Located in Faribault, MN, the Southern Cities Clinic is an outpatient psychiatric clinic that specializes in caring for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities with co-occurring mental illness or behavior disorders. A smaller portion of our patient population includes adults w/ severe and persistent mental illness who have been unable to find care within the community. While patients make in-person visits to the clinic for initial assessments and whenever deemed appropriate by the treatment team, most psychiatric appointments are conducted over video. Staff may also do occasional home visits. Responsibilities include: •Conduct clinical diagnostic assessments •Prescribe and monitor appropriate psychotropic medications •Address behavioral health concerns of clinic patients and caregivers •Consult w/ patients’ care teams including but not limited to family, facility caregivers and nursing staff, guardians and county case managers To facilitate proper crediting, please ensure that your resume clearly describes your experience in the areas listed and indicates the beginning and ending month and year for each job held.
•Graduation from a program of study designed to prepare the individual for advanced practice as a nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist •Certification with a national professional nursing organization as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner or Clinical Nurse Specialist. •Licensed or eligible for licensure as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in Minnesota. •Authorization from the Minnesota Board of Nursing to prescribe drugs and therapeutic devices.
Part time (32hrs a week) Monday - Thursday (off Friday, Saturday, Sunday) Traveling 25% to different clinic locations and to meet patient needs. Telework 50% of the time, based on patient care needed