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Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Residency Training Program

Thundermist Health Center is a federally qualified community health center, serving three communities in Rhode Island – Woonsocket, West Warwick, and South County – for more than 45 years. Services include primary care, pediatrics, OB/GYN, internal medicine, dental, pharmacy, fully- integrated behavioral health (inclusive of psychopharmacology and counseling), school-based health centers, social services, and nutritional services, including the Women, Infants & Children (WIC) program. Thundermist serves clients with and without health insurance. In 2017, Thundermist served more than 45,000 patients. It is a Level 3 Pa ent-Centered Medical Home, the highest level of accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).

STRUCTURE:

  • Twelve-month, full- me salaried position with benefits. Program runs from September to August. There is a one- year employment commitment to Thundermist upon completion of the residency program.
  • Full integration into the organization:
    • Involvement in quality and practice redesign.
    • Participation in weekly residency steering committee.

Core Elements:

  • Highly individualized precepted experience.
  • Weekly didactic sessions: scheduled learning sessions on a variety of complex, clinical challenges most commonly encountered in FQHCs.
  • Specialized rotations.
  • Quality improvement training.

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Direct clinical practice, including but not limited to:
  • Psychopharmacological treatment.
  • Medication-assisted treatment.
  • Substance use screening and treatment.
  • Evaluation and treatment of depression, anxiety, bipolar

Recent graduates of master’s or DNP programs, ANCC certification as a PMHNP, bilingual preferred with a stated commitment to practices as a PMHNP in safety net settings and an interest in integrated health care practice. Applications are due by April 1, 2019.

For more information, please call (401) 825-6930 or email NPResidency@ThundermistHealth.org

disorder, post-trauma c stress disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, and other psychiatric disorders.

  • Continuous training to THC model of high-performance health system: access, continuity, planned care, team-based, prevention- focused, expert use of electronic technology and data
  • Training on THC quality improvement model
  • Ongoing multi-input evaluation component using qualitative and quantitate measures.
  • Participation in Project ECHO® case-based distance learning platform.