Eligible for $5,000.00 - $7,000 Sign-On Bonus!

Title: APRN

Department: Outpatient 

Classification: Exempt; Non-Union

Schedule: Part Time; 8-24 hours/week during clinic hours. No weekends! No nights! 

(Outpatient clinic is open 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM, Mon-Fri)

EXCELLENT BENEFITS PACKAGE- Employees scheduled to work 20-29 hours/week:

• Paid personal/floating holidays
• Paid sick time
• Paid vacation time

• Company paid Life Insurance
• Company paid Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
• 401K Available

• Opt-in benefits available: Aflac, Pet Insurance, Employee/Spouse/Child Life Insurance, and Long Term Disability

Who We Are:

Sound Community Services, Inc. (SCSI) inspires hope by empowering our diverse community to find healing and growth!

Sound Community Services, Inc. is a private, not-for-profit organization dedicated to educating, assisting, and supporting individuals with persistent mental illness and substance use disorders.

We work tirelessly to create a culture and environment in which recovery and wellness are possible.

Who You Are:

Sound Community Services, Inc. is seeking team members whose mission is to display compassion, accountability, respect and excellence in our communities.

Position Overview:

Provide medication management to assigned caseload.

Essential Functions:

• Provides psychiatric treatment, including assessment, diagnosis and prescription of psychotropic medications to persons served.
• Supports Medicated Assisted Treatment of substance use disorders.
• Provides medical management and therapy services, as needed.
• Meets agency productivity standards.
• Participates/leads multi-disciplinary teams.
• Responsible for documentation of client progress/outcomes in the progress notes, medication records, treatment plans, quarterly treatment reviews and discharge summaries. It is expected that this documentation will be done in a timely manner.
• Responsible for persons served contacts and treatment planning according to the agency's CQI standards, licensure standards and reimbursement provider standards.
• Available for psychiatric urgencies or emergencies.
• Consults and coordinates care with clinicians, nurses and other APRNs.
• Attends staff meetings and serves on clinical and administrative committees as assigned.
• Provides staff education as assigned by the Medical Director.
• Responsible for knowing and following all agency policies. It is expected that the employee in this position will know and follow all code of conduct policies and the agency's code of ethics.
• Responsible for knowing and following all agency health and safety policies. Responsible for participating in drills and attending all related training sessions.
• It is expected that confidentiality and discretion will be maintained at all times.
• Performs all other tasks as assigned.

Qualifications

Education: RN in Nursing, completed master level training. Licensed as an Advance Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) in the State of Connecticut.  

Required:  Prescribing to and care of of addictive disorder and persistent mental illness population, as co-occurring disorders and application of harm reduction theory are a must.

Must be able to obtain a minimal malpractice insurance policy of $1,000,000 / $3,000,000. Experience and interest in community psychiatry and crisis intervention. Certified in First Aid and CPR. Competent use of technology including Electronic Medical Records software.  CPR/First Aid Certified. Bilingual (Spanish/English) preferred. 

Physical Requirements:

• Regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls, and climb stairs
• Regularly required to walk, talk and/or hear
• Speaking and hearing ability should be sufficient to communicate effectively by phone or in person at normal volumes
• Vision adequate to read correspondence, computer screen, forms, etc.
• Specific vision abilities required by this position include the ability to adjust focus
• Occasionally required to stand and climb or balance
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 lbs

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement:

Sound Community Services, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, religion, citizenship, national origin/ancestry, physical/mental disabilities, military status or any other basis prohibited by law.