APRN PSYCH -PSCHIATRIC CONSULT LIAISON

Psychiatric Consult Liaison APP (Psychiatry Certified)

Join our team as a Psychiatric Consult Liaison APP (Psychiatry Certified). We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Advanced Practice Provider (APP) certified in psychiatry to join our dynamic team. This is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful impact across inpatient units, pediatrics, and the emergency department.

What We're Looking For:

• Passionate about delivering exceptional, patient-centered mental health care
• Committed to lifelong learning and professional growth
• Skilled in collaborative communication and thrive in interdisciplinary team environments

Your Role:

As a psychiatric consultant, you will:

• Partner with primary care and specialty teams to advise on psychiatric medications and treatment strategies
• Provide educational support to care teams on the diagnosis and management of behavioral health conditions
• Play a key role in enhancing the collaborative care model across hospital settings
• Join us in shaping a more integrated and compassionate approach to mental health care

Position Summary:

Function as an advanced practice nurse in Behavioral Health in the roles of consultant, educator, practitioner and researcher. Prescribe and distribute drugs and controlled substances. Develop and implement patient care based on research and national practice standards designed to improve patient outcomes in specialized areas. Ensure adherence to Hospitals and departmental policies and procedures. Patient care assignment may include neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric age groups.

Detailed responsibilities:

• Assess, diagnose and develop treatment plans; implement treatment, follow-up and evaluate patient within the scope of practice protocols as outlined by state statute
• Prescribes and distributes all drugs, including controlled substances
• Perform patient history and physical exams as needed for procedures or admissions; document findings noting pertinent normal and abnormal findings
• Perform invasive and non-invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
• Evaluate and revise intervention care/treatment plan with patient and family as necessary to achieve improved health
• Provide accurate documentation of patient care, document orders, directives, procedures and patient responses in the medical record and communicate them to other members of the health care team; maintain accurate, legible and confidential records
• Provide education for patients and/or families about preventative care, medical issues and use of the prescribed medical treatment
• Work as a team member with medical/nursing/counseling staff to provide comprehensive care and promote continuity of care
• Guide, teach, support and serve as a clinical resource nursing and medical staff
• Act as a role model for advanced practice professions, precept nurses, other advanced practice nurses and physician assistant students
• Support research by conducting or participating in research studies; incorporate findings in clinical practice
• Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, reading current literature, attending in-services, meetings and workshops
• Follow patient safety-related policies, procedures and protocols
• Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and processes
• Identify and report/correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue risk
• Report potential or actual patient safety concerns, medical errors and/or near misses in a timely manner
• Encourage patients to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations that they don't understand or may "not seem right"

Qualifications

Education: Essential: Program Graduate Education specialization: Advanced Nurse or Clinical Nurse Spec

Experience: Essential: 1 year psychiatric experience Nonessential: Bilingual English/Keres, Tewa, Tiwa, Towa, Zuni, or Navajo Bilingual English/Spanish Specialization in applicable area

Credentials: Essential: CPR for Healthcare/BLS Prov or Prof Rescuers w/in 30 days NM Advanced Practice Nurse License (CNP, CNS, CRNA) ACLS or PALS (as applicable) within 30 days of hire

Physical Conditions: Medium Work: Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.

Working conditions: Essential: Sig Hazard: Chemicals, Bio Hazardous Materials req PPE Sub to credential.failure obtain/maintain may result in term 60 days written notice required to be eligible for rehire Tuberculosis testing is completed upon hire and additionally as required