About this opportunity
Southwest Network, Inc. lists this ACT Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner - Outpatient opportunity in phoenix, Arizona. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (ACT Team) - Outpatient
Job Category : Clinical
Requisition Number : PSYCH
Posted : August 25, 2026
Full-Time
On-site
Locations
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Description
The Role
The ACT Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner functions as the psychiatric medical provider and senior prescribing clinician on the ACT team, directing, coordinating and providing medical/clinical services to members served by the team. Provides medication services, provides clinical leadership and guidance regarding team’s delivery of direct clinical services, monitors member status, and participates in meetings, staffings, and treatment planning. Has a defined caseload, productivity goals, and meets the psychiatric needs of any member assigned to the ACT team. Provides after-hours care, on-call coverage, and support to all members served by the ACT team. Participates in utilization management and quality improvement activities as required.
How You’ll Make an Impact
Comprehensive psychiatric assessments, diagnostic clarification, and treatment planning
Ongoing psychopharmacologic management, including clozapine and long-acting injectable antipsychotics
Ability to integrate brief therapy during your visits as appropriate, to maximize clinical outcomes
Consultation with colleagues on complex or treatment-resistant cases
Providing psychiatric care for members on Court Ordered Treatment (COT) as part of your overall caseload
Coordination with primary care, pharmacy, and inpatient teams during care transitions
Work collaboratively with the ACT clinical team to engage, educate, communicate, and coordinate care with each member, their family, behavioral, medical and dental health care providers, community resource providers, and others to ensure that all services prescribed in the individualized service plan (ISP) are implemented.
Conduct frequent community visits, including but not limited to private homes, Southwest Network sites, provider/treatment/service locations, educational facilities, jail/juvenile facilities, hospitals, and residential treatment/group homes.
Opportunity to mentor and teach psychiatry residents during clinical rotations at our site
Why This Role Matters
Behind every diagnosis is a human being with a story, goals, and the capacity for change. Our members often face significant barriers, including serious mental illness, medical challenges, housing instability, isolation, and fragmented care. They also bring resilience, strengths, and possibilities. The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner who thrives here understands that great care is built one relationship at a time. Your clinical decisions, curiosity, and consistency can help someone regain stability and reconnect with what matters to them. This can lead to meaningful steps toward the life they want to build.
What We Offer
A mission-driven organization with deep roots in community behavioral health since 1998
A collaborative, team-based care model where psychiatrists are supported, not siloed
Outpatient only; no inpatient coverage
Serves as on-call as directed; appoints a designee when not available. Evening or weekend hours required on an as-needed basis
Manageable caseloads designed to prevent burnout and allow you to practice the way you trained to
Who You Are
Board-certified or eligible PMHNP
Experienced in working with SMI populations, ideally in community mental health or comparable settings
Psychologically-minded: skilled at both medication management and integrating brief therapy when appropriate, to care for the whole person
Comfortable navigating complexity and energized by the opportunity to make a difference in community mental health
A team player who values collaboration
Education and Licensure Requirements
Valid DEA certification
Minimum two (2) years of experience as a psychiatric nurse practitioner, including experience treating adults with serious mental illness (SMI) and/or other high-acuity behavioral health populations. Prior ACT experience or equivalent community-based SMI experience strongly preferred.
Must maintain current CPR, First Aid, and Therapeutic Options (de-escalation/workplace safety) certifications, offered through Southwest Network
Valid Arizona driver’s license and vehicle insurance
Must be at least 21 years of age
Compensation and Benefits
Competitive salary commensurate with experience
Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
Health Savings and Flex Spending account options
Paid sick, vacation, and holiday time (10 paid holidays per year)
CME reimbursement and paid CME time
Retirement plan (403b) with company match
Virta (diabetes management program)
Disability insurance
Basic life insurance with the option to purchase supplemental insurance
Employee Assistance Program
Employee Discounts
When you consider the total compensation package, the support, and the impact you’ll have, this may be the opportunity you’ve been looking for. Any offer of employment is contingent upon verification of education, employment, driving record and auto insurance, and completion of a criminal background check and drug testing. Southwest Network is an equal opportunity employer.
About our Adult Services Division
For adults with serious mental illness, recovery and success in life depends on good mental and physical health, as well as having satisfying relationships, safe housing, purpose in life, a sense of belonging, and hope for the future. We help people define their personal goals for recovery and manage their symptoms so they can achieve those goals. With our integrated health services, care and support, they discover strengths they didn’t know they had and are able to build futures filled with hope, meaning, and wellness.
About Southwest Network
Southwest Network provides integrated behavioral and physical health services, caring for both the mind and body for whole health and wellness. We provide treatment programs for seriously mentally ill adults and children and adolescents with complex emotional and behavioral needs. We are committed to their recovery, and we work together to offer hope, support individual goals, encourage self-sufficiency, and change lives.
We understand how important our employees are to those they care for, and how critical they are to our mission. As one of our employees, we will look after as many of your professional and personal needs as we can and make sure your work environment is productive and pleasant. We are committed to offering you opportunities for personal and career growth, and we value and reward innovation, collaboration, dedication, and strength.
Qualifications
Behaviors
Preferred
Team Player
Works well as a member of a group
Loyal
Shows firm and constant support to a cause
Functional Expert
Considered a thought leader on a subject
Detail Oriented
Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well
Dedicated
Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity
Motivations
Ability to Make an Impact
Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization
Education
Masters or better in Nursing.
Experience
At least two years experience as a full time Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner with prescriptive authority following NP Licensure.
Licensed by the State of Arizona; and valid DEA Certification.
Must maintain current CPR, First Aid, and Therapeutic Options Certifications.Completion of an accredited NP program with Psychiatric Mental Health Certification or ANCC Certified as Psy-NP.
Master’s degree in a social science field or equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience.
Licenses & Certifications
Therapeutic Options
TB Shot
Flu Shot
First Aid
DEA License
Advance Practice RN
Equal Opportunity Employer
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Worksite address
phoenix, AZ, 85003, US
Who can apply
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