpretation of laboratory tests that are frequently ordered in the clinical care of psychiatric clients.
• Must be able to work with psychiatrists and to ask for consultation when it is appropriate to do so.
• Must be able to integrate available data on clients in a sophisticated way, taking into account the source and reliability of the information.
• Ability to interact with clients, their families, La Clinica de Familia employees, and community professionals and agencies in an appropriate manner.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively on a multi-disciplinary team.
• Knowledge of the cultural characteristics of various minority groups or a willingness to become familiar with these characteristics and to use the knowledge in the care of La Clinica de Familia clients.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

Job Requirements:

• Graduate from nurse practitioner program.
• Requires Possession of a certificate as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner from the State of New Mexico and three years' experience in behavioral health.
• Additional training in primary care preferred but not required, e.g. diabetes education, women's health.