NURSE PRACTITIONER, PSYCHIATRIC-MENTAL HEALTH

Company: Chiricahua Community Health Centers, Inc.
Location: Sierra Vista
Posted on: November 6, 2024

Job Description:

Job Title: Nurse Practitioner, Psychiatric-Mental HealthReports To: Comprehensive Psychiatric Program ManagerJob Summary: Provides and manages a high standard of behavioral health medication management and care for patients.Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:The job duties and responsibilities listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Other duties that fall within the broad scope of this classification may be assigned. - Provides and manages direct care to children, adolescents, and adults (depending on licensing/training), including the comprehensive psychiatric diagnostic evaluation, follow-up evaluations, basic medical assessments, diagnostic evaluations of labs and imaging or other diagnostic procedures, and treatment for patients within scope of practice. - Diagnoses behavioral health and substance use disorders per appropriate DSM-5 and ICD-10 standards. - Prescribes psychopharmaceuticals and treatment regimens as appropriate. Refers patients to primary medical provider and other specialists as needed and relevant to patient care as appropriate. - Collaborates and communicates with other disciplines, specialties, and agencies across the healthcare continuum. - Directs formulation and implementation of multidisciplinary treatment planning that incorporates the patient's view, values, and beliefs, and that promotes recovery as defined by the patient. - Directs and coordinates the patient care activities of nursing, care coordinators, and support staff. - Maintains appropriate boundaries while providing a therapeutic relationship, communication, and counseling/psychotherapy. - Provides ethical, culturally competent, trauma-sensitive, recovery-oriented, evidence-based care. - Identifies patients at risk to self or others and takes steps to ensure the patients' safety and the safety of others. - Ensures completion of tasks, patient labs, imaging, and reports, as well as required paperwork within designated time frames established in policy. - Maintains patient records and provides accurate billing data. - Participates in specified health promotion, education and/or prevention programs as appropriate. - Participates in providing regular and meaningful peer review and feedback to other medical providers. - Assists in facilitating and providing training and mentorship to improve and advance professional skills and competence of medical support and other clinical staff. - Participates in education of clinical students, as well as community partners and undergraduate students, per the guidelines of CCHCI medical education programs. - Participates in all necessary team meetings as needed and scheduled.Required Education, Experience, Certificates & Licenses: - Graduate Degree from Accredited Nurse Practitioner Program. - Current Arizona State Nurse Practitioner License. - Board Certification in the area specific to position being filled. - Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the necessary skills required may be considered. - Current CPR certification. - Participates in continuing medical education programs to maintain professional competence and skills. - Driver's License and Proof of Insurance may be required if requesting mileage reimbursement. - Valid Fingerprint Clearance Card.Preferred Education, Experience, Certificates & Licenses: - Two years of previous clinical experience preferred.Required Language Skills: - Ability to comprehend and compose effective instructions, correspondence, and communications in English in both oral and written format. - Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred, but not required. - Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to patients, internal providers and staff and other agency staff working in cooperation with the organization. - Ability to communicate technical information to non-technical personnel.Physical Requirements: - Ability to occasionally exert enough force to move objects weighing up to 25 pounds. - Ability to continuously remain in a stationary position. - Ability to constantly move about inside the workplace to assist patients, operate office or medical equipment, etc. - Possesses hand-eye coordination and manual dexterity necessary to constantly operate computer, telephone, and other office machinery. - Possesses close visual acuity necessary to accurately record and view information on a computer monitor, handwritten and typed documents. - Ability to discern the nature of sounds at a normal spoken volume. - Possesses range of body motion and ability to exert enough force to lift and move adult patients.Other Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: - Ability to perform medical math that may include the use of ratio/proportion, dosage calculation, metric and household equivalents, roman numerals, abbreviations, and general math including percentages, etc. - Familiar with the involuntary commitment process and can ensure patients are referred to an appropriate level of care. - Ability to draw and interpret graphs. - Ability to skillfully gather and analyze data. - Ability to perform a variety of assignments and make decisions requiring considerable independent judgment. - Ability to resolve challenges and work under pressure. - Displays high level of critical thinking and problem-solving skills. - Knowledge of HIPAA and Corporate Compliance rules and regulations. - Knowledge of current principles, methods, and procedures for the delivery of medical evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment within the scope of field of specialty. - Knowledge of current, evidence-based preventative primary care within the scope of field of specialty. - Knowledge of relevant drugs and non-pharmaceutical patient care aids. - Knowledge of health care plans and community health centers. - Computer literacy required. - Ability to employ motivational techniques to train, mentor, and lead staff. - Ability to develop and present educational programs and/or workshops. - Ability to prioritize and plan work activities, use time efficiently and develop realistic action plans.Work Environment & Conditions: - Work environment is typical of a health clinic setting with occasional exposure to communicable diseases, bodily fluids, and hazardous chemicals. - Work occasionally involves use of needles and other medical equipment with proximity to electrical current, and exposure to moving mechanical parts and some hazardous chemicals. - Work requires reliable transportation as position requires occasional travel and extended hours to include early mornings, evenings, and weekends. - Work requires ability to be contacted by cell phone during or outside of regular work hours.

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