WHAT Child/Adolescent Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

COASTAL HORIZONS CENTER, INC.

JOB TITLE: Child/Adolescent Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant

SUPERVISED BY: Psychiatric Practice Manager/Supervising Psychiatrist/Medical Director

REQUIRED EDUCATIONAL/EXPERIENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Licensed by the state of North Carolina as either a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner or Physician’s Assistant

GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES:

Provides behavioral health treatment to patients within the Coastal Horizons Center clinic, under the direction of a supervising psychiatrist and medical director. Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner or Physician’s Assistant provides diagnosis, treatment, medication management, consultation, and follow up behavioral health care to agency patients. The Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner or Physician’s Assistant provides age and specialty appropriate care at the level of training achieved.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASSIFICATION:

• Responsible for providing psychiatric services to patients in a variety of clinical settings during scheduled hours.

• Responsible for treating adults, adolescents, and children experiencing symptoms of behavioral health disorders.

• Provides assessment, diagnosis, and treatment plans in accordance with all federal and state statutes, regulations and protocols regulating the profession.

• Prescribe, recommend, and/or discontinue medications and treatments to treat mental, emotional, behavioral disorders in accordance with all state and federal regulations as well as the Collaborative Practice Agreement.

• Provides medication management for patients on medication and intermittent reassessment (as needed) for those assessed (but not on medication). Medication provision could include the direct delivery of injectables.

• Counsel patients during appointments on medication benefits and risks.

• Order, interpret, and evaluate labs to identify and assess patient's clinical problems and health care needs. Records findings, and formulates plan and prognosis, based on patient's condition.

• Respond to client emergencies and be accessible to crisis on-call clinicians when appropriate.

• Collaborates with Medical Director, supervising psychiatrist, nursing staff, medical assistants, therapist, and other treatment team members to ensure patient needs are met.

• Responsible for timely and accurate completion of medical records documentation, including assessment, treatment plan, progress notes, outcome measures, and billing entries.

• May refer patients to other medical providers for consultation or specialized care for treatment.

• Collaborate with guardians, relatives, and significant others on patient’s conditions and treatment when clinically appropriate.

• Return calls and emails promptly (within 24 hours of receipt or sooner if clinically necessary)

• Responsible for making independent decisions based on protocols developed utilizing national guidelines and standards of care for treatment interventions.

• Actively participate in all agency and department education, training, and in-services to confirm.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND TASKS: APPROX % OF TIME

80% Direct Services:

Psychiatric Care: Provide psychiatric care to patients with behavioral health disorders. This includes, but is not limited to, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, medication management, medical care, health assessments, medication education awareness. Ensure patients are linked to ongoing clinical care such as individual therapy, intensive outpatient groups, care management, and prescription assistance programs. Also assists in liking patients to needed community resources including but not limited to the Social Determinates of Health needs; food, (DSS and local food pantries); housing, information for their physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual needs.

10% Record Keeping: Maintains accurate patient records, completes paperwork in a timely, accurate and efficient manner in accordance with agency standards.

5% Staff Development: Clinical Staffing and staff training and development.

5% Other: Tasks and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor and consistent with employee skills and knowledge.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Meets requirements under State of North Carolina as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician’s Assistant

• Experience in delivering high-quality, patient-centered care.

• Knowledge of laws, regulations, and policies which govern the program.

• Knowledge of medical terminology, disease processes and psycho-pharmacy.

• Skill in establishing rapport with a client and/or family and applying techniques of assessing psycho-social, behavioral, and psychological aspects of the client.

• Must possess the ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, supervisors, and members of civic, medical, social, and religious organizations.

• Ability to formulate medical and wellness treatment goals and to record concisely required documentation.

• Able to document and navigate EHR independently.

• Excellent organizational skills, including the ability to work productively and make independent decisions.

• Ability to foster teamwork and to work collaboratively with other of team members and colleagues.

• Must be able to physically perform the basic life operational functions of stooping, reaching, and walking, fingering, grasping, talking, hearing, and performing repetitive motions.

• Must be able to perform sedentary work exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force constantly or frequently to move objects.

• Proficient computer skills, including working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite

SALARY & BENEFITS: Commensurate with experience, medical/dental insurance, life insurance, LTD disability insurance, retirement savings plan/401K, paid time off programs.

Please mail, fax, or email your resume and cover letter to: (no phone calls please)

Coastal Horizons Center, Inc.

ATTN: RECRUITMENT/HR

615 Shipyard Blvd.

Wilmington, NC. 28412

Fax: 910-790-0189

Email: jobs@coastalhorizons.org