Physician Assistant or Advanced Practice Registered Nurse

Behavioral Health Clinic Position

Badlands Behavioral Health Clinic is seeking a Physician Assistants and/or Advanced Practice Registered Nurses in the Dickinson, ND area. Sign on Bonus up to $23,000. Are you a person who is passionate about providing exceptional behavioral health care to underserved populations? If so, we can offer you a fulfilling career where you would provide prescription management alongside other multidisciplinary team members to support individuals in their recovery from substance use disorders and/or optimize their mental health treatment. Be part of the solution to the behavioral health crisis. As an advanced practice prescriber for ND Department of Health and Human Services, you will ensure the most vulnerable have access to a high-quality healthcare system in which prevention works, treatment is effective, and people recover. As a Behavioral health physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses (APRN) with Team ND you will leverage the full scope of mental health and substance use treatment services. You will assess, diagnose, prescribe medications, and provide patient and family education. You will facilitate individualized patient centered treatment plans to match individuals with evidenced based treatment that best aligns with their goals. Patient treatment will range from individualized medication management services to working within a multidisciplinary team to serve individuals/families experiencing severe and persistent behavioral health disorders with associated significant functional impact. As a Team ND prescriber, you will provide in-person onsite and community outreach prescription management services to individuals with mental health and substance use disorders. To thrive in this position, Team ND prescribers must be committed to the behavioral health specialty and ensure maintenance of certification, licensure, and continuing medical education requirements are met. Care provided must be patient-centered, flexible, adaptable, trauma informed, evidence based and take into consideration solutions that maximize the individuals' opportunities for recovery. This position offers the following incentives: Relocation expenses Sign-on bonus This position offers a healthy benefit package that includes: 100% employer paid family health insurance Comprehensive Retirement Benefit Package 10 paid holidays Paid Annual and Sick leave This position is located on site at the Badlands Behavioral Health Clinic in Dickinson, ND and will provide essential client services face to face and will also need to be able to travel to meet clients at the appropriate location of care. Job Type Full-time Monday Friday from 8:00 AM-5:00 PM MT Environment Outpatient Behavioral Health Clinic (occasional home or community-based care) About HHS ND HHS strives to make North Dakota the healthiest state in the nation by reinforcing the foundations of wellbeing: physical, economic, and behavioral. The keys to success are the 2800 committed, team members who are guided by a simple but powerful belief: when we lead with light, we create systems and services rooted in hope, clarity, and possibility. Their work is supported with more than $6 billion in funding from nearly 400 different federal, state, and special sources.

Minimum Qualifications

Hold one of the following licenses at the time of hire: North Dakota board of nursing licensed advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) North Dakota board of medicine licensed physician assistant (PA) Have behavioral health specialty certification including or equivalent to: Family Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner PMHNP Adult Psych-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner PMHNP Adult Psychiatric-Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist PHMCNS-BC Psychiatric Certificate of Added Qualifications (CAQ) Have a minimum of two years of behavioral health specialty prescription management experience post-graduation from specialty training (mental health and substance use disorder prescription confidence). Position requires a valid driver's license and successful completion of the assigned defensive driving course during new-hire orientation. Alternative to requiring driver's license if there are other means to get around, for example public transportation is available.

Application Procedures

Your resume should include information to demonstrate how you meet the minimum qualifications as posted. If the Department's Human Resource Division is unable to determine that you meet the minimum qualifications credit will not be given. All application material must be received on or before the closing date by 11:59 PM Central Standard Time (CST). Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The Department of Health & Human Services does not offer or provide sponsorships. This employer participates in E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information HHS ND Careers E-Verify A copy of your qualifying degrees transcript and any applicable certifications or licensures must be provided at the time of an interview. For more information about the position or if you need an accommodation, please contact Dr. Laura Kroetsch at View email address on click.appcast.io or at View phone number on click.appcast.io. Employing Unit: ND HHS Badlands Behavioral Health Clinic Telephone Number: View phone number on click.appcast.io TTY Number ND Relay Service View phone number on click.appcast.io (text) or View phone number on click.appcast.io (voice) If you are experiencing technical difficulties with the Application Process or uploading attachments, please contact View email address on click.appcast.io or View phone number on click.appcast.io.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The State of North Dakota and this hiring agency do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), genetics, religion, age or disability in employment or the provisions of services and complies with the provisions of the North Dakota Human Rights Act. As an employer, the State of North Dakota prohibits smoking in all places of state employment in accordance with N.D.C.C. 23-12-10.