Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner - Certified

About the role

The Nurse Practitioner is responsible for the provision of integrated nursing/medical services in the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of persons with mental disorders, co-occurring substance use disorders, and general medical conditions within their scope of practice. The Nurse Practitioner coordinates care with internal and external providers of mental health, physical health, and substance use disorders. The Nurse Practitioner monitors and manages general medical conditions focusing on the most common conditions including hypertension, diabetes, asthma/COPD, overweight/obesity, and tobacco use. These responsibilities cover all CNS service lines including but not limited to the public and private practices and the Health Choice Program. The Nurse Practitioner reports to the Chief Medical Officer.

Compensation

Starting pay for this position is $125,000 and is based on non-discriminatory factors such as skills and experience.

What’s In It For You

As a member of our team, you will have an opportunity to make a meaningful impact on our community and the lives of the individuals that we serve. CNS Healthcare provides a robust total rewards program to support our team members and their loved ones. We’ve shared some highlights below, but you can visit the benefits guide posted on our careers page to learn more!

Essential Functions

• Prescribes and reviews all psychiatric medications on assigned persons served or patients
• Completes 17 unique public persons served encounters each day when working in the Clinic
• Prescribes and reviews all psychiatric medications on assigned persons served and patients
• Reviews medications at least quarterly or more frequently as clinically indicated
• Collaborates with nurses and medical assistants to ensure completion of routine or enhanced vital signs at each patient/person served visit according to CNS Policy
• Completes routine vital signs for priority persons served/patients when nurses or medical assistants are not available to complete per vital signs work instruction
• Documents the medication given, dose usage, amount, route, and location of the injection site
• Provides clinical experience in the medical management, crisis and behavior management techniques
• Provides education regarding disease process, medications including side effects and healthy lifestyle management
• Completes blood glucose testing with glucometer when necessary
• Participates in treatment and discharge planning meetings, case conferences, medical staff meetings, and special programs meetings
• Consults with clinic management staff in response to client crisis and emergencies
• Determines need for routine medical care and referral to other medical providers, specialists or facilities
• Affords scheduled work hours through billing, productivity or other approved methods of documentation
• Completes evaluations and management visits for medication management and psychiatric evaluations by performing a comprehensive mental health assessment, including obtaining and accurately documenting in the electronic health record
• Completes needed external documentation on behalf of persons served/patients e.g. return to work, family medical leave, SS/SSI and other benefit forms
• Authorizes requested services in EHR such as state hospital applications, etc.
• Participates regularly and documents implementation of collaborative/practice agreement with assigned psychiatrics
• Complies with Meaningful Use (MU) and Medicare Merit Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) requirements including being champions and promoting the implementation of items such as the patient portal, collection of allergies, updated medication list, meaningful use referrals
• Promotes quality achievement and performance improvement across the system
• Participates and promotes departmental and agency quality improvement initiatives
• Active participation in improving medication adherence with increased use of long-acting medications including Vivitrol
• Completes routine or enhanced vital signs for priority persons served/patients when nurses, medical assistants, prescribers or clinic coordinator is not available to complete per vital signs work instruction
• Attends and actively participates in staff development programs, meetings and on committees as required
• Lead team in quality improvement initiatives
• Promotes quality achievement and performance improvement across the system
• Participates and promotes departmental and agency quality improvement initiatives
• Active participation in improving medication adherence with increased use of long-acting medications including Vivitrol
• Completes routine or enhanced vital signs for priority persons served/patients when nurses, medical assistants, prescribers or clinic coordinator is not available to complete per vital signs work instruction
• Attends and actively participates in staff development programs, meetings and on committees as required
• Lead team in quality improvement initiatives
• Promotes quality achievement and performance improvement across the system
• Participates and promotes departmental and agency quality improvement initiatives
• Active participation in improving medication adherence with increased use of long-acting medications including Vivitrol
• Completes routine or enhanced vital signs for priority persons served/patients when nurses, medical assistants, prescribers or clinic coordinator is not available to complete per vital signs work instruction
• Attends and actively participates in staff development programs, meetings and on committees as required
• Lead team in quality improvement initiatives
• Promotes quality achievement and performance improvement across the system
• Participates and promotes departmental and agency quality improvement initiatives
• Active participation in improving medication adherence with increased use of long-acting medications including Vivitrol
• Completes routine or enhanced vital signs for priority persons served/patients when nurses, medical assistants, prescribers or clinic coordinator is not available to complete per vital signs work instruction
• Attends and actively participates in staff development programs, meetings and on committees as required
• Lead team in quality improvement initiatives
• Promotes quality achievement and performance improvement across the system
• Participates and promotes departmental and agency quality improvement initiatives
