Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (Independent Contractor)

Company: Health District of Northern Larimer County
Location: Fort Collins
Posted on: June 19, 2022

Job Description:

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (Independent Contractor)The Health District has an immediate need for an independent contractor to provide psychiatric nurse practitioner services in the CAYAC clinic one day per week and on an on-call basis. CAYAC (Child, Adolescent, and Young Adult Connections) is a service of the Health District of Northern Larimer County under the Mental Health and Substance Use Connections Program that helps young people (up to age 24) and their families with the early identification, assessment/testing, and treatment of mental health and substance use concerns. -Scope of work: - As a contracted Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, you will provide brief psychiatric services to children, adolescents, and young adults for up to 8 hours per week including direct patient care, documentation of patient care, and meetings as requested/required, with primary hours worked in-clinic one day per week plus on-call support as needed (within the "up to 8 hours" per week). -Services include initial psychiatric evaluation, diagnosis, medication management, and follow-up care. The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner will consult and work collaboratively with the CAYAC multi-disciplinary team to help ensure that clients and families receive exceptional attention to their mental health and substance use needs in a timely manner, and help to reduce barriers to ongoing behavioral health care services. -Services are primarily provided on-site at the Health District's CAYAC office, though there is the availability to provide services via telehealth as needed/appropriate and in compliance with state regulations.Qualifications: -The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner must have: five years of experience providing exceptional child and adolescent psychiatric services as a part of a multi-disciplinary team in an outpatient or inpatient setting; a license to practice as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner in the State of Colorado, an active DEA license; professional liability insurance; ability to provide onsite services one day a week between the hours of 8 am - 5 pm, as well as follow-up as needed, not to exceed 8 hours per week. Fluency in English and Spanish is a plus.Billing Rate: $100 per hour for billable services as outlined in the scope of services.For Consideration: Please submit your CV to Julie Kenney, Administrative Assistant - jkenney@healthdistrict.org. Please see, or request a copy of the scope of services for further details.

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