Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, N26
Montgomery CountyAbout the Position
The expected salary range for the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Grade 26, upon hire is $87,235 - $133,833.91.
WHO WE ARE
Montgomery County is located adjacent to Washington, D.C., and with over one million residents, is the most populous County in the State of Maryland. The County is also the most diverse County in the State and ranks among the top ten most diverse Counties in the nation. Montgomery County contains many major U.S. government offices, scientific research and learning centers, and business campuses.
The Department of Health and Human Services is responsible for delivery of the County’s public health and human services that meets the needs of our community’s most vulnerable children, adults and seniors. The Department provides services through more than 120 programs at more than 20 locations. With over 2,000 employees, the Department of Health and Human Services is the largest County Department.
As a Department, we believe health and wellness of the county can only be achieved by ensuring that every resident has fair opportunities to reach their fullest potential. This means access to quality housing, transportation, education, employment, health care, human services, safe neighborhoods, and healthy food. HHS provides critical services for residents who face a variety of obstacles in achieving their full potential. HHS plays an essential role in building a healthy and strong community.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
The Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is seeking a Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (CRNP-PMH) to provide mental health care services in the Adult Behavioral Health Program.
What You'll Be Doing
This is specialized professional community health nursing work providing mental health care services in an Advanced Practice Registered Nursing (APRN) role as a Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner – Psychiatric and Mental Health (CRNP-PMH).
Nurse Practitioner may assume the role of therapist for their patients and manage the delivery of psychiatric services to their patients in conjunction with therapy.
Provides direct psychiatric clinical care services, including but not limited to comprehensive diagnostic evaluations, prescribing and administering medications, to individuals diagnosed with a severe mental health diagnosis, supports their families and works collaboratively with other providers as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
Provides group treatment, making appropriate referrals, requesting laboratory and psychological tests and utilizing the results in the context of the patient's therapeutic cause, signing commitment papers and preparing other medico-legal documents when clinically indicated, provides therapeutic interventions alongside of medication management.
Maintains appropriate patient records, data, test results and statistics; posts appropriate results and notations in patient charts; and prepares reports.
Minimum Qualifications
LICENSE: - Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner- Psychiatric and Mental Health (CRNP-PMH)
Experience: Three (3) years of full-time equivalent post-licensure experience as a Registered Nurse; two (2) years of these 3 years must have been in the Psychiatric and Mental Health area and one (l) year of these 2 years must have been in community health nursing.
Education: Graduation from an accredited college or university, or an equivalent program as determined by the Maryland Board of Nursing, with a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing and a Master's Degree in Public Health, Community Health Nursing or other appropriate nursing specialty; and successful completion of a Nurse Practitioner Program.
Equivalency: An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted for the Master’s Degree or for the required experience, but not for the successful completion of a Nurse Practitioner Program.
LICENSE: Possession of a current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the United States and certification as a Nurse Practitioner in the State of Maryland issued, or recognized, by the Maryland Board of Nursing (MBON). Maryland accepts as valid current RN licensure from a candidate’s primary state of residence if that state is a party to National Nurse Licensure Compact (NNLC); additional information is available on the MBON website.
Preferred Criteria, Interview Preferences
There are no preferred criteria. All applicants will be reviewed for minimum qualifications.Hold a master's, postgraduate, or doctoral degree from a psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner program accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) or the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) (formerly NLNAC | National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission)
Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner - Psychiatric and Mental Health (CRNP-PMH)
Experience/familiarity providing culturally competent services as well as challenges affecting low-income immigrant client population.
Experience and training using evidence-based practices to clients with a serious or persistent mental illness
Experience working within multi-disciplinary teams and ability to work collaboratively
Spanish Basic Preferred to communicate with clients who have limited English proficiency (LEP).
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The Office of Human Resources (OHR) reviews the minimum qualifications of all applicants, irrespective of whether the candidate has previously been found to have met the minimum requirements for the job or been temporarily promoted to the same position. This evaluation is based solely on the information contained in the application/resume submitted for this specific position.
Montgomery County Government(MCG) is an equal opportunity employer, committed to workforce diversity. Accordingly, as it relates to employment opportunities, the County will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, in accordance with the law. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should email OHR at Hiring@montgomerycountymd.gov. Individual determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made in accordance with all applicable laws.
MCG also provides hiring preference to certain categories of veterans and veterans/persons with a disability. For more information and to claim employment preference, refer to the Careers webpage on Hiring Preference.
All applicants will respond to a series of questions related to their education, relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities required to minimally perform the job. The applicant's responses in conjunction with their resume and all other information provided in the employment application process will be evaluated to determine the minimum qualifications and preferred criteria or interview preference status. Based on the results, the highest qualified applicants will be placed on an Eligible List and may be considered for an interview. Employees meeting minimum qualifications who are the same grade will be placed on the Eligible List as a "Lateral Transfer" candidate and may be considered for an interview.
This will establish an Eligible List that may be used to fill both current and future vacancies.
If selected for consideration for this position, you may be required to provide evidence that you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities indicated on your resume.
Montgomery County Ethics Law: Except as provided by law or regulation, the County's "Public Employees" (which does not include employees of the Sheriff's office) are subject to the County's ethics law including the requirements to obtain advanced approval of any outside employment and the prohibitions on certain outside employment. The outside employment requirements of the ethics law can be found at 19A-12 of the County Code. Additional information about outside employment can be obtained from the Ethics Commission website.