PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSE PRACTITIONER

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Hillside Inc - Atlanta, GA 30306

Overview

Position Type Full Time

Description

PRIMARY PURPOSE:

Assist with the psychiatric assessment, medical assessment, and ongoing psychiatric management of youth enrolled in Hillside's PRTF/Residential and Partial Hospitalization Program. Duties will be performed under an approved Advanced Registered Nurse Protocol (ARPN).

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Complete admission intake assessments on assigned patients.
• Provide psychiatric care (in consultation with the child's attending physician) and corresponding documentation to youth in assigned program/unit.
• Provide input for and/or participate in treatment planning meetings on assigned clients.
• Timely and accurate entry of notes and diagnoses to ensure billing accuracy.
• Participate in weekly rounds on assigned treatment units.
• Provide 'after-hours' call coverage for psychiatric emergencies as assigned– typically 10-15 days/ per month.
• Provide psychiatric coverage to patients enrolled in Hillside's residential or PHP programs when their attending provider is on leave is not available/on leave.
• Participate in all assigned trainings, staff meetings, supervision, and consultation.
• Understands the developmental milestones of children and adolescents.

GENERAL COMPETENCIES:

• Customer Focus: Promote positive image of Hillside with all contacts (customers)
• Exhibit high quality of work
• Contribute to development of a culture of care

• Teamwork: Take the initiative to act on own
• Demonstrate cooperation
• Be a productive member of the staff

• Communication: Communicate Effectively, clearly, and appropriately
• Make use of supervision
• Use excellent Judgment

Job Specific Competencies

Interpersonal Communication: The ability to establish rapport quickly and to communicate effectively with consumers of healthcare, their family members and other providers.

Collaboration & Teamwork: The ability to function effectively as a member of an inter-professional team that includes behavioral health and primary care providers, consumers and family members.

Screening & Assessment: The ability to conduct brief, evidence-based and developmentally appropriate screening and to conduct or arrange for more detailed assessments when indicated.

Care Planning & Coordination: The ability to create and implement integrated care plans, ensuring access to an array of linked services, and the exchange of information among consumers, family members, and providers.

Intervention: The ability to provide a range of brief, focused prevention, treatment and recovery services, as well as longer-term treatment and support for consumers with persistent illnesses.

Cultural Competence & Adaptation: The ability to provide services that are relevant to the culture of the consumer and their family.

Practice-Based Learning & Quality Improvement: The ability to assess and continually improve the services delivered as an individual provider and as an inter-professional team.

Qualifications

EDUCATION: Master's Degree in Nursing, PMHNP specialty

EXPERIENCE: Current licensure and one to three years experience working with children and adolescents.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Must have physical performed upon hire and then annually. Some tasks may require exposure to blood, tissue or bodily fluids.

MISCELLANEOUS REQUIREMENT: Must not have a record of felony or misdemeanor convictions.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED: Guided by verbal and written instructions, policies and procedures and well-established guidelines; Medical Director.

WORK SCHEDULE: This is an executive position and work hours/days may vary as business dictates. May be subjected to being "paged"/ contacted during off duty time.