Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Job Description

Job Description

Position Specific Duties/Responsibilities Assigned Responsibilities

Full-time position will be divided between two locations: residential treatment center in Dobbs Ferry, NY and outpatient foster care clinic in Bronx or Harlem, NY. Conduct comprehensive, trauma-focused psychiatric assessments of children and adolescents, incorporating developmental, psychosocial, and family system perspectives. Develop clear clinical formulations that integrate trauma history, attachment patterns, environmental stressors, and psychiatric presentation. Create individualized, evidence-based treatment plans that may include psychotherapy recommendations, psychopharmacology, and supportive interventions. Communicate assessment findings and treatment plans effectively to children, caregivers, and the broader clinical team in a developmentally appropriate and accessible manner. Provide ongoing psychiatric care, including medication management when indicated, with follow-up appointments at a minimum of once per month or more frequently based on clinical need. Collaborate with caseworkers, therapists, psychologists, and other agency staff to ensure coordinated, trauma-informed care. Participate in case conferences, team meetings, and treatment planning discussions. Maintain timely, accurate, and compliant clinical documentation in accordance with agency, state, and federal regulations. Support caregivers in understanding diagnoses, treatment approaches, and behavioral strategies. Promote a strengths-based, culturally responsive, and family-centered approach to care. In crisis treatment situations, ascertains whether or not a child needs psychiatric hospitalization or other type of special psychiatric treatment and coordinates such special treatment plan with the community hospital or agency. Provides on-call coverage for after hours via telephone on a rotating schedule with other psychiatry providers in department. Meets with Chief Psychiatrist and/or Medical Director on a regularly scheduled basis for supervision. Meets on a regularly scheduled basis with other Psychiatrists to for case discussions.

Position Qualifications:

Medical licensure in New York State. Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner: must have previous training and experience providing psychiatric treatment to children and adolescents