What are the responsibilities and job description for the Behavioral Health Nurse Practitioner position at Pediatric Associates Inc PS?
The Behavioral Health Nurse Practitioner is a key member of Allegro’s Integrated Behavioral Health Team. Core clinical work focuses on managing behavioral health medications for Allegro’s more complex pediatric patients.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Direct clinical patient care
- In person (seeing patients in a pediatric medical clinic)
- Telehealth
- Clinical competency with medication management for children and adolescents with behavioral health diagnoses such as, but not limited to, ADHD, anxiety, and depression
- Close collaboration with other Behavioral Health Team members and pediatricians
- Confidence to work independently
- Willingness to coach primary care pediatricians about behavioral healthcare
- Communication skills, including sensitivity to the confidential nature of behavioral issues
- Desire to collaborate with behavioral health specialists in the community
- Time management skills
- Flexibility to adapt as healthcare changes
- Leadership skills and interest to help shape the next evolution of Allegro’s integrated behavioral health program
