Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (Full-time) - Crisis Stabilization Resource Center

Be the steady presence when it matters most. At The Crisis Center, people arrive in the middle of a mental health crisis — and your nursing care is often the first thing that helps them feel safe again. As a full-time Psychiatric RN, you blend psychiatric and physical health nursing to help people stabilize, heal, and get back to their lives.

This is voluntary, community-based crisis care — a warm, respite-style setting, not a hospital ward or a revolving door. You'll work at the bedside and alongside a close-knit team, using every part of your license: assessment, medication management, de-escalation, health monitoring, teaching, and care coordination. If you want hands-on nursing where your presence genuinely changes someone's day, this is the place.

Why you'll want this role

• You use your whole license. Psychiatric and physical health nursing, medication management, teaching, and coordination — all in one role.
• You're at the bedside. Real, hands-on care with real people — not paperwork from a distance.
• You're part of a tight team. Psychiatric providers, therapists, and crisis staff work shoulder-to-shoulder with you in a trauma-informed environment.
• You help people get home. You guide individuals and families from crisis through stabilization and back into the community.

The Role at a Glance

You'll plan, implement, and evaluate programs of nursing care and therapeutic intervention that support stabilization, promote wellness, and help people reintegrate into the community — always in step with the Nebraska Nurse Practice Act, Nebraska DHHS behavioral health regulations, and facility policies.

What You'LL DO

Assess & deliver nursing care

• Provide comprehensive psychiatric nursing assessments — routine and urgent/emergent as clinically indicated.
• Conduct physical health screenings, assess ongoing medical needs, and screen for health risks at intake and periodically.
• Identify conditions requiring referral, consultation, or transfer to a higher level of care.
• Plan, implement, and evaluate individualized nursing care plans consistent with the interdisciplinary treatment plan.

Manage medications

• Administer and manage medications in collaboration with the CSRC psychiatric provider and other licensed providers, per the Nebraska Nurse Practice Act and orders.
• Perform medication reconciliation at admission and discharge, and monitor therapeutic response, side effects, and effectiveness.
• Ensure secure storage and accurate documentation of medications, including controlled substances.
• Provide medication education to individuals and families.

Monitor health & withdrawal risk

• Monitor vital signs and overall physical health status.
• Watch for indicators of substance use complications or mild withdrawal. The program is not a detox facility — individuals needing medical detox are referred or transferred per policy.
• Provide crisis health intervention within scope of practice, and implement preventive and remedial wellness plans.
• Coordinate referrals for external medical services when indicated.

Stabilize the crisis

• Provide crisis health and psychiatric intervention to support stabilization.
• Use approved de-escalation techniques and the least restrictive interventions.
• Participate in ongoing risk assessment, safety planning, and multi-agency service coordination grounded in best practice.

Support people & families

• Provide therapeutic nursing interventions to individuals and families.
• Teach education groups on medication management and basic health care, and offer health coaching and wellness activities.
• Support individuals and families through stabilization and reintegration, and help build sustainable health and recovery plans.

Connect & collaborate

• Work closely with the interdisciplinary team and key community agencies.
• Coordinate and schedule follow-up care — medical, mental health, and community-based support.
• Cross-train teammates in health and wellness interventions, and educate staff on physical and behavioral health issues.

Document, comply & show up well

• Maintain accurate, timely documentation — assessments, care plans, progress notes, medication records, and discharge summaries that reflect clinical decision-making and coordination of care.
• Stay compliant with Nebraska DHHS regulations, HIPAA, and agency policies.
• Be dependable and punctual, collaborate across the agency, take part in quality improvement, and treat everyone with courtesy, respect, and care.

What You Bring

Must-haves

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing, licensed in Nebraska as a Registered Nurse (RN).
• Two years of nursing experience.
• Valid driver's license and an acceptable driving record.

Nice to have (and we'd love it if you did)

• Experience in a substance abuse, mental health, or behavioral health setting.
• Working knowledge of primary health care issues.

Our CORE Values — How We Work

To thrive here, you'll bring these values to life every day:

• Safety — you protect the physical and emotional safety of every client, coworker, volunteer, and guest, offer reasonable accommodations, and champion diversity and inclusion so everyone can be authentic, valued, and supported.
• Trustworthiness — you build rapport and mutual trust through open, honest, transparent communication, and take ownership of results — you see it, own it, solve it, and do it.
• Choice — you know lasting change comes by choice, so you offer clients and colleagues real options within their capabilities and program limits to build engagement and buy-in.
• Collaboration — you create a shared relationship across everyone in services, leaning on teamwork and putting Heartland's goals first, the program's second, and individual goals last.
• Empowerment — you build on each person's strengths, give people the freedom and support to grow while holding them accountable to shared goals, and mine both successes and setbacks for learning.

What We Offer

This is a full-time, benefits-eligible role — a mission worth showing up for, plus real support for your life.

• ✓ Comprehensive health coverage — medical, dental, and vision
• ✓ Voluntary life, short-term disability, critical illness, and accident coverage
• ✓ Generous Flexible Time Off to protect your work-life balance
• ✓ A genuinely trauma-informed culture that cares for staff, not just clients
• ✓ A collaborative, team-oriented environment where your nursing judgment is valued

About Heartland Family Service

Founded in Omaha in 1875, Heartland Family Service strengthens individuals, families, and communities through advocacy, education, counseling, and support services. Last year we connected with roughly 153,000 people across 20 locations in east central Nebraska and southwest Iowa. Our vision is simple and ambitious: Strong Communities, So Everyone Can.

We're committed to a culture that is trauma-informed and that values and celebrates diversity and inclusion — because when people bring their whole selves to work, we deliver better care and better ideas. Trauma-Informed Care shapes how we engage the people we serve and how we support one another as a workforce.

If you believe in creating healthy families and communities and thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative, team-oriented environment, Heartland Family Service is the agency for you.

Ready to bring your nursing to where it matters most?

Apply today at heartlandfamilyservice.org/careers — we can't wait to meet you.