Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner - ARNP Eating Disorders

Job Title:  Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Opal: Food+Body Wisdom is a local, female owned and clinician-led eating disorder treatment facility in the University District of Seattle, Washington that offers Partial Hospitalization Program and Intensive Outpatient Program.  Radically Open Dialectical Therapy, Exercise+Sport programming and clinic wide weight-inclusive practices are infused throughout our treatment.  With Opal’s founders and clinical leadership team being experienced clinicians and closely involved in the day to day treatment, staff are able to learn from experienced clinicians and see the integration of these unique treatment offerings in a higher level of care setting. 

What can you expect with our RO DBT treatment?

RO DBT is the foundational treatment approach offered to our clients, as evidenced by specialized groups created and led by Dr. Lexi Giblin, who is intensively trained in RO DBT and an RO DBT Alumni Senior Clinician.  RO DBT  skills classes, meal support approach, self-inquiry group, and more offer clients a wrap around RO DBT treatment experience.  Opal staff have the regular opportunity to learn about RO DBT through staff training and apply their knowledge by co-leading groups and supporting clients through an RO DBT lens.

What can you expect with our Exercise+Sport approach?

We offer regular and robust programming for ALL of our clients to explore their relationship with exercise, sport and movement. We offer individual exercise experientials for all of our clients as well as specific groups to address relationship with movement. Staff interested and trained to be part of this programming is supervised by co-founder Kara Bazzi who has 20 years of experience and expertise in integrating relationship with movement into eating disorder care.

What can you expect with our weight-inclusive care?

As a clinic that was founded in 2012 on Health at Every Size principles and continually informed by weight-inclusivity and the Anti-Diet movement, we aim for systemic and individual application of a non-diet and non-weight based approach to food and body.   Staff can expect to have a work environment that celebrates body diversity and freedom with food. Clinical learning opportunities abound in group and individual therapy where our understanding is stretched about how to effectively deliver inclusive eating disorder treatment that can lead to healing for individuals in all sized bodies.

Our facilities:

Our passionate staff come together, in a newly renovated facility, to support our clients by offering a warm healing environment for the hard work of eating disorder recovery.  Staff are able to enjoy work spaces that are fully furnished, with bright daylight, comfortable furniture, and modern technology.

As a member of Opal’s staff you would have opportunities to showcase your strengths and work alongside a staff that is innovative and passionate about the application of RODBT, weight-inclusive practices, and exercise+sport in eating disorder treatment.

Job Title:  Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Job Responsibilities:  

- Provide medication management for intensive outpatient (IOP) and partial hospitalization (PHP) clients 

- Perform comprehensive psychiatric evaluations

- Prescribe and manage psychotropic medication based on a knowledge of pharmacological and physiological 

  principles in accordance with state and federal laws and regulations

- Provide staff consultation and attend weekly staff consult meeting

- Conduct insurance reviews as part of insurance utilization review process, as needed 

- Collaboration with other members of a multidisciplinary treatment team, including outside primary care 

- Maintain clinical documentation and other administrative tasks required for competent care

- Provide psychiatric program leadership

Education/Credential Requirements: 

- Must be certified to practice as an Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner in Washington State with specific psychiatric credential 

- Ability to prescribe for ages 16 and above

- Comfort with electronic health record systems

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

- Practice medicine and live personally in a way that reflects a non-diet, weight-inclusive relationship with   

  food and body

- Exhibit a high degree of confidentiality and personal boundary setting

- Experience working with eating disorders and athletes strongly desired

Skill Requirements + Opal Value Alignment: 

- Approachable and compassionate, with an emotional awareness of client’s needs and one’s relationship with the  

  client  

- A high degree of confidentiality and personal boundary setting; coupled well with value of modeling for clients and staff

- Adaptable and flexible. 

- High value of collaboration with multidisciplinary treatment teams
- Experience working with clients with eating disorders 

Hours:  Hourly. Estimate of 20-32 hours/week. All hours occur on weekdays, Monday - Friday. Exact hours would ideally include Wednesday staff meeting from 2-5pm then other hours could be negotiable but ideally spread out throughout the week.   Job could be in person, virtual or a mix of both.  

Benefits: PTO, retirement account with employer matching, etc.  Full benefits summary available upon request. Could include health benefits if work 32+ hours weekly.

Opal’s Aspiration:  To contribute to a world where all are able to live fully with freedom

Opal’s Vision: To inspire cultural change regarding food, body, movement and mental health

Opal’s Mission: To free people from diet culture by offering eating disorder treatment for food, body and exercise concerns

Staff  Values:  Better Together.      Curiosity and Learning.      Do it. Self-Inquiry. Repeat.      Change the Script.