Nurse Practitioner – HIV Primary Care & Behavioral Health

Nurse Practitioner – HIV Primary Care & Behavioral Health

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Bronx & Harlem, NY | Full-Time

Are you an experienced Nurse Practitioner interested in combining primary care, HIV medicine, and behavioral health within a mission-driven community healthcare setting?

A New York City healthcare organization is expanding its integrated medical and behavioral health services and is seeking an experienced Nurse Practitioner to help support a new initiative focused on providing comprehensive care to adults living with HIV and other complex healthcare needs.

This is a unique opportunity to help build and grow a new clinical program while providing hands-on care to an underserved adult patient population.

The Opportunity

The Nurse Practitioner will primarily provide primary and preventive care with a strong focus on HIV treatment and management , while working closely with psychiatric, behavioral health, substance-use, and residential treatment teams.

You'll care for adult patients ages 18+ and help coordinate both their physical and behavioral healthcare needs.

The position will work across locations in the Bronx and Harlem .

What You'll Do

Responsibilities will include:

• Provide comprehensive primary care to adult patients
• Evaluate, diagnose, and treat acute and chronic medical conditions
• Provide ongoing care and treatment for patients living with HIV
• Prescribe and manage medications within scope of practice
• Monitor treatment effectiveness, medication adherence, and potential side effects
• Order and interpret laboratory and diagnostic testing
• Provide preventive care, health screenings, and patient education
• Help patients understand and manage chronic medical conditions
• Support medication adherence and long-term HIV care
• Identify behavioral health and substance-use needs that may impact a patient's overall health
• Collaborate closely with psychiatric and behavioral health providers
• Coordinate care for patients with co-occurring medical, psychiatric, and substance-use conditions
• Work with multidisciplinary teams across outpatient, residential, and community-based programs
• Coordinate referrals to specialists, hospitals, and outside healthcare providers when appropriate
• Support continuity of care as patients transition between different healthcare settings
• Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation
• Participate in clinical quality and performance-improvement initiatives
• Contribute to the development and growth of a new integrated healthcare initiative

Patient Population

You'll work with adults ages 18+ , including individuals with complex medical and behavioral health needs.

The patient population may include individuals receiving care for:

• HIV
• Chronic medical conditions
• Mental health conditions
• Substance-use disorders
• Medication-assisted treatment
• Co-occurring medical and behavioral health conditions

This position is particularly well suited for a provider who believes physical health, mental health, and substance-use treatment should be approached as part of one coordinated care plan.

What We're Looking For

• Active New York State Nurse Practitioner license
• Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) or other appropriate primary-care NP background
• Experience providing adult primary care
• Experience treating patients living with HIV strongly preferred
• Comfortable prescribing and managing medications
• Strong chronic disease-management experience
• Experience in community health, infectious disease, HIV medicine, behavioral health, substance-use treatment, or similar settings is highly desirable
• Comfortable treating medically and behaviorally complex patients
• Strong clinical assessment and decision-making skills
• Comfortable working within a multidisciplinary care model
• Interest in helping develop and grow a new clinical program
• Experience serving underserved or high-risk patient populations is a plus

Behavioral health and psychiatric experience is highly desirable. Additional psychiatric/mental health training or certification is a significant plus.

Schedule

This is a full-time position with scheduling flexibility based on the needs of the programs and provider.

The organization operates clinical programs across the Bronx and Harlem , and some travel between locations may be required.

Help Build Something New

This isn't a traditional primary-care position.

You'll have an opportunity to help develop a new integrated healthcare initiative for adults living with HIV , while working alongside professionals in primary care, psychiatry, behavioral health, substance-use treatment, and residential services.

For a Nurse Practitioner interested in HIV medicine, complex primary care, behavioral health, and community-based healthcare , this is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact while helping shape a growing program.

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