Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Heart City Health • Elkhart, IN

124d

About The Position

The Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner will provide counseling and medication evaluation and management to a range of clients having mental illness, including substance abuse disorders. This Nurse Practitioner will address substance abuse addition and other behaviors that create or exacerbate health concerns. The primary concern of this Nurse Practitioner is to guide our patients on their journey to mental wellness.

Requirements

• College Nursing Degree
• Active Indiana Nurse Practitioner license
• Prior experience in behavioral health that included prescribing psychiatric medications
• Active DEA certificate
• Active CSR certificate

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience in professional office environment preferred
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) language skills helpful

Responsibilities

• Diagnose patient conditions and their causes, including medication assessment.
• Develop individual service plans based upon assessment data, and provide therapeutic interventions as necessary including the provision of on-going medication management services.
• Treat, prescribe, and refer substance abuse treatment modalities.
• Screen patients for physical illness and analyze explanations for psychiatric illness, as well as assess risk factors in patients for mental illness and broader wellness evaluations.
• Meet patients in person at both our Simpson and Scenic locations.
• Work with our physicians to ensure quality of care for our patients' physical and mental wellness needs.
• Maintain documentation of services in our EMR program in a timely fashion.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Ambulatory Health Care Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 51-100 employees