Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner; Pendleton

Overview

Initial Posting Date: 10/03/2025

Final date to receive applications: 11/02/2025

Agency: Department of Corrections

Salary Range: $10,272 - $13,880

Position Type: Employee

Position Title: Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (Pendleton)

Job Description:

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (Pendleton) — Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution, Pendleton, Oregon. Oregon Department of Corrections. We offer an opportunity for a Licensed Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner to work on site at EOCI with a dedicated team serving a traditionally underserved community. Benefits include participation in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. Join us to make a meaningful impact while advancing your career.

Enjoy flexible scheduling, a manageable patient load, and continuity of care with professional autonomy. You will have the opportunity to increase income by being on call after hours and on weekends.

About the Job – Your Role

Provide psychiatric assessment and psychotropic medication management for mentally ill adults in custody within Behavioral Health Services (BHS) of the ODOC. Responsibilities include referral to programs and services as appropriate and on‑call crisis intervention after hours, holidays, and weekends. Work as part of a multi‑disciplinary team to coordinate care with other treatment team members.

BHS is an administrative unit that sets policy and direction for targeted service populations at each institution, including diagnostic evaluation, stabilization, treatment, release planning, and case management for mentally ill and developmentally disabled AICs. Housing options include Mental Health Infirmary, Intermediate Care Housing, Behavioral Housing Unit, Day Treatment, and Mental Health housing.

This position is represented by AFSCME and may be eligible for Police & Fire (P&F) benefits through PERS as defined by statute.

Minimum Qualifications

Possession of a current Oregon Nurse Practitioner license issued by the Oregon State Board of Nursing and a current Prescriptive Authority Certification within the Oregon APRN Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Scope of Practice.

Additional Requirements

• Have a current DEA registration or the ability to obtain one
• Possess a current National Provider Identifier (NPI) number
• Be a certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)

Knowledge

• Information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat mental disorders, injuries, and diseases, including symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties, interactions, and preventive health care measures.
• Psychiatric advanced practice nursing and medical principles and practices.
• Human anatomy and physiology, microbiology, pathology, nutrition, and pharmacology.
• Human behavior and growth.
• Community resources for patient referral.

Requested Skills

• Treating affective illness and distress, psychotic disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, substance use disorder, persistent mental illness, and survivors of sexual assault.
• Therapeutic treatments, examination instruments usage, and administration of psychotropic medications.
• Patient psychiatric treatment assessment, including mental status examinations, laboratory tests, and other diagnostic procedures, data analysis, and problem identification.
• Developing and modifying treatment plans, including further diagnostic studies, therapy, patient education, and follow-up parameters.
• Critical thinking to evaluate strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions.
• Working with aggressive, abusive or combative patients.
• Communicating orally and in writing with health care professionals and laypersons.

Application Information

• In the Work Experience section of your application, include dates and duties of all relevant positions and details to support how you meet these attributes. If education or work experience meeting minimum qualifications is not included, you will not be considered. Only candidates whose experience closely matches qualifications and requested skills will be invited to interview. Applicants must meet minimum qualifications on or before the job offer.
• The job posting closes at 11:59 PM (PDT/PST) on the close date. After submission, respond to the two questionnaires relating…