• Active participation in improving medication adherence with increased use of long-acting medications including Vivitrol
• Completes routine or enhanced vital signs for priority persons served/patients when nurses, medical assistants, prescribers or clinic coordinator is not available to complete per vital signs work instruction
• Attends and actively participates in staff development programs, meetings and on committees as required
• Lead team in quality improvement initiatives
• Promotes quality achievement and performance improvement across the system
• Participates and promotes departmental and agency quality improvement initiatives
• Active participation in improving medication adherence with increased use of long-acting medications including Vivitrol
• Completes routine or enhanced vital signs for priority persons served/patients when nurses, medical assistants, prescribers or clinic coordinator is not available to complete per vital signs work instruction
• Attends and actively participates in staff development programs, meetings and on committees as required
• Lead team in quality improvement initiatives
• Promotes quality achievement and performance improvement across the system
• Participates and promotes departmental and agency quality improvement initiatives
• Active participation in improving medication adherence with increased use of long-acting medications including Vivitrol
• Completes routine or enhanced vital signs for priority persons served/patients when nurses, medical assistants, prescribers or clinic coordinator is not available to complete per vital signs work instruction
• Attends and actively participates in staff development programs, meetings and on committees as required
• Lead team in quality improvement initiatives
• Promotes quality achievement and performance improvement across the system
• Participates and promotes departmental and agency quality improvement initiatives
• Active participation in improving medication adherence with increased use of long-acting medications including Vivitrol
• Completes routine or enhanced vital signs for priority persons served/patients when nurses, medical assistants, prescribers or clinic coordinator is not available to complete per vital signs work instruction
• Attends and actively participates in staff development programs, meetings and on committees as required
• Lead team in quality improvement initiatives
• Promotes quality achievement and performance improvement across the system
• Participates and promotes departmental and agency quality improvement initiatives
• Active participation in improving medication adherence with increased use of long-acting medications including Vivitrol
• Completes routine or enhanced vital signs for priority persons served/patients when nurses, medical assistants, prescribers or clinic coordinator is not available to complete per vital signs work instruction
• Attends and actively participates in staff development programs, meetings and on committees as required
• Lead team in quality improvement initiatives
• Promotes quality achievement and performance improvement across the system
• Participates and promotes departmental and agency quality improvement initiatives
• Active participation in improving medication adherence with increased use of long-acting medications including Vivitrol
• Completes routine or enhanced vital signs for priority persons served/patients when nurses, medical assistants, prescribers or clinic coordinator is not available to complete per vital signs work instruction
• Attends and actively participates in staff development programs, meetings and on committees as required
• Lead team in quality improvement initiatives
• Promotes quality achievement and performance improvement across the system
• Participates and promotes departmental and agency quality improvement initiatives
• Active participation in improving medication adherence with increased use of long-acting medications including Vivitrol
• Completes routine or enhanced vital signs for priority persons served/patients when nurses, medical assistants, prescribers or clinic coordinator is not available to complete per vital signs work instruction
• Attends and actively participates in staff development programs, meetings and on committees as required
• Lead team in quality improvement initiatives
• Promotes quality achievement and performance improvement across the system
• Participates and promotes departmental and agency quality improvement initiatives
• Active participation in improving medication adherence with increased use of long-acting medications including Vivitrol
• Completes routine or enhanced vital signs for priority persons served/patients when nurses, medical assistants, prescribers or clinic coordinator is not available to complete per vital signs work instruction
• Attends and actively participates in staff development programs, meetings and on committees as required
• Lead team in quality improvement initiatives
• Promotes quality achievement and performance improvement across the system
• Participates and promotes departmental and agency quality improvement initiatives
• Active participation in improving medication adherence with increased use of long-acting medications including Vivitrol
• Completes routine or enhanced vital signs for priority persons served/patients when nurses, medical assistants, prescribers or clinic coordinator is not available to complete per vital signs work instruction
• Attends and actively participates in staff development programs, meetings and on committees as required
• Lead team in quality improvement initiatives
• Promotes quality achievement and performance improvement across the system
• Participates and promotes departmental and agency quality improvement initiatives
• Active participation in improving medication adherence with increased use of long-acting medications including Vivitrol
• Completes routine or enhanced vital signs for priority persons served/patients when nurses, medical assistants, prescribers or clinic coordinator is not available to complete per vital signs work instruction
• Attends and actively participates in staff development programs, meetings and on committees as required
• Lead team in quality improvement initiatives
• Promotes quality achievement and performance improvement across the system
• Participates and promotes departmental and agency quality improvement initiatives
• Active participation in improving medication adherence with increased use of long-acting medications including