Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner - West Plains

Job Description

Job Description

Job Purpose:

Under clinical supervision of a physician, the Nurse Practitioner provides behavioral health and/or substance use disorder treatment to patients within the scope of his/her licensure and expertise level of the supervising physician. 

Qualifications:  

• Master’s Degree in Nursing with appropriate license to practice. 

Core Job Duties:

• Gather and maintain patient information and records, including social and medical history obtained from patients, relatives, and other professionals. 
• Prescribe and administer psychotherapeutic treatments/medications to treat behavioral health disorders and/or substance use disorders at assigned program/sites. 
• Advise and inform guardians, relatives, and significant others of the patient’s conditions and treatment. 
• Examine or conduct laboratory or diagnostic tests on patients, as necessary.
• Attend Quarterly Prescriber Meetings and any other assigned meetings. 
• Adherence to all applicable evidence-based practice models. 
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of diagnostic criteria sets for substance use and/or behavioral health disorders. 
• Orally communicate information effectively and accurately. 
• Assure program operates within the constraints of the agency’s certification (CARF, DMH) standards and strategic plan related to clinical care. 
• Abide by program and agency policies and procedures. 
• Other job duties and special projects as assigned.