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This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application. Learn more The New Mexico VA Health Care System (NMVAHCS) Behavioral Health Care Line is seeking qualified applicants to join our team. We are seeking a qualified full-time Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) to function as an integral member of a multidisciplinary team providing outpatient substance use disorder and psychiatric care in the Outpatient Specialty Substance Use Disorder (SUD) team, a subsection of the Outpatient Specialty Services Section. The PMHNP functions as a licensed independent practitioner providing the full range of psychiatric mental health care for patients within the Behavioral Health Care Line.. The incumbent also provides substance use and psychiatric consultation for primary care, BHIP, and other specialty clinics and the consultative liaison service as needed. The SUD specialty team provides time-limited scheduled and same day access mental health care for Veterans in an outpatient multidisciplinary setting that includes both psychiatric/medication management care as well as evidence-based psychotherapy services. Team members include psychiatry, advanced practice providers (NP, PA), social work, psychology, and nursing staff who work collaboratively to develop a comprehensive mental health treatment plan in service of Veteran's substance use, psychiatric, and psychosocial treatment needs. Care will be provided both in-person and utilizing clinical video-teleconferencing from that location to Veteran patients in VA Community Based Outpatient Clinics and receiving video to home services around the state. The PMHNP will directly report to the Outpatient Specialty Services Section Chief. The incumbent uses advanced clinical judgment and evidence-based treatment strategies to provide care to Veterans with substance use disorders as well as comorbid acute or chronic mental illness including treatment with psychotropic medications, brief psychotherapy, crisis intervention, case management and consultation with other mental health professionals. The incumbent should have experience in working with patients who have a variety of mental health conditions and should have prior experience with treating substance use disorders including the use of opiate agonist treatments for opiate use disorders. This position requires prescriptive authority, including X-Waiver for prescribing Buprenorphine/Naloxone for the management of Opioid Use Disorders. Work Schedule: Full-Time, Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized EDRP Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required