Job: Nurse Practitioner

Southwest Network, a local non-profit behavioral health organization serving both adults and kids within the community. We believe, and others will agree, that we are the best of the best within Behavioral Health...and now is your chance to continue to prove this statement true. By joining Southwest Network, you will be helping us grow into an even better organization and thus allowing us to accomplish our ultimate goal - to improve the lives of those we are proud and honored to serve.

Primary Functions:
Directs, coordinates, and provides medical/clinical services to specified consumers within a specific clinic. This
includes engagement, assessment, differential diagnosis, treatment planning, medication management, family
meetings, supportive psychotherapy, patient education, and risk assessment, and discharge planning. Has a defined
caseload, has productivity goals, and meets the psychiatric needs of any consumer assigned to their clinic.
Participates in on-call rotation for the system. Participates in utilization management and quality improvement
activities. Functions as the senior clinician on the team. Reports to the Chief Psychiatrist and Area Medical
Director for clinical performance and the Site Administrator or Clinical Director for administrative performance.
Knowledge and Ability:
Three (3) or more post-doctoral years' experience in the delivery of mental health treatment of
children/adolescents/adults. Competency in the software packages Absolute and Claimtrack.
Education and Experience:
• Completion of an accredited NP program with Psychiatric Mental Health Certification or ANCC Certified
as Psy-NP.
• Licensed by the State of Arizona; eligible for Board Certification and valid DEA Certification.

Duties and Responsibilities:
• Serves as the attending psychiatrist/nurse practitioner to assigned consumers. Completes initial psychiatric
assessments, progress notes, annual psychiatric updates, family interventions, develops differential
diagnostic assessments, assessments of capacity for consent to treatment, risk assessments, patient
education, progress towards treatment goals including medical, psychological, social, behavioral and
developmental aspects of the consumer’s situation.