Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Remote)

Overview

Providers will see clients across the lifespan for both diagnostic evaluation and medication management virtually through a telehealth platform and live in the clinic setting. The nurse practitioner (NP) is responsible for independent decision making in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness. The NP will work in collaboration with a multidisciplinary health care team. The NP demonstrates an advanced level of medical and nursing knowledge, clinical/technical competence, sound clinical judgment, professional communication skills, timely and compliant documentation, and is responsible for professional development and competency validation.

We are currently seeking a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. Providers typically see clients across the lifespan for both diagnostic evaluation and medication management virtually and live in the clinic setting.

Schedule is flexible. Does not include weekends.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

• Provide exemplary customer service to patients, visitors, and co-workers.
• Provide convenient, friendly patient care to all who come through our door seeking health related services.
• Assess patients' mental and physical status based on the presenting symptoms and complaints.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members; including other providers, nurses, front desk staff, x-ray, and other support staff.
• Diagnose psychiatric disorders and mental health conditions.
• Provide supportive therapy to individuals or family members for those with chronic mental health conditions.
• Document patients' medical and psychological histories, mental status exams, diagnoses, treatment plans, prescriptions, or outcomes.
• Educate patients and family members about mental health, medications, and treatment plans.
• Monitor patients' medication usage and results.
• Administer and monitor prescribed prescriptions for psychotropic medications as allowed by laws and regulations.
• Responsible for learning the aspects of compliance in the company by completing all mandatory compliance training.
• The ability to maintain friendly, cordial relations with all employees.
• The ability to build and maintain confidence and credibility with all employees.
• The ability to maintain friendly, cordial relations with all clients and employees; maintain a positive work atmosphere by acting and communicating in a manner that results in a positive work relationship with customers, co-workers and managers.
• The ability to perform the physical, use of senses, cognitive, and environmental functions of the position, as specified on the physical demands.
• Ability to comply with Company standards of operations.
• Ability to adhere to the Core Values of the Company, of teamwork, communication, empowerment, quality of care, and friendliness.
• The ability to promote and maintain a respectful culture of employee, employer and business confidentiality.

Non-Essential Functions:

• Perform other duties as assigned by management

Experience Requirements and Preferences

Education: Masters Degree in Nursing

AND

Experience: At least two years of experience working as a Nurse Practitioner in a mental health setting

Current License or Certification:

• Valid State Compact RN licensure
• Valid State Nurse Practitioner License in Tennessee
• Preferred: Additional state licensure in 1 of the following Fast Pace States (Kentucky, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Indiana, Arkansas, or North Carolina)
• Valid DEA License
• ANCC Family Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Certification
• Willingness to seek additional state licenses

Education Requirements

Masters Degree in Nursing