Medical - Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner

About the Role

We are opening a new Mood & Anxiety Outpatient Program to provide psychiatric care for adult patients ages 18 and older. The Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP) provides direct clinical services for a variety of psychiatric conditions in an outpatient setting. Willingness to work with patients with substance use disorders is preferred. This is a 1099 Contractor role.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate scheduled patients consistent with prevailing practice standards, including collection of psychiatric history, relevant medical history, social and family history, mental status exam, diagnosis, and devising a treatment recommendation.
• Establish rapport with patients and relevant members of their social system to assist them in understanding and accepting treatment recommendations within a shared decision-making model.
• Prescribe and implement treatment consistent with diagnosis and relevant standards, including the prescription of medications within the ARNP's scope of practice.
• Complete records accurately and in a timely fashion, generally the same day of service or no later than one week after.
• Code services consistent with ethical and legal billing standards while supporting billing adequate to sustain the position financially.
• Strive to seek 80% productivity based upon CPT code time elements, with extra time allotted for initial evaluations per utilization policy.
• Cooperate with other medical services around vacation coverage, including direct care and medication refills.
• Collaborate with internal and external clinicians, administrative staff, and management to provide the best care to all clients/patients.
• Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor.
• Follow through with ethical responsibilities to patients, including occasional off-hours engagement to support necessary medication coverage (e.g., refills).

Core Competencies

• Able to build and establish trust and rapport with patients while providing comfort and emotional support.
• Maintain confidentiality when communicating patient results, data, or plans.
• Complete patient assessments accurately and thoroughly to ensure accurate diagnosis consistent with current DSM and ICD codes.
• Generate knowledge from clinical education and practice to improve patient outcomes.
• Evaluate the impact and effectiveness of care on patients' health and modify treatment plans as necessary.
• Proficient understanding of TMS treatment protocols.
• Ability to engage patients in therapy or a willingness to learn.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Nursing, Health Care, or other related field.
• Possess and maintain an Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner licensure in the state of practice.
• Ability to use electronic medical records.

Physical Demands

The physical demands outlined here represent those typically required to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• Engages in sustained power grasping and pushing/pulling motions.
• Exposure to dust, gas, odors, liquids, or fumes.
• Intermittent lifting and carrying up to 40 pounds, transporting objects usually by hand, arm, or shoulder.
• Hand/eye coordination: performing work using both hands.
• Working with hands: seizing, holding, and grasping.
• Able to lift by raising or lowering an object from one level to another.
• The ability to respond quickly to emergency situations, which may involve running or moving rapidly.
• Frequent standing and walking for extended periods, often throughout the entire shift.
• Potential exposure to infectious diseases, bloodborne pathogens, and hazardous materials, requiring adherence to safety and PPE protocols.

Pay

Range of pay is $65.00 to $75.00 per hour.

As a condition of employment, all candidates must agree to and sign a pre-employment arbitration agreement. This agreement requires that any disputes arising out of or related to employment will be resolved through binding arbitration rather than litigation in court.