Medical - Advanced Practice Provider

Advanced Practice Provider   POSITION OVERVIEW  As an Advanced Practice Provider at Blended Health, you will provide compassionate evidence-based psychiatric care to adult patients with substance use disorders as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner. You with complete a psychiatric evaluation for all admitted patients and conduct follow-up consultations as needed. You will prescribe and manager psychotropic medications for those patients who need them. You will work closely with a staff psychiatrist and other PMHMPs, as well as a multidisciplinary treatment of therapists, medical providers, nurses, and case managers.    You will assess and treat mental health issues across our continuum of care to help patients safely stabilize and build a strong foundation for long-term recovery from addiction. The ideal candidate has broad direct care experience, ad knowledge of addiction treatment. You should be efficient, flexible, and eager to embrace a team-based approach that models collaborative, solution-based problem solving, and authentic communication.    PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES  Admissions and Assessments  Evaluate potential admissions flagged as needing psychiatric approval.  Prioritize patients with identified safety risk to assess danger to self or others.  Conduct a psychiatric evaluation of all the admitted patients within established time frame.  Reconcile current psychiatric medications and determine which orders to continue modify or stop (often in consultation with patients outside provider).  Patient Care  Assess and diagnose mental health disorders.  Provide psychotherapy as appropriate.  Recommend strategies to manage acute or chronic mental health issues.  Prescribe psychotropic medication and provide patient education related to intended effects, possible side effects, and anticipated duration of use.  Offer guidance in the resolution of acute mental health or behavioral crisis.  Documentation  Meticulously document assessments and observations, interventions and response, and progress towards goals.  Create progress notes for each visit and consultation.  Enter medication and action orders within the eMAR/ePrescribing platform.  Communicate verbal orders clearly to RNs, ensure orders are read back, and sign orders within 24-hours after checking for accuracy.  Review results of Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) search.  Note:  The essential job functions of this position are not limited to the duties listed above.      PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND SPECIAL DEMANDS  Ability to sit for long periods (8-10 hours),  Ability to reach above and below the waist, turn, twist, and to manipulate small tools (copier, computer, telephone, typewriter, calculator, safe, facsimile machine).  Ability to see well enough to read handwritten and typewritten material.  Ability to handle a variety of repetitive tasks at a moderate level.  Ability to occasionally handle electrical, mechanical, or equipment emergencies.  Available to work varied hours (i.e., evenings) as required, maybe on call as needed.  Ability to travel between facility locations, and at times, the corporate office.  Ability to drive a motor vehicle to designated sites.  Ability to handle multiple projects and tasks under deadlines and with short notice.  REQUIREMENTS  Master’s degree from an accredited nursing program.  Unrestricted current PMHNP license to practice in state of employment,  Must have prescriptive authorization and XCEA license is preferred.  Broad clinical experience requires, addiction treatment experience preferred.  Excellent written and verbal communication skills.  Positive energy!