Mental Health Nurse Practitioner - PT or PD

About the role

Mental Health Nurse Practitioner - Part-time, 10 hours per week (2 days per week, 5 hours per day, Scheduled days TBD)

Responsibilities

• Deliver services in accordance with approved joint protocols and practice agreement with the Medical Director
• Provides psychiatric evaluations, comprehensive health assessments, medication monitoring, medication counseling, psycho education, consults with other clinical staff, attends staffing meetings and functions as a member of the treatment team.
• Provide consultation and education to staff.
• Identifies relevant psycho-dynamics.
• Assists in the identification of relevant treatment issues and the formulation and signing of treatment plans.
• Utilizes a wide range of treatment modalities.
• Log in and monitor all medication samples.
• Dispose of expired medication samples.
• Emergency first aid as mutually agreed upon.
• Confirms blood work.
• Completes all charting and record requirements and reviews all cases on a regular basis and insures that the case is properly documented.
• Makes treatment recommendations.
• Attends meetings at the request of the Medical Directors or Senior Director of Programs, including the Performance Improvement Committee.
• Facilitates psycho-educational and therapeutic groups.
• Monitors clients’ health/medical issues, and makes treatment recommendations.
• Consults with collaborating psychiatrist as indicated by service agreement and joint protocols.
• Conducts medication inventory.
• Dispenses mediation as prescribed.
• Complete clinical and medical documentation in electronic clinical record system timely and accurately.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Director.

Benefits

• Full paid medical coverage for eligible staff.
• Generous 401(k) match.
• Plentiful Paid Holidays, Vacation, Personal and Sick time.