Advanced Practice Nurse

Job Title: Advanced Practice Nurse

Location: St. Louis, Missouri

Department: Adult Community Services

Employment Type: Full Time

Job Summary:
Join our compassionate and collaborative team as an Advanced Practice Nurse, where you will have the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of patients. In this role, you will provide essential healthcare services, ensuring that patients receive the highest level of care with compassion and understanding. We are looking for a dedicated professional who is skilled in patient assessment, treatment planning, and care coordination. Your expertise will help us support vulnerable populations and promote their health and well-being.

As an Advanced Practice Nurse, you will carry out physical and psychological exams, prescribe treatments, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to facilitate patient transitions within the healthcare setting. Your commitment to best practices in addiction and mental health treatment will be vital in our mission to improve patient outcomes.

The Advanced Practice Nurse position offers.
• Employee Assistance Program - 24/7 counseling services, legal assistance, & financial consultation for you and your household at no cost
• Career Advancement & Wage Growth - Grow in your career with great opportunities for upward mobility and added income
• Comprehensive Training - Learn and develop skills with our robust on-the-job training
• Workplace Culture - An environment cultivating employee wellbeing, valuing each individual's humanity, and actively promoting healthy, joyful workforce engagement

Key Responsibilities:
• Conduct physical and psychological exams and document patient histories.
• Provide basic healthcare treatment and prescribe medications as needed.
• Review patient conditions and determine appropriate treatment plans.
• Attend to patients with care, compassion, and understanding.
• Function independently to perform age-appropriate assessments for complex and chronically ill patients.
• Order and interpret diagnostic tests based on age-specific needs.
• Implement interventions to support patient stability and monitor treatment effectiveness.
• Facilitate Medication Services within Substance Use Disorder programs as applicable.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team members to ensure comprehensive patient care.
• Oversee care coordination activities and facilitate effective communication with external providers.

Education, Experience, and/or Credential Qualifications:
• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing and accredited Nurse Practitioner Program.
• Licensed as a RN in the State of Missouri.
• Licensed as an APRN by the State of Missouri.
• Two years of experience as a Nurse Practitioner.
• Current Missouri license in good standing.
• Obtain a Federal DEA license.
• Willingness to explore/obtain DATA 2000 Waiver.

Additional Qualifications:
• Successful completion of background check including criminal record, driving record, abuse/neglect, and fingerprint check.
• Current driver's license, acceptable driving record, and current auto insurance.
• Applicant must be willing to become licensed in additional states and provide telehealth services.

Physical Requirements:
• ADA Consideration - Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently to lift, carry, push, or pull objects, including the human body.
• Repetitive movements of hands, fingers, and arms for typing and/or writing during work shift.
• Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods.

Brightli is on a Mission:
Join us in our mission to change and save lives. If you are passionate about making a difference and providing high-quality care, we encourage you to apply today!

Keywords: Advanced Practice Nurse, Nurse Practitioner, Healthcare, Patient Care, Substance Use Disorder, Telehealth, Community Health, Missouri, Compassionate Care, Mental Health

Position Perks & Benefits:

Paid time off: full-time employees receive an attractive time off package to balance your work and personal life

Employee benefits package: full-time employees receive health, dental, vision, retirement, life, & more

Top-notch training: initial, ongoing, comprehensive, and supportive

Career mobility: advancement opportunities/promoting from within

Welcoming, warm, supportive: a work culture & environment that promotes your well-being, values you as human being, and encourages your health and happiness


A mission to improve client care, reduce the financial burden of community mental health centers by sharing resources, a mission to have a larger voice in advocacy to increase access to mental health and substance user care in our communities, and a mission to evolve the behavioral health industry to better meet the needs of our clients.

As a behavioral and community mental health provider, we value diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workforce and encourage applications from individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences. If you are passionate about empowering your local communities and promoting health equity, we invite you to join our mission-driven organization that is committed to building a diverse, equitable, inclusive and authentic workplace.

We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and encourage applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, gender expressions, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, disability or veteran status, or to other non-work related factors.

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