Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)

Description

The Clinic

Lorenz doesn’t just treat symptoms, the clinic leverages interdisciplinary treatment teams to treat the second-order problems that hold symptoms in place. Few mental health clinics offer psychiatric providers the opportunity to work in an applied, outpatient clinic setting alongside colleagues from other disciplines.  

Practicing at Lorenz Clinic is marked by a high degree of professionalism, our superordinate core value. A sense of social obligation pervades our work, which drives our focus on delivering quality services. The clinic engages in Reflective Practice, which ensures our workplace is conducive to the work itself. 

Interprofessional training is the keystone of our system. At any given time, about 20% of the clinicians at Lorenz are involved in training in one way or another. The training program is one of the most selective in Minnesota, with placements ranging from master’s practicum to specialty postdoctoral psychology fellowship and everything in between. Simply put, training allows us to work on the field, not just in it. This enlivens the practice at all levels and adds dimension and meaning to our work.

Rather than crowing about the latest burnout-focused gimmicks, Lorenz Clinic has adopted an evidence-based clinician wellness roadmap aimed at ensuring autonomy, choice, a reasonable workload, social connectivity, fairness, and actualization of our core values (and yes, our core values are clinically relevant).  

The Department

Lorenz’s psychiatry team was founded on the values of the field of advanced practice nursing. We combine an ethos of whole person care and work to ease suffering while collaborating across disciplines to solve the problems that hold symptoms in place. Working alongside psychologists, with access to testing and higher levels of care, PMHNPs treat clients who are being held by a clinic system and treatment team.  

Lorenz Psychiatry sees the spectrum of mental health issues across all walks of life. Providers aren’t pigeon-holed working with high acuity cases in isolation. The practice enjoys deep, special relationships with referring PCPs that have grown to trust the department to deliver a high level of collaboration and specialized consultation.  

The department is an affiliate of the University of Minnesota School of Nursing, which allows us to have a hand in training the next generation of PMHNPs for the betterment of the profession itself– for society’s benefit.  

The Role

This position entails the provision of outpatient psychiatric evaluation and treatment—either medication management or psychotherapy, depending on provider competence. Lorenz maintains a very favorable support staff ratio (typically <4:1), strong referral base, and a variety of integrated mental health services including in-house psychological testing, intensive groups, and psychotherapy. The clinic selects interventionists who are relationally-focused and socially-committed. The clinic uses an industry-leading EHR that allows for seamless interoperability with other health systems, enabling a high level of collaboration between systems of care. There is no call with this position. 

Job duties include but are not limited to: 

• Provides psychiatric services including evaluation and medication management to a diverse child and adult patient population  
• Provides clinical services including conducting diagnostic assessments, treatment planning, medication management, psychotherapy, and discharge planning for patients of the clinic 
• Provides intermittent didactics within clinic’s training program, if assigned   
• Compliance with clinic documentation standards 
• Compliance with licensing board rules, applicable codes of ethics, and DHS regulations 
• Maintains professionalism in all interactions with staff, patients, and business associates of clinic
• Carries assigned treatment caseload; servicing patients assigned by Clinic 
• Ability to provide psychiatric services under independent licensure 
• Compliance with clinic and training program policies and procedures, if applicable
• Participates in collaboration of care with other mental health providers  
• Uses the clinic’s Electronic Health Record (EHR) as assigned and adapts to its structure  
• Other duties as assigned 

Requirements

Requirements

The most successful candidates will evidence a track record of service as an interventionist with a high degree of professionalism within the field. The position requirements include: 

• A doctoral degree (DNP or PhD) from an accredited school of nursing 
• Full, unrestricted license to practice as a psychiatric nurse practitioner in Minnesota (or license-eligible) 
• At least one year post-licensure experience as a PMHNP functioning in an outpatient setting or successful completion of doctoral-level preceptorship at Lorenz Clinic
• Formal preparation and supervised experience in psychotherapy (preferred) 
• Experience in child, adult psychiatry, Board certification in child or adult Psychiatry (both preferred)
• State DEA registration & BLS certification
• Ability to work full-time
• Strong ethical and moral character references
• Competent in clinician-focused case consultation and clinical supervision
• Possesses a National Provider Identifier (NPI) prior to first day of employment 
• Approval for Medicare participation within 180 days of hire 
• Ability to travel between locations as required
• Evidence of a high level of professionalism within the field 
• Adult or Child Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner certification 
• Willingness to consult regularly with a Psychiatrist 
• Evidence of a high level of professionalism within the field 
• Strong clinical acumen and judgment 
• Ability to base clinical assessment and intervention methods on science and professional best practice 
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary treatment team 

Benefits

Full-time clinicians enjoy a robust benefits package that includes employer-sponsored medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability insurance. A 401k with employer match is available. Paid time off, paid holidays, paid service/volunteer time, paid continuing education hours, and a continuing education allowance round out the offering.  

As a training clinic, most clinicians at Lorenz earn about 100 hours per year of board-approved continuing education just from showing up to work. The clinic hosts an annual conference, monthly grand rounds, and four hours per month of case consultation with a specialist-led consultant.  

Above all, adding Lorenz Clinic to your resume is a distinctive badge of professionalism and quality recognized the field over. For the past decade and a half, Lorenz has been known as the psychotherapist’s clinic– one of the few practices many clinicians would entrust with their career or in many cases, their own family.   

Diversity 

Lorenz Clinic is proudly committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Offers of employment are conditional and contingent upon successful clearance of all background checks. 

For an unabridged job description, please contact human resources.  A full, unabridged job description is available from Human Resources. This is an in-person role.