Nurse Practitioner, Psychiatric-Mental Health
About The Position
Provides and manages behavioral health medication management and patient care for children, adolescents, and adults, depending on licensing and training. The position conducts psychiatric diagnostic and follow-up evaluations, basic medical assessments, diagnostic review of labs, imaging, and other procedures, and treatment within scope of practice. It diagnoses behavioral health and substance use disorders using DSM-5 and ICD-10 standards and prescribes psychopharmaceuticals and treatment regimens as appropriate. The Nurse Practitioner collaborates across disciplines, specialties, agencies, and the healthcare continuum; directs multidisciplinary treatment planning and patient-care activities; and maintains therapeutic, culturally competent, trauma-sensitive, recovery-oriented, evidence-based relationships. The role also supports patient safety, timely completion of clinical tasks and documentation, accurate billing, health promotion, peer review, staff training and mentorship, and education of students and community partners. The work takes place in a health clinic setting and includes occasional travel and extended hours, including early mornings, evenings, and weekends.
Requirements
- Graduate degree from an accredited Nurse Practitioner program.
- Current Arizona State Nurse Practitioner License.
- Board certification in the area specific to the position.
- Current CPR certification.
- Valid Fingerprint Clearance Card.
- Ability to comprehend and compose effective instructions, correspondence, and communications in English, orally and in writing.
- Ability to present information effectively to patients, providers, staff, and agency staff, and to communicate technical information to non-technical personnel.
- Ability to perform medical math, including dosage calculations, ratios and proportions, unit equivalents, and general math.
- Familiarity with the involuntary commitment process and ability to ensure referrals to an appropriate level of care.
- Ability to draw and interpret graphs, gather and analyze data, make decisions requiring independent judgment, resolve challenges, and work under pressure.
- Critical-thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Knowledge of HIPAA and Corporate Compliance rules and regulations.
- Knowledge of current principles, methods, and procedures for medical evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment within the specialty.
- Knowledge of evidence-based preventative primary care within the specialty, relevant drugs and non-pharmaceutical patient care aids, health care plans, and community health centers.
- Computer literacy.
- Ability to train, mentor, and lead staff; develop and present educational programs or workshops; and prioritize and plan work efficiently.
- Ability to occasionally exert enough force to move objects weighing up to 25 pounds, remain stationary continuously, and move about the workplace constantly.
- Hand-eye coordination and manual dexterity to operate computers, telephones, and other office machinery; close visual acuity; ability to discern sounds at normal spoken volume; and ability to lift and move adult patients.
- Reliable transportation for occasional travel and extended hours, and ability to be contacted by cell phone during or outside regular work hours.
Nice To Haves
- Two years of previous clinical experience.
- Bilingual ability in English and Spanish.
Responsibilities
- Provide and manage direct care, including comprehensive psychiatric diagnostic and follow-up evaluations, basic medical assessments, review of diagnostic tests, and treatment within scope of practice.
- Diagnose behavioral health and substance use disorders in accordance with DSM-5 and ICD-10 standards.
- Prescribe psychopharmaceuticals and treatment regimens as appropriate, and refer patients to primary medical providers or specialists when needed.
- Collaborate and communicate with other disciplines, specialties, agencies, and healthcare providers.
- Direct multidisciplinary treatment planning that incorporates patients’ views, values, and beliefs and promotes patient-defined recovery.
- Direct and coordinate patient-care activities of nursing, care coordinators, and support staff.
- Maintain appropriate boundaries and provide therapeutic communication and counseling or psychotherapy.
- Provide ethical, culturally competent, trauma-sensitive, recovery-oriented, evidence-based care.
- Identify patients at risk to themselves or others and take steps to ensure safety.
- Complete assigned tasks, patient labs, imaging, reports, and required paperwork within established time frames.
- Maintain patient records and provide accurate billing data.
- Participate in health promotion, education, and prevention programs as appropriate.
- Participate in regular peer review and provide feedback to other medical providers.
- Assist with training and mentorship for medical support and other clinical staff.
- Participate in education of clinical students, community partners, and undergraduate students under program guidelines.
- Participate in necessary team meetings.
- Maintain professional competence and skills through continuing medical education.
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Job Type
Full-time
