Nurse Practitioner - Psych

City/State: Saint Louis, Missouri

Categories: Nursing Services

Job Status: Part-Time

Req ID : 119485

Pay Range: $101,483.20 – $165,276.80 / year (Salary or hourly rate is based on job qualifications and relevant work experience)

Additional Information About the Role

Are you looking for a career as a Psych Nurse Practitioner (Part-time)? Look no further than BJC! I ndependence Center is a community-based rehabilitation program for adults with severe and persistent mental illnesses in the St. Louis area, built on the Clubhouse model of psychosocial rehabilitation. Our vision is to become a nationally recognized leader in behavioral healthcare, eradicate the stigma of mental illness, and inspire a mental healthcare movement across the nation.

Position Details :

• Schedule: 830am-430pm Mon, Tues, Wed

• No Call! No Weekends! No Holidays!

• Outpatient Psychiatric clinic specializing in serving patients with severe and persistent mental illness

• Required: Psych NP license

• Preffered: DEA license

• Great opportunity for Work Life Balance!

For questions about the position, please contact [email protected]

Overview

BJC Behavioral Health is a community health center that provides and coordinates behavioral health services for more than 8,000 seriously mentally ill adults and seriously emotionally disturbed children in St. Louis City, St. Louis County, St. François, Iron and Washington counties. As an Administrative Agent of the Missouri Department of Mental Health (DMH), BJC Behavioral Health serves as a major point of entry for people eligible for mental health services funded by DMH and is responsible for serving as gatekeeper to the public mental health system.

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

This job utilizes a high degree of knowledge, training, skill level, and competence in a specialized are of psychiatry and mental health. Assess, formulate a diagnosis, initiate an integrated treatment plan, coordinate interventions, and evaluate the process toward recovery of adults with severe, persistent, and debilitating mental illness within the scope of formal collaborative practice agreement with psychiatrist (MD)

Responsibilities

• Participates in professional development

• Prescribes, monitors, and manages psychotropic medications to adults with severe mental illness through an advanced and integrated assessment, diagnosis, and intervention in a collaborative practice agreement with a physician (psychiatrist). Prescriptive responsibilities are reviewed by the collaborative physician.

• Provides supportive psychotherapy and coordinates the psychiatric care of a select client population with focus on client-centered mental health treatment toward the goal of recovery. Admits and discharges per the Level of Care and treatment plan objectives.

• Participates in a multi- disciplinary team model to include the Health Care Home program which focuses on the holistic, integrated treatment of a person.

• Works directly in the local community by visiting clients who reside in boarding home facilities. Manages medication, reviews the treatment goals and objectives, and coordinates care with the client and staff of the home.

Minimum Requirements

Education

• Master's Degree - Nursing(Accredited NP Program)

Licenses & Certifications

• Nurse Practitioner

Preferred Requirements

Experience

• <2 years

Benefits and Legal Statement

BJC Total Rewards

At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date

• Disability insurance* paid for by BJC

• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution

• 401(k) plan with BJC match

• Tuition Assistance available on first day

• BJC Institute for Learning and Development

• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time

• Adoption assistance

To learn more, go to our Benefits Summary (https://assets.jibecdn.com/prod/bjc/0.0.331/assets/2026%20Benefits%20Summary\_Final.pdf) .

*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer