Pediatric Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Responsibilities

• Engages in a patient-centered approach to providing care for patients and their families
• Works in collaboration with behavioral health providers and behavioral health support staff
• Provides psychiatric assessment, evaluation, and treatment using evidence-based procedures as part of the clinical care team
• Responds to psychiatric emergencies and answers psychiatric medication management questions
• Obtains and documents, or causes to be obtained and documented; appropriate chief complaint, past medical, past psychiatric, family and social history, review of systems, examination, medications and allergies, assessment and plan for each patient
• As needed and appropriate, implement behavioral health screening tools, assess for safety, and provide patient education
• Provides psychiatric medical orders for prescription refills, administration of medications, ancillary testing, and/or referrals as appropriate to meet patient need
• Reviews ancillary test results in a timely manner and coordinates notification and follow-up to patients
• Supervises patient care by external agencies such as specialty providers, home health and psychiatric care, enhanced psychiatric services, nursing home, or hospice
• Available to patients personally or through clinical staff to answer questions and relay information regarding their care
• Completes all appropriate paperwork in a timely manner, including documentation to comply with insurance and reimbursement guidelines
• Educates patients and/or families as to the nature of disease, provides instruction on proper care, self-management and treatment, and works with patient to develop an individualized care plan
• Participates in the QI process by reviewing peer charts when appropriate and giving feedback to peers to support a culture of peer education and continual learning

Qualifications

• Current unrestricted certification and/or licensure
• Previous psychiatric medication management and FQHC experience preferred
• CPR, and all applicable certifications required (must be obtained within 30 days of employment)
• Knowledgeable in population health management in the underserved and/or vulnerable populations
• Understands ethics of confidentiality
• Previous computer experience or training required
• Successful candidate must submit to TB testing and any vaccinations recommended by OSHA Guidelines
• Sets an example as a psychiatric professional by observing work start and stop times, giving adequate notice for absences, and following clinic’s operational and personnel policies and procedures
• Able to communicate and relate well with patients, providers and clinical staff
• Maintains current and unrestricted licensure and certification including meeting and/or exceeding CME requirements
• Observes standards of medical and psychiatric care
• Efficient, organized and accurate
• Ability to sit and stand for long periods of time
• Frequent walking for short distances
• Repetitive motion work with keyboards and some limited physical activity
• Experience with the geriatric population