Back to Category ListBehavioral Health/Psychiatry Nurse Practitioner (Full Time)
Department: Psychiatry
GENERAL OVERVIEW:
The Behavioral Health Nurse Practitioner provides mental healthcare treatment for patients along the lifespan (adults and/or children) in an outpatient and inpatient setting. Treatment includes assessing, planning, implementing, coordinating, and evaluating the patient care among a multi-disciplinary team.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Patient Care Management/Documentation
- Work collaboratively with a physician and/or mental health provider of record, (if one exists), to provide comprehensive adolescent mental health services to students enrolled in the school-based clinic.
- Through patient evaluation, determine a differential diagnosis and plan for intervention.
- Adhere to standards via identified text and/or via office practice standard protocols.
- Maintain a customer-oriented approach to meeting patient needs in an expedient manner, involving the family in the plan of care as appropriate.
- Maintain confidentiality and patient privacy.
- Document care provided; meeting standards for quarterly chart reviews.
- Consultation and Referral
- Seek consultations as appropriate, act as a consultant as requested.
- Facilitate the process of ethical decision making as appropriate.
- Perform comprehensive assessments and refer patients for further care and services within the CMED Health Partners
- Patient Education
- Utilize teaching learning theory with patients and their families to influence patient outcomes.
- Identify learning needs of various populations and contribute to the development of educational programs to meet those needs.
- Provide a site for student education as requested.
- Identify system specific problems, which require evaluation and/or change; work with appropriate staff to resolve these issues by participating in performance improvement processes.
- Takes an active role to contribute to the improvement of office functioning.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Nurse Practitioner license (Required)
- BC/BE (Required)
- Mental Health/Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner certification is desired
- Current approval by the joint Board of Medical Examiners and Board of Nursing to perform medical acts.
- Ability to communicate clearly both in writing and verbally with students, health care team members.
- Ability to function independently with regards to most clinical decision making.
- Ability to relate well to teens, adults and geriatric clients.
CMU is an AA/EO institution, providing equal opportunity to all persons, including minorities, females, veterans, and individuals with disabilities.