Advance Practice Nurse Practitioner

Riveon Healthcare•Lorain, OH

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Outpatient Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner provides comprehensive, patient-centered psychiatric evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, and medication management to individuals receiving outpatient behavioral health services. The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner is responsible for assessing mental health needs, developing individualized treatment plans, prescribing and managing psychiatric medications within the scope of practice, and monitoring treatment response and patient safety.

Requirements

A Master’s degree in Nursing and certification as an Advanced Practice Nurse with prescriptive authority.
Certification as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner is required.
CPR certified
The employee must possess exceptional oral and written communications skills.
Basic computer skills required, including familiarity with Windows and Microsoft Office.
The employee must be able to conduct business in a professional manner.
Must exhibit cultural sensitivity.
Favorable references and/or evaluations.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual abilities (especially, Spanish and English) are not required, but a great advantage for this position.

Responsibilities

Performs comprehensive psychiatric evaluations on new patients, including psychiatric history, mental status examination, medical history, medication history, substance use history and relevant psychosocial factors.
Establish or confirm psychiatric diagnoses
Incorporates the individualized new or revised medical treatment plan into the existing Electronic Health Record (EHR).
Provided psychiatric medication management and monitoring effectiveness, adherence, side effects, contraindications, drug interactions, and potential safety concerns.
Monitor for psychiatric stability and client safety and developing safety plans
Provide client education and promote engagement
Maintains accurate clinical documentation
Promote client safety and quality by participating in quality improvement activities and utilize evidence-based practices.
Collaborate as interdisciplinary team member
Demonstrates professional accountability by maintaining required licensure and adhere to organizational polices.
Conducts Peer Review activities as required.
Attends Psychiatric, Clinical and other Agency meetings as required.
Coordinate continuity of care by working collaboratively with staff to coordinate care to patients
Meets regularly with collaborating Psychiatrist to effectively communicate about cases
Achieves required productivity expectation.
Reacts to change and stress productively.
Maintains regular and predictable attendance and punctuality.
Gets along with others and works as a team.
Exhibits the knowledge, skills, abilities, and minimum requirements listed in this Position Description.
Other duties as assigned.