Our Mission.

The Aurora Mental Health Center is dedicated to helping people Live Life to the Fullest. If you are passionate about our Core Values; Passionate Caring, Rising to the Challenge, Honoring and Respecting all Persons, Believe in Resilience and Putting Client and Community First, we would like to invite you to join our family!

About the team.

Our Medical Team is a multi-disciplinary group of mental health professionals who provide services for adults, children, and patients with severe mental illness. Traditional services include medication management, teaching, and collaboration with team members as well as external care teams.

About the role.

The Nurse Practitioner collaborates with a multi-disciplinary team to provide comprehensive psychiatric services to clients and to serve in a consulting capacity to organization staff and other health care providers.

Responsibilities:

• Provide direct psychiatric services through the comprehensive evaluation, diagnosis, treatment planning and treatment of patients assigned, on a regular basis. As within the State outlined scope of practice.
• Assure clinicians in assigned services receive appropriate clinical supervision, as necessary.
• Work with multidisciplinary staff to evaluate and triage according to level of acuity, as needed.
• Share 24-hour on call responsibilities with other psychiatrists for residential, outpatient and emergency care, as assigned.
• Maintain availability by telephone for face-to-face evaluation of emergency patients, as appropriate.
• Provide utilization review of all patients in continuing care to ensure appropriate medical/psychiatric services are received, as needed.
• Attend team and other meetings, as necessary.
• Provide consultation with staff on patient care and difficult cases, as needed.
• Understand and comply with organizational goals around quality, compliance, standards, and policies.
• Complete required education and training in a timely manner.
• Accurately and completely document patient care. Provide information to credentialing, payroll, etc. in a timely manner

About you.

The ideal candidate has a strong knowledge base of psychopharmacology and critical thinking skills and has the ability to learn, adapt and grow. In addition, they should be passionate about treating patients with diverse cultural backgrounds and a range of symptom severity including patients on the severe end of the psychiatric spectrum. Finally, great interpersonal skills are essential for working in multi-disciplinary teams, in collaborating with colleagues, working with patients, and helping to educate trainees.

Requirements:

• Master's degree in Nursing with Prescriptive Authority
• Minimum 2 years of experience as Nurse Practitioner in Psychiatry.
• Current Colorado NP license in good standing with State.
• Certified as an advanced practitioner of nursing by Colorado State Board of Nursing.
• Valid and Current DEA.
• Current knowledge of pharmacology.
• Ability to administer medications and injections.
• Knowledge of diagnoses and theoretical issues related to clinical treatment.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Basic computer skills and ability to learn/utilize electronic health record.
• Treatment philosophy consistent with managed care principles.

Required Vaccinations:

• Aurora Mental Health Center (AuMHC) has prioritized the health and safety of our clients and staff and requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as well as receive an annual influenza (flu) shot prior to their first day of hire. Proof of both vaccinations we will be required upon your first day of employment.
• Medical and religious exemptions may be requested for either COVID 19 vaccine or annual flu shot.

Compensation, Benefits & Perks.

Salary for this role (based on experience and company equity):

• $110,385.00 - 134,915.00 Annually

Additional Compensation Opportunities:

• Language Differential Pay (For Bilingual Candidates): 5% of base salary up to $3,000/year

Benefits:

• Health insurance: Kaiser
• Dental, vision, and flexible spending accounts(dependent care & health care)
• Company paid basic life and AD&D insurance
• Long-term disability coverage*
• 403(b) retirement plan which provides 100% vesting immediately, and matching contributions up to 4% after one year of employment
• Paid time-off up to 12 days for full-time first year employees, including 9 Paid Company Holidays, 2 floating holidays, and 12 sick days (hours calculated pro-rata basis)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Voluntary term life insurance
• Short term disability*

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  Eligible for benefit if working 30 hours per week or more

Additional Perks:

• Quality Supervision for clinical hours towards licensure at no cost to the employee
• Loan Forgiveness
• Continued learning benefit

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Aurora Mental Health Center (AuMHC) and subsidiaries are dedicated to the principles of equal employment opportunity. We prohibit unlawful discrimination against applicants or employees on the basis of age 40 and over, race, sex, color, religion, national origin, disability, military status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable state or local law. We are committed to maintaining an environment that respects the dignity of each individual in our community. We do not tolerate discrimination in any form or context including harassment or exclusion.

Diversity Statement.

We are committed to the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and strive to ensure that it is interwoven into the fabric of our organization. We support and nourish an inclusive and welcoming environment for employees from diverse backgrounds.