Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

3 weeks ago


Saint Paul, United States Optum Full time
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner - APRN /PMH - Minnesota

Opportunities with CARE Counseling, part of the Optum family of businesses. CARE Counseling strives to marry the community and support of mental health centers with the competitive compensation of private practices. Our team is defined by its pursuit of excellence, open communication and flexibility, ensuring not only the growth of our clients but also the personal and professional development of our staff. If you're looking to make a tangible impact in mental health while enjoying a culture that celebrates learning, achievement and work-life balance, CARE Counseling is where you belong. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

This position provides medication management services using evidence-based practices that support client treatment, and facilitate safe, secure and therapeutic interventions.

If you are located in Minnesota - please apply.

Primary Responsibilities:
  • Managing weekly schedule per employment agreement re: maintaining scheduled client hours.
  • Performing initial assessment sessions and using a variety of methods to evaluate client needs.
  • Performing follow up sessions and follow jointly development medication treatment plan.
  • Understanding and using medical decision making to bill E/M billing codes.
  • Providing therapeutic interventions to support medication management.
  • Coordinating caseload in a way that aligns with prescription refills and client-centered care.
  • Performing prescription management and following ethical and legal policies and standards for prescribing.
  • Completing prior authorizations for medications, as needed.
  • Completing client-requested documentation related to medications.
  • Referring clients for additional testing as needed to inform medication management.
  • Completing clinically necessary documentation and accurately maintaining clinical records.
  • Coordinating care and attending weekly case consultation.
  • Providing coverage for client care (prescription refills, questions, urgent needs) for other CARE providers when they are out of the office
You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:
  • Master's or Doctoral Degree in Nursing
  • APRN
    • Certifications/Licenses Maintain an active, unrestricted license to practice medicine in the State of Minnesota (CNP, APRN)
    • PMHNP-BC or in the process of pursing a mental health certification (e.g., PMHNP-BC) recognized by the board of nursing
  • 1+ years of clinical experience as a APRN in a Psychiatric setting
  • Knowledge of regulatory standards governing care delivery and operations
  • Basic understanding of Microsoft products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
  • Minnesota residence
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Diagnostic assessment experience
  • Experience in outpatient mental health
  • Experience in clinical documentation
  • Experience in treatment planning and maintaining a caseload
  • Experience entering pertinent information in Electronic Health Record (EHR) Systems
  • Experience reading and interpreting information, such as reports, general correspondence, professional publications, and government regulations, with the ability to share with others as needed
  • Experience reading, interpreting and applying/modeling general information from policy and procedure manuals and other compliance related information
  • Experience presenting information and responding to questions from internal and external stakeholders which can or may include community providers, medical professionals, management, peers, family members and clients
  • Knowledge of the effects of mental illness and seeks information from a wide variety of disciplines applicable to the treatment of persons with mental illness
At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employers and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment



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