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Description

If you believe healthcare is a right, that everyone deserves high quality care so they can enjoy their highest level of health and wellbeing, and you value each person's individual story – consider joining us at Neighborhood!

We are seeking a psychiatric nurse practitioner who is passionate about providing high quality care to children, adolescents and adults.

About The Role

As a psychiatric nurse practitioner, you’ll use your training, critical thinking, and interpersonal skills in providing compassionate care for patients. Responsibilities include:

• Assess, diagnose and treat children, adolescents and adults experiencing symptoms of a behavioral health disorder
• Complete all applicable screening tools with interpretation
• Prescribe, recommend or discontinue medications and treatments to treat mental, emotional or behavioral disorders
• Educate patients and families about mental health and emotional disorders
• Offer individual and group therapy for patients across the age spectrum
• Develop and implement individualized treatment plans that may include psychotherapy, medication and behavioral interventions
• Diagnose mental illnesses based on assessment
  
  

You will be primarily based at our Riverway location, 1569 Niagara Street in Buffalo.

What It’s Like To Work At Neighborhood

The top three words employees say describe the work environment are: teamwork, supportive, kind. These are from an anonymous survey of Neighborhood employees for the Buffalo Business First Best Places to Work competition. Neighborhood has earned “finalist” distinction in the competition the last four years. We are a group of flexible and kind individuals who are open to each other’s ideas, and see opportunities to innovate and find solutions when challenges arise.

Education And Skills To Be a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

• New York State licenses as both a registered nurse and a Nurse Practitioner
• Certification by a national certifying agency in the appropriate field
• Able to read, write and speak the English language; a second language of Spanish preferred
  
  

What We Offer

Compensation: $110,000 - $115,000 annually (based on a full-time, 40 hour work week)

Individual compensation is based on various factors unique to each candidate, including skill set, experience, qualifications, and other position related components

Benefits: You’ll have options for medical, dental, life, and supplemental insurance. We also offer a 403b match, health savings accounts with employer contribution, wellbeing programs, continuing education opportunities, generous paid time off, holidays.

Tuition Reimbursement Potential: Our FQHC status provides a unique opportunity for tuition reimbursement for Nurse Practitioners, up to $50,000 for a full time commitment and up to $25,000 for a part time commitment. A two-year commitment to serve at a FQHC is required. This tuition reimbursement program requires application and is not guaranteed.

About Neighborhood: Neighborhood Health Center is the largest and longest serving Federally Qualified Health Center in Western New York, and is the highest ranked health center for quality in the region. We provide primary and integrated healthcare services all under one roof, regardless of a person’s ability to pay. Services include internal/family medicine, pediatrics, OB-GYN, dentistry, podiatry, psychiatry, vision care, nutrition and behavioral health counseling, and pharmacy services. We’re working toward a Western New York where all enjoy their highest level of health and wellbeing.

Neighborhood Health Center is an equal opportunity employer.