Advanced Practice Nurse

**Samuel U Rodgers Health Center** **Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner – Full-Time Outpatient** **July 13, 2026** # Position Summary The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner provides high-quality, patient-centered psychiatric care in a full-time outpatient role at a Samuel U Rodgers Health Center located at 825 Euclid Avenue KC MO 64124. This is a full-time position that serves individuals with health and co-occurring mental health conditions through psychiatric assessment, diagnosis, medication management, brief therapeutic interventions, patient education, and care coordination. The role supports an integrated, team-based model of care designed to improve access, continuity, and outcomes for underserved and diverse patient populations. # Essential Duties and Responsibilities - Conduct comprehensive outpatient psychiatric evaluations, including history, mental status examination, risk assessment, diagnostic formulation, and treatment planning. - Diagnose and treat psychiatric and behavioral health conditions using evidence-based standards of care. - Prescribe, manage, and monitor psychotropic medications, including assessment of effectiveness, side effects, adherence, and safety. - Develop and update individualized treatment plans in collaboration with patients, families when appropriate, and members of the care team. - Provide brief supportive counseling, psychoeducation, motivational interviewing, and relapse-prevention support within the outpatient scope of practice, when needed. - Assess suicide risk, self-harm risk, and safety concerns; develop safety plans and coordinate higher levels of care when clinically indicated. - Coordinate care with primary care providers, therapists, case managers, substance use treatment providers, pharmacists, community agencies, and external specialists. - Support integrated behavioral health workflows, including warm handoffs, curbside consultation, population health initiatives, and collaborative care activities. - Order and interpret appropriate laboratory tests or screenings related to psychiatric treatment and medication monitoring. - Maintain timely, accurate, and compliant documentation in the electronic health record. - Participate in quality improvement, peer review, clinical meetings, and population health efforts that support access, equity, and measurable patient outcomes. - Follow all applicable federal, state, organizational, licensure, credentialing, privacy, and compliance requirements. # Required Qualifications - Master of Science in Nursing, or Doctor of Nursing Practice, or equivalent graduate degree from an accredited Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program. - Current and unrestricted Nurse Practitioner license in the state of Missouri. - Current certification as a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, such as PMHNP-BC. - Current prescriptive authority, including eligibility for controlled substance prescribing as required by state and federal law. - Current DEA registration, or ability to obtain prior to start date if required for the role. - Clinical experience assessing and treating psychiatric conditions in an outpatient, community health, primary care, or behavioral health setting. - Knowledge of psychopharmacology, DSM-based diagnosis, trauma-informed care, suicide risk assessment, and evidence-based treatment planning. - Ability to work effectively with diverse patients, including individuals experiencing health disparities, social barriers, substance use concerns, and complex psychosocial needs. # Preferred Qualifications - One or more years of experience as a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. - Experience working in a Federally Qualified Health Center, qualified health center, community mental health center, or integrated primary care setting. - Experience with patients across the adult lifespan; experience with children, adolescents or adults may be preferred depending on clinic’s population. - Bilingual or multilingual skills relevant…