Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (ACT Team) - Outpatient

ACT Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

The ACT Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner functions as the psychiatric medical provider and senior prescribing clinician on the ACT team, directing, coordinating and providing medical/clinical services to members served by the team. Provides medication services, provides clinical leadership and guidance regarding team's delivery of direct clinical services, monitors member status, and participates in meetings, staffings, and treatment planning. Has a defined caseload, productivity goals, and meets the psychiatric needs of any member assigned to the ACT team. Provides after-hours care, on-call coverage, and support to all members served by the ACT team. Participates in utilization management and quality improvement activities as required.

Comprehensive psychiatric assessments, diagnostic clarification, and treatment planning

Ongoing psychopharmacologic management, including clozapine and long-acting injectable antipsychotics

Ability to integrate brief therapy during your visits as appropriate, to maximize clinical outcomes

Consultation with colleagues on complex or treatment-resistant cases

Providing psychiatric care for members on Court Ordered Treatment (COT) as part of your overall caseload

Coordination with primary care, pharmacy, and inpatient teams during care transitions

Work collaboratively with the ACT clinical team to engage, educate, communicate, and coordinate care with each member, their family, behavioral, medical and dental health care providers, community resource providers, and others to ensure that all services prescribed in the individualized service plan (ISP) are implemented.

Conduct frequent community visits, including but not limited to private homes, Southwest Network sites, provider/treatment/service locations, educational facilities, jail/juvenile facilities, hospitals, and residential treatment/group homes.

Opportunity to mentor and teach psychiatry residents during clinical rotations at our site

Behind every diagnosis is a human being with a story, goals, and the capacity for change. Our members often face significant barriers, including serious mental illness, medical challenges, housing instability, isolation, and fragmented care. They also bring resilience, strengths, and possibilities. The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner who thrives here understands that great care is built one relationship at a time. Your clinical decisions, curiosity, and consistency can help someone regain stability and reconnect with what matters to them. This can lead to meaningful steps toward the life they want to build.

A mission-driven organization with deep roots in community behavioral health since 1998

A collaborative, team-based care model where psychiatrists are supported, not siloed

Outpatient only; no inpatient coverage

Serves as on-call as directed; appoints a designee when not available. Evening or weekend hours required on an as-needed basis

Manageable caseloads designed to prevent burnout and allow you to practice the way you trained to

Board-certified or eligible PMHNP

Experienced in working with SMI populations, ideally in community mental health or comparable settings

Psychologically-minded: skilled at both medication management and integrating brief therapy when appropriate, to care for the whole person

Comfortable navigating complexity and energized by the opportunity to make a difference in community mental health

A team player who values collaboration

Active Arizona PMHNP license

Valid DEA certification

Minimum two (2) years of experience as a psychiatric nurse practitioner, including experience treating adults with serious mental illness (SMI) and/or other high-acuity behavioral health populations. Prior ACT experience or equivalent community-based SMI experience strongly preferred.

Must maintain current CPR, First Aid, and Therapeutic Options (de-escalation/workplace safety) certifications, offered through Southwest Network

Valid Arizona driver's license and vehicle insurance

Must be at least 21 years of age

Competitive salary commensurate with experience

Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance

Health Savings and Flex Spending account options

Paid sick, vacation, and holiday time (10 paid holidays per year)

CME reimbursement and paid CME time

Retirement plan (403b) with company match

Hinge Health (musculoskeletal care)

Virta (diabetes management program)

Disability insurance

Basic life insurance with the option to purchase supplemental insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Employee Discounts

When you consider the total compensation package, the support, and the impact you'll have, this may be the opportunity you've been looking for. Any offer of employment is contingent upon verification of education, employment, driving record and auto insurance, and completion of a criminal background check and drug testing. Southwest Network is an equal opportunity employer.

For adults with serious mental illness, recovery and success in life depends on good mental and physical health, as well as having satisfying relationships, safe housing, purpose in life, a sense of belonging, and hope for the future. We help people define their personal goals for recovery and manage their symptoms so they can achieve those goals. With our integrated health services, care and support, they discover strengths they didn't know they had and are able to build futures filled with hope, meaning, and wellness.

Southwest Network provides integrated behavioral and physical health services, caring for both the mind and body for whole health and wellness. We provide treatment programs for seriously mentally ill adults and children and adolescents with complex emotional and behavioral needs. We are committed to their recovery, and we work together to offer hope, support individual goals, encourage self-sufficiency, and change lives.

We understand how important our employees are to those they care for, and how critical they are to our mission. As one of our employees, we will look after as many of your professional and personal needs as we can and make sure your work environment is productive and pleasant. We are committed to offering you opportunities for personal and career growth, and we value and reward innovation, collaboration, dedication, and strength.