Psychiatric Advanced Practice Provider

We are currently looking for a PSYCHIATRIC NURSE PRACTIONER OR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT to join our growing team!

Hybrid/Remote work is an option for the right candidate

The primary role of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants is to provide behavioral health services in a comprehensive community behavioral health setting with individuals with mental health, substance use and intellectual/developmental challenges. Providers should have exceptional customer service to make sure the highest quality work standards are achieved and maintained according to practice policies and procedures.

Essential Duties:

• Provide all aspects of patient psychiatric healthcare, including diagnosis, and treatment of a variety of psychiatric and common medical conditions.
• Provide direct psychiatric services through initial comprehensive evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of patients, including prescribing and administering medications as needed
• Maintain complete, accurate, timely and confidential documents in appropriate electronic health records for review by a supervisor.
• Provide consultation and emergency interventions as necessary
• Establishes therapeutic relationships with patients to add psychiatric expertise to the medical management plan and mitigate any negative impact that behavioral conditions can have on patient overall health and well-being.
• Handle psychiatric emergencies as needed, including being on-call for additional compensation
• Communicate with the patient’s primary care provider regarding changes in conditions or potential medication changes.
• Collaborate with supervisor in regards to particularly complex behavioral/mental conditions.
• Maintain partnership with supervisor through regular communication, care plan development, medication management, etc.
• Participate in quality assurance, educational, and professional meetings as assigned Actively participate in regular multi-disciplinary team meetings to assure behavioral health issues considered and addressed for all high risk patients.