At New Directions Northwest in Baker City, our Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners play a vital role in delivering compassionate, high-quality mental health care to individuals across our community. As a PMHNP, you will provide comprehensive psychiatric evaluations, medication management, and collaborative treatment planning?helping clients achieve stability, recovery, and improved quality of life.
New Directions Northwest is committed to supporting the professionals who make this work possible. We offer competitive salary, excellent benefits, and a supportive, team-based environment that values clinical expertise, autonomy, and work-life balance. Our integrated care model allows PMHNPs to work closely with counselors, case managers, and crisis teams to ensure coordinated, client-centered care.
If you are driven by clinical excellence, compassion, and a desire to make a meaningful impact in a rural community, New Directions Northwest in Baker City offers an opportunity to practice at the top of your license while truly changing lives.
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)
The Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) provides comprehensive psychiatric evaluation, diagnosis, and medication management services to adults and youth in multiple behavioral health settings, including outpatient, addiction residential, detox, crisis respite, and correctional/jail-based programs.
The PMHNP ensures all care is compliant with OAR 309-019 (outpatient standards), OAR 309-018 (residential and detox standards), and the Oregon State Board of Nursing (OSBN) scope of practice. The position also ensures adherence to MHACBO ethical standards for integrated behavioral health and addiction care.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
1. Clinical Evaluation & Treatment
Evaluates and manages mental health and co-occurring disorders in outpatient, residential, detox, and crisis respite settings.
2. Medication Management
3. Coordination of Care
Collaborates with therapists, RNs, case managers, and addiction counselors to ensure integrated, team-based care.
Maintains communication with external prescribers, primary care providers, hospitals, and specialty clinics for continuity of care.
4. Documentation & Reporting
Documents all encounters within required timeframes, ensuring compliance for billing, audits, and quality review.
5. Compliance & Ethics
6. Professional Conduct & Collaboration
Demonstrates clear, respectful, and professional communication with clients, staff, and external partners.
7. Attendance & Workplace Standards
Minimum Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Work Environment
Clinical work may occur in outpatient clinics, residential programs, medical detox units, crisis respite centers, or jail facilities.
Supervision
Reports To: Clinical Director
