APRN - Community Mental Health

Psychiatric APRN

Join Volunteers of America, Utah, as a Psychiatric APRN on our Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team—a nationally recognized, evidence-based model that delivers care where it's needed most: in the homes and neighborhoods of people with serious mental illness (SMI). This is not your typical clinic job. If you're passionate about high-impact, human-centered care, we want to hear from you.

Volunteers of America, Utah's ACT Team members directly provide services that are individually tailored with each client and address their specific preferences and goals. The approach with each client emphasizes the relationship building and active involvement in assisting clients to make improvements in functioning, to better manage symptoms, to achieve individual goals and to maintain optimism.

What You'll Do:

• Provide psychiatric assessments, medication management, and clinical oversight to individuals living with SMI
• Deliver care in community and home-based settings alongside a multidisciplinary ACT team
• Build long-term therapeutic relationships and help clients stay out of the hospital
• Participate in crisis intervention, team planning, and recovery-focused care coordination
• Enjoy autonomy, but never isolation—work with a supportive psychiatrist and clinical team

What We're Looking For:

• Licensed APRN in Utah (or ability to obtain) with prescriptive authority
• At least 1 year of psychiatric experience—inpatient or community mental health preferred
• Comfortable working in field settings and with clients facing complex behavioral health challenges
• Clear communication, sound clinical judgment, and strong documentation skills
• Must be 21+, pass a drug screen and background check, and have a valid driver's license

Essential Duties:

• Collaborate with the team leader, psychiatrist, and entire Assertive Community Treatment team in sharing overall clinical responsibility for monitoring consumer treatment and take a lead role in coordinating and providing the team's medication administration services
• Conduct psychiatric assessments including psychiatric history (e.g., onset, course and effect of illness, past treatment and responses, and risk behaviors), mental status, and diagnoses; use of drugs or alcohol; education and employment; social development and functioning; activities of daily living; family structure and relationships; and physical health, making appropriate referrals to community physicians as necessary
• Prescribe psychotropic medications; conduct regular assessments of therapeutic responses and side effects; and educate clients and non-medical staff on medications and their side effects
• Be actively involved in both acute and long-term psychiatric inpatient treatment of clients
• Provide on-call crisis intervention and participate in on-call rotation
• Works with consumers and staff to develop and implement person-centered individual treatment plans that address psychiatric issues and align with clients' goals and preferences
• Participate in daily staff organizational meetings and treatment planning review meetings
• Complete documentation and meet minimum service time based on ACT requirements
• Performing work on site is required to provide direct client care. This includes care in the community such as in patients' homes, resource centers, streets, etc.

Requirements:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Special consideration will be given to psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners.

• APRN license with experience working in inpatient psychiatric settings
• Experience working with individuals diagnosed with a serious mental illness and/or substance use disorder preferred
• Demonstrates an ability to use sound judgment within the scope of the position's responsibilities
• Computer literate with familiarity of Microsoft Office
• Ability to uphold professional boundaries, confidentiality regulations, agency policies and procedures. Interact in a professional manner with a diverse workforce, clients, and the public
• Willingness to accept supervision and direction
• Must be at least 21 years of age, possess a current driver's license, have a good driving record and be insurable on the agency's liability policy
• Pass a pre-employment drug screen and Utah DHS – Office of Licensing background screening

Physical Demands:

• Work is performed inside and outside of an office environment
• Must have ability to climb stairs, enter client homes, as well as deliver services in shelter, on the street, etc