Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Summary

The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner provides comprehensive psychiatric and medical care to the Primary Health Solutions patient population in health center and school-based settings. This role evaluates and treats patients, supports continuity of care, provides patient and family education, collaborates with physicians and other members of the care team, and completes the clinical and administrative responsibilities necessary to provide high-quality patient care.

A Day in the Life

Provides primary medical care to the Primary Health Solutions patient population.

Consults with staff physicians in making decisions regarding patient care.

Evaluates and treats patients in health centers and school-based settings, providing continuity of patient care.

Provides nighttime, weekday, or some weekend and holiday call coverage as part of the work schedule.

Provides patient and family education and counseling.

May participate in training nurse practitioner students as requested.

Maintains complete medical records, including histories, physical examinations, and telephone message summaries.

Completes appropriate progress notes in each assigned work area and other special patient forms.

Completes appropriate correspondence, phone calls, and letters to patients and referring physicians.

Checks laboratory reports and correspondence within 24 to 48 hours of receipt and acts on abnormal laboratory results immediately upon arrival.

Participates in health collaborative and health improvement activities.

Carries out medical administrative functions necessary for quality patient care and compliance with accreditation requirements.

Participates in committee activities and chart reviews and may participate in Quality Improvement and Risk Management activities and committee work in assigned areas.

Attends Department/Center meetings as assigned.

Performs all other duties and tasks as assigned.

Core Competencies

Customer Service: Committed to increasing customer satisfaction, sets proper customer expectations, assumes responsibility for solving customer problems, ensures commitments to customers are met.

Communication: Understand and communicate effectively with others using a variety of contexts and formats, which include writing, speaking, reading, listening and interpersonal skills.

Dependability: Meets commitments, works independently, accepts accountability, handles change, sets personal standards, stays focused under pressure, meets attendance/punctuality requirements.

Quality: Is attentive to detail and accuracy, is committed to excellence, looks for improvements continuously, monitors quality levels, finds root cause of quality problems, owns/acts on quality problems.

Productivity: Manages a fair workload, volunteers for additional work, prioritizes tasks, develops good work procedures, manages time well, and handles information flow.

Requirements

Success Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education/Experience

Master of Science degree in Nursing and graduation from an approved nurse practitioner program. Two years of experience working in psychiatric/mental health with indigent populations and community-based programs is preferred. Experience as a provider or in a similar role is required.

Language Skills

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Computer Skills

Working knowledge of NextGen or other EHR/EMR systems. To perform this job successfully, an individual should have the ability to gain knowledge of the current practice management system, electronic medical record, Microsoft Word, text paging, Internet, and Intranet.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

Must have graduated from an approved nurse practitioner program.

Other Applicable Requirements

Ability to handle confidential information. Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to adapt to change. Attention to detail.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee are occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of radiation. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.