Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)

Mental Health Services Provider

Provides direct mental health services, including evaluations, treatment, and consultation as appropriate. Provides behavioral health services in conjunction with staff therapist, psychologist and psychiatrist.

Major Duties And Responsibilities

Analytical and Critical Thinking

• Provides comprehensive assessment of patients and as appropriate their families
• Completes the history of the present illness and review past histories.
• Provides individual, group, family and pharmacologic therapeutic interventions that are evidence based.

Problem Solving and Decision Making

• Provides crisis intervention and referral for psychiatric hospitalization.
• Makes referrals for further diagnostic psychological or medical testing as needed.

Communication

• Interview patients to obtain insight into their problems

Compliance, Policy, and Procedure

• Provides appropriate patient assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation in accordance with acceptable Standards of Care and Regulatory Requirements.
• Adhere to productivity standards and departmental policies and procedures.

Teamwork

• Collaborate with primary therapist on treatment plan development.
• Works in collaboration with multi-disciplinary team to perform clinical assessments and develop treatment plans.
• Prescribes psychiatric medication when needed

Skills And Abilities

Must be able to give accurate DSM diagnosis, to use a variety of treatment and pharmacological techniques with a range of diagnoses.

Education And/Or Experience

Education: Masters of Nursing degree and current

Licensure: Current Nurse Practitioner license in the State of Maryland

2 years of experience in a psychiatric setting

Experience with telemedicine preferred.

Other Skills: Basic computer knowledge required

Compensation:

• Contract pay of $80-85 hourly

Caring Hands Behavioral Health Center