Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner - PRN - Dallas

# Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner - PRN - DallasMBH Outpatient Center Dallas - Dallas, TX 75248## OverviewPosition TypeInternshipCategoryHealth Care## DescriptionAs the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner you will provide psychiatric services to assigned patients. Provide quality patient care in a supportive and empathetic manner to ensure a safe environment. Comfortable with ages served per program needs.**Essential Duties Include:*** Completes a Psychiatric Evaluation on all assigned patients within 72 hours of admission (including submitting dictation / documentation).* Evaluate patients clinical and medical appropriateness for transfer and /or discharge.* Completes psychiatric assessment and mental status assessments of patients as requested.* Documents all meetings with patients in process notes within 24 hours of meeting.* Completes all documentation, maintaining compliance with the Companys policies and procedures.* Consults with patients in support and interpretation of the treatment plan and treatment team decisions.* Prescribe medication appropriate to the patient within the policies and practices of the Company.* Works with the treatment team to minimize the use of psychotropic medication with a focus on removing patients from controlled or addictive medication if clinically appropriate.* Reviews all non-psychiatric medical orders and prescriptions and consults with prescribers as required.* Communicate risks, benefits and side effects of psychiatric medication to patients and documents such education in the progress notes.* Attends treatment team meetings and provides consultation regarding medications and psychiatric issues.* Determines a psychiatric diagnosis per DSM-V or subsequent publication and documents the diagnosis in the patients medical record within 24 hours of admission.* Clarifies diagnosis on an on-going basis, specifically addressing rule outs and other diagnosis in treatment team meetings.* Takes call Monday through Friday for psychiatric issues involving assigned patients.* Takes weekend call for all patients in accordance with the current call schedule.* May provide emergency psychiatric consultation by telephone seven days per week, twenty-four hours per day, except during periods of scheduled time off.* Responds to calls promptly and appropriately.* May complete insurance appeal letters in coordination with Patient Finance.* May conduct Doc-to-Doc reviews with insurance representatives in accordance with the insurance companys timeline requirements.* Works with Medical Records on Return to Work forms and letters, disability forms and letters and FMLA paperwork for assigned patients.* Ability to converse in English with others to give, take and process information; extensive use of telephone.* Ability to maintain confidentiality of information, multi-task, coordinate projects and record/transcribe general and specific meeting minutes.* Ability to work independently and collaboratively.* Communicate with other staff to relay concerns and observations involving patient safety## Qualifications**Education and Experience:*** Graduation from an approved Nurse Practitioner Program* Licensed with the Arizona Board of Nursing* Must have a DEA number.* CPR and CPI certified.* Three years experience in chemical dependency or eating disorders preferred.* Two years experience with patient population served required.* Meets active staff credentialing. #J-18808-Ljbffr