ACT Team Psychiatric Care Provider - PMHNP or PA

Pathways to Life•Greenville, NC

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Pathways to Life is expanding its ACT team and adding psychiatric care provider hours to match a growing census. This role works in partnership with, and under the supervision of, the team psychiatrist, sharing the psychiatric care provider function. It is a fully integrated team role: the provider attends daily team meetings and sees members where they live rather than only in an office. Important: under NC Medicaid Clinical Coverage Policy 8A-1, the roles and responsibilities of the ACT psychiatric care provider cannot be met through telemedicine or telepsychiatry. This position requires in-person service delivery.

Requirements

Nurse Practitioner: current NC licensure meeting the approval and practice parameters in 21 NCAC 36.0800, with at least three years of full-time experience treating individuals with serious and persistent mental illness
Physician Assistant: current NC licensure meeting the requirements of 21 NCAC 32S.0200, with at least three years of full-time experience treating individuals with serious and persistent mental illness
Current DEA registration
Valid North Carolina driver’s license, reliable transportation, and auto insurance meeting agency minimums
Ability to pass a criminal background check, drug screen, healthcare sanctions screening, and health screening including TB

Nice To Haves

Prior experience on an ACT team or in another community-based psychiatric setting
Experience with long-acting injectable antipsychotics and clozapine monitoring
Familiarity with TMACT fidelity standards

Responsibilities

Assess and treat members’ psychiatric symptoms and monitor medication response and side effects, with most members seen within four to six weeks of their last appointment and many contacts occurring in the community
Collaborate with the team leader in sharing clinical responsibility for monitoring member treatment
Work with the team’s nurses to develop and implement medication administration policies and to oversee members’ medical care, including regular health screenings
Educate team members on psychiatric and non-psychiatric medications, side effects, and related health conditions
Provide diagnostic and medication education to members using a shared decision-making approach
Participate in daily team meetings and treatment planning meetings in proportion to scheduled hours
Provide brief formal or informal therapy
Share psychiatric back-up coverage after hours and on weekends on a rotating basis