What are the responsibilities and job description for the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner position at Public Health Management Corporation?
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JOB OVERVIEW:
The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner will provide services to adults according to certification, in community-based nurse-managed health centers to diverse and underserved populations. This position will report to the Medical Director.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
JOB OVERVIEW:
The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner will provide services to adults according to certification, in community-based nurse-managed health centers to diverse and underserved populations. This position will report to the Medical Director.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provide bio-psychosocial evaluations for adults at health centers and outreach sites.
- Provide medication management using specified guidelines at health centers and outreach sites.
- Organize group education programs, as appropriate, for homeless people.
- Refer clients to psychiatric and other emergency departments, substance abuse and mental health care providers, and other providers as appropriate.
- Counsel consumers with mental illness and substance abuse disorders on the management of their illnesses.
- Incorporate evidence-based practices including cognitive behavioral therapy and self-management.
- Train shelter staff, as needed, on the management of behavioral health problems and other health issues.
- Participate in advocacy and coordination committees addressing issues related to homelessness.
- Provide consultation on behavioral health to Health Care for the Homeless management and clinical staff.
- Train community and academic health care professionals to provide comprehensive, culturally competent behavioral health care to homeless people.
- Notify the Infection Control Coordinator immediately of suspected or confirmed communicable diseases that can be transmitted through routine shelter contact.
- Provide psychiatric treatment or consultation services to assigned clients and families as indicated and clinically appropriate, including managing an assigned caseload and completing documentation in a timely manner.
- Ensure that psychiatric evaluations and medication management documentation meet all stakeholder, payor, and regulatory expectations and include clinically appropriate diagnoses and recommendations.
- Utilize evidence-based practices as appropriate for the individual client and program philosophy.
- Ensure clients are provided with psychiatric services based on need and contractual agreements. Ensure that these services are fully integrated into the overall treatment plan for each individual client.
- Prescribe buprenorphine-naloxone/buprenorphine to patients who are enrolled in the MAT program and who are in compliance with the treatment contract.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Experience in behavioral health, primary care, and/or community health preferred
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Experience with homeless people, racial minorities preferred
- Preferred credentialed with insurance companies
- Bilingual preferred
- Education: MSN
- Licenses: Pennsylvania RN, CRNP in psychiatric mental health
- Certification by ANA or equivalent, preferred
- Salary Grade: 23
- Competitive salary, opportunities for advancement, and an excellent benefits package
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