Position Summary:
Responsible for providing behavioral health services to residents of residential, skilled, group and other long-term care facilities.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Performs initial psychiatric evaluation for patients referred for behavioral health services by Primary Care Physician.
- Provides routine follow up visits to patients referred and evaluated for behavioral health consultation services.
- Monitor efficacy, tolerability, and continued necessity of medication treatment(s).
- Monitor and measure progress of any behavioral interventions, as indicated. Provide documentation for initial and follow up visits as outlined by State and federal guidelines.
- Provide documentation for initial and follow up visits as outlined by state and federal guidelines.
- Discuss patients identified as being in need of additional specialty mental health care (e.g., community mental health center, day hospital or inpatient level of care, etc.) with Director of Nursing "DON" or their designee, providing clinical direction regarding treatment interventions indicated until patients are engaged in such care.
- When staff request psychiatric intervention for a patient (when unable to evaluate in person) clearly communicate to the Director of Nursing or their designee the treatment recommendations and/or related medication orders.
- Provide oversight on federally mandated psychotropic reduction trials as allowed by facility guidelines.
- Seeks consultation as indicated.
- Ability to synthesize medical and psychiatric data formulate effective and evidence based clinical recommendations.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively in a team setting.
- Complete documentation in a timely fashion, for inclusion in the facility record system.
- Manages special projects and duties assigned.
Qualifications:
- Education:
- Degree from accredited Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant program.
- Experience:
- Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, Experienced FNP, AGNP
- Skills:
- Understanding of medical coding and billing.
- Knowledge of state and federal regulations including OSHA, HIPAA, blood borne pathogens and others.
- Competent with common PC applications including Internet, Email and Microsoft Office.
- Ability to supervise, train and evaluate new and current provider staff.
- Demonstrate ability to collaborate effectively in a team setting.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Positive, flexible and solution-focused attitude.
Working Conditions:
- Subject to varying and unpredictable situations and interruptions.
- Occasionally subjected to irregular hours.
- Occasional pressure due to the fast paced environment.
- Available to travel as required for provision of services.
