Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
4 weeks ago
Job Title: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Job Summary:
The Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner is a skilled healthcare provider who applies the nursing process to assess, diagnose, and treat individuals with psychiatric disorders. They provide continuous and comprehensive services necessary for the promotion of optimal mental health, prevention of psychiatric disorders, and health maintenance to patients.
Responsibilities:
- Obtains complete medical history from patient, and/or family, and/or previous medical record, etc.
- Provides patient assessment, diagnosis, and treatment plans in accordance with statutes, regulations, and protocols regulating the profession.
- Provides patient education regarding medications, risks, benefits, and reasonable outcome expectations.
- Provides psychiatric health services, education, counseling, and emotional support.
- Orders laboratory tests, interprets, and explains the test results to patients.
- Formulates, initiates, and monitors patient management plans for patients assigned to the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, using protocols and/or consultation with a supervising physician.
- Refers patients for inpatient care, in collaboration with the staff psychiatrist, as necessary.
- Collaborates with the collaborating psychiatrist, the nursing staff, and technical personnel, as well as the other members of the Behavioral Health staff.
- Understands and complies with applicable federal/state laws and standards of conduct as related to assigned job duties.
- Maintains all patient records to comply with required standards, reviews records regularly, and obtains physician counter signatures where necessary.
- Attends staff meetings and participates in Primary Health Services Center Q/A program.
- Participates in departmental or organizational quality/continuous performance improvement activity.
- Attains goals or improvements established for the employee.
- Consults with Chief Health Officer/other physicians on a daily basis to ensure compliance with HRSA, JACHO, and NCQA requirements.
- Ensures that patient flow meets Redesign benchmarks and cycle times are at or less than 45 minutes.
- Assumes additional duties when necessary as required by SWLA to meet the goal of providing behavioral health care services.
- Recommends modifications, additions, or deletions of personnel policies to ensure reasonable hours and acceptable working conditions to provide patient care coverage.
- Initiates and participates in problem-solving policy-forming conferences for patient care services.
- Maintains close coordination with all departments to ensure continuity and collaboration of services.
- Participates in management, medical staff, and clinical leaders in the facility's decision-making process.
- Plans and recommends to CHO-Health Services Director new facilities or equipment or modifications thereto needed to provide patient care.
Requirements:
- Graduation from an accredited school of nursing or a nurse practitioner program recognized by the Louisiana State Board of Nursing.
- Current Registered Nurse & APRN licensure in the State of Louisiana in the specialty of Mental Health or Psychiatry.
- Current BLS Certification.
- Current CDS license through the Louisiana State Board of Pharmacy.
- Current and valid license through the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).
- Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Ability to relate with effectiveness to employees of the Health Center.
- Critical thinking skills and an ability to work through processes in an objective manner.
- Sufficient experience to carry out the duties of this position.
- Knowledge of Health Center Practice management and EMR platforms.
COVID-19:
SWLA Center for Health Services (SWLA CHS) has a policy that requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (including any booster shots if required), where allowable under the law, unless they receive an approved exemption based on medical condition, or sincerely held religious belief that prevents them from being vaccinated.
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