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Nurse Practitioner - Psychiatry (Skokie)

Rogers Behavioral Health · Skokie, IL · Full time

Posted Sep 26, 2025 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

How do you use your collaborating physician, and when do you bring a case to them?

What they are checking: Whether they know the limits of their scope and use collaboration well rather than avoiding or over-relying on it.

Tell me about a time you caught a medication interaction or side effect that others had missed.

What they are checking: Whether they are careful with the medical side of psychiatric care, including labs and physical health.

What would you do

You serve as a team leader in a treatment team model. How do you lead a team meeting with a therapist, nurse and behavior specialist who see the patient differently?

What they are checking: Whether they can lead a multidisciplinary discussion toward one plan without dismissing other disciplines.

The role may cover multiple sites, multiple levels of care and virtual visits. How do you keep quality steady across all of that?

What they are checking: Whether they have systems for continuity when moving between locations, levels of care and telehealth.

A patient on a partial hospitalization program wants to stop a medication that seems to be helping. How do you talk with them?

What they are checking: Whether they respect autonomy while giving honest, clear information about risks.

About the work

Walk me through how you structure an initial psychiatric evaluation when you have limited time and a complicated history.

What they are checking: Whether their assessment is organized and thorough enough to support safe diagnosis and prescribing.

A teenager with OCD has not responded to an adequate SSRI trial. What do you consider next?

What they are checking: Whether their psychopharmacology reasoning is sound and paired with evidence-based therapy, not medication alone.

How do you assess suicide risk during a medication management visit, and what changes your plan?

What they are checking: Whether they do a structured risk assessment and act on it, which is the highest-stakes part of the job.

How do you decide whether a patient needs a higher or lower level of care?

What they are checking: Whether they understand the continuum from inpatient to outpatient and match care to clinical need.

What does a good handoff look like when a patient moves from our residential program back to an outside prescriber?

What they are checking: Whether they think about continuity after discharge, which is where many relapses happen.

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The full job description

As published by Rogers Behavioral Health.

Rogers Behavioral Health is a not-for-profit behavioral health system with a long history. For over 100 years we have been providing top quality psychiatric services to our patients and performing cutting edge research and are one of the leading healthcare providers in our field. RBH offers adults, as well as child and adolescent patients in our communities, the ability to receive care at multiple level of services including: inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient and outpatient services. The three primary hospitals are located in Wisconsin, and numerous clinics spread from coast to coast in Wisconsin and 9 other states, including California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Washington. In this role, with the support of the collaborating physician, the provider will serve as a team leader in our patient care model, which is based on a multi-faceted treatment team methodology. Services : Attend Patients at the Site: • AHP will be expected to attend patients and assist with patient coverage at the locations assigned by Employer, this may include multiple locations, multiple levels of care or providing virtual services to sites within the scope of AHP licensure. • Conduct medication management sessions with patients, • Conduct patient psychiatric evaluations and assessments, • Conduct history and physical • Create patient treatment plans and manage updates, • Perform patient and family education, • Participate in team and unit meetings, • Create discharge plan creation, • Participating in the established call schedule. • Complete all charting and documentation within 24 hours • Serve as attending provider for assigned units. • Round on patients as required • Medication education with nursing staff. • Inservice treatment team, as needed. • Meet patient productivity standards • Complete all coding and documentation standards in compliance within organizational expectations • Attend the Medical Staff meeting and the Medical Staff Executive Committee meeting. Payor Relations: • Assist in developing and maintaining positive working relationships with all contracted payors. • Review of all denials of service from all payors that are deemed for medical reasons. • Interface with referring parties, the psychiatrist, primary care AHP, to coordinate care, aftercare. • Market Employer as appropriate, to include off-site meetings and marketing activities. • Review potential admissions, pending cases, and declined admissions, as needed, to assure Employer policy execution and compliance with EMTALA. Advocate: • Serve an advocate for the organization. • AHP will provide support, information, education and services • Participate in Employer’s quality assurance and performance improvement activities and meetings. • Take an active role in identifying new program development opportunities for patient care services and Employer. • Participate in community education of behavioral health issues. Admissions Support : • Provide initial placement recommendations based on admitting criteria, clinical parameters, medical history and documentation obtained through screening process provided by prospective patient or representative, as is permitted under the medical staff bylaws based on scope of licensure. • Review and evaluate completed admission screenings to determine appropriate program, level of care, and mode of delivery for prospective patient. • Communicate professionally and accurately. • Refer to and work with other departments and agencies as needed. • Report pertinent data to the attending provider and others on the team. • Prioritize effectively and consistently in situations requiring immediate attention versus postponement. • Immediately communicate difficult problems with referents. • Develop and maintain relationships with medical staff and other providers across RBH for ongoing re-review or other case communication. Additional Job Description: Physical/Mental Demands : • Must have excellent interpersonal skills and ability to resolve conflict. • Ability to use initiative and judgement to organize, plan activities, formulate policies, delegate responsibility and make decisions affecting diagnosis and treatment of patients. • Must be able to relate to people in a manner to win their confidence and establish rapport. • Must be flexible to adjust to changing conditions, programs and various details of the position. • Verbal and hearing ability required to interact with patients and employees. Numerical ability required to maintain records and operation a computer. • Must be able to read and communicate through written, verbal and auditory skills and abilities. • Position requires walking, sitting and standing. Work is performed inside the building and is physically light. Lifting is moderate; must be capable of lifting a minimum of 20 pounds. Reaching, handling, grasping and manual dexterity are necessary to operate various office equipment. • Physically/Mentally able to perform job duties as verified by a physical exam by a licensed AHP, per post-employment Physical Education/Training Requirements : • Be licensed in the state as a Nurse Practitioner • Board-eligible AHP. Board certification preferred • Graduate of an accredited college or university • Successful completion of required practical training as required by graduating educational institution and licensing body in the areas of psychiatry. • Two or more years experience working as a provider in another licensed hospital or clinic, preferred • Leadership and/ or supervisory experience in a behavioral health organization is preferred. • Experience with process improvement implementation preferred. Pay Transparency Requirements: Compensation for this role is between $1 21,859 and $ 146,231 and placement in the range will vary based on years experience , and whether area of specialization is adults or children. The position also includes an RVU bonus rate which is $44.10 per RVU . Nurse Practitioner - Cert With a career at Rogers, you can look forward to a Total Rewards package of benefits, including: • Health, dental, and vision insurance coverage for you and your family • 401(k) retirement plan • Employee share program • Life/disability insurance • Flex spending accounts • Tuition reimbursement • Health and wellness program • Employee assistance program (EAP) Through UnitedHealthcare, UMR and HealthSCOPE Benefits creates and publishes the Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Rogers Behavioral Health. To link to the Machine-Readable Files, please visit Transparency in Coverage (uhc.com)

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