ARNP

Sea Mar Community Health Centers•Lynnwood, WA

10d•Onsite

About The Position

Sea Mar Community Health Centers, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) founded in 1978, is a community-based organization committed to providing quality, comprehensive health, human, housing, educational and cultural services to diverse communities, specializing in service to Latinos in Washington State. Sea Mar proudly serves all persons without regard to race, ethnicity, immigration status, gender, or sexual orientation, and regardless of ability to pay for services. Sea Mar's network of services includes more than 90 medical, dental, and behavioral health clinics and a wide variety of nutritional, social, and educational services. We are recruiting for the following position: Sea Mar is a mandatory COVID-19 and flu vaccine organization Position Summary The outpatient Psychiatric ARNP is responsible for providing psychiatric services to clients in Sea Mar’s outpatient Behavioral Health sites and in Sea Mar’s medical clinics. The clients served in the Behavioral Health Program have access to counseling and case management services, in addition to the psychiatric services provided by the Psychiatric ARNP. The clients seen at the medical clinics by the Psychiatric ARNP will be seen for evaluation and medication follow-up. The Psychiatric ARNP does not provide counseling services. The Psychiatric ARNP is part of a care team working to provide quality comprehensive services to Sea Mar patients. The Psychiatric ARNP will work collaboratively with staff to provide team-based coordinated care.

Requirements

Sea Mar is a mandatory COVID-19 and flu vaccine organization

Responsibilities

Face to face psychiatric evaluations with client/patients to determine psychiatric diagnosis.
Ongoing medication review services to assess the effects of prescribed medication.
Consultation with Behavioral Health clinical staff and Sea Mar medical clinic providers to review cases and provide recommendations about diagnosis, medications, and other treatment considerations.
Phone availability for emergency review of medications and their effects, or for refilling prescriptions.
Phone consultation with Sea Mar physicians so that they can prescribe initial medications until such time as clients can been seen for a face to face for psychiatric/medication review and possible entry into mental health services.
Chart documentation to include written notes of psychiatric evaluations, medication reviews, and any other client contacts.
The Psychiatric ARNP will maintain a Psychiatric Medication Chart, make copies of all prescriptions, and obtain all necessary medication consent signatures from each client.