JOB TITLE: PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSE PRACTITIONER (PMHNP)
LOCATION: Umatilla County, based in Pendleton, Oregon
FLSA: Exempt (expectation to work 40 hours per week or other designated FTE)
SUPERVISOR: Medical Director & Practice Manager
PAY GRADE: N16 PMHNP I ($135,575 - $160,200 annually depending on experience), N17 PMHP II ($144,910 - $176,690 annually depending on experience), N18 PMHP III ($159,435 - $194,815 annually depending on experience)
DESCRIPTION
Provides psychiatric diagnosis, care and treatment on an in-patient, outpatient and telepsychiatry basis to improve the mental health of clients. Promotes recovery from mental illness.
SUPERVISION
Supervision Received: This position is supervised by the Practice Manager, but also works closely with the Community Counseling Solutions (CCS) Clinical Director & Medical Director.
Supervision Exercised: This position does not have any supervisory responsibilities.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Completes psychiatric evaluations as required on new clients. Reevaluates and updates as needed.
- Performs age-appropriate history and physical for complex acute, critical, and chronically ill perioperative patients.
- Orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic tests relative to patient’s age-specific needs.
- Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities.
- Implements interventions to support the patient to regain or maintain physiologic stability, including but not limited to serving in the first assisting role. Monitors the effectiveness of interventions.
- Facilitates the patient’s transition within and between health care settings, e.g. admitting, transferring, and discharging patients.
- Reviews and evaluates clinical data pertaining to physical status of client.
- Reviews and follows up on previous mental and physical treatment plans.
- Leads prescribed individual, group therapy and/or education sessions as part of specific therapeutic procedures.
- Reviews, approves and signs individual plans of service of clients.
- Documents and updates client’s progress in progress notes.
- Prescribes client medication. Monitors medication effectiveness and modifies as necessary.
- Works with team members, including clinicians, nurses and social workers to discuss client progress and outlook. Coordinates with outside agencies as necessary. Acts as a client advocate when appropriate.
- Contacts client’s relatives to arrange family conferences if necessary.
- Provides seclusion and restraint, de-escalation, and other facility related trainings to CCS employees.
- Provides after hours services during regularly scheduled work week. This includes telephone consultation as needed with CCS employees and crisis intervention in the community and facility.
- Responsible to work closely with supervisor to find backup when on vacation.
- Completes all paperwork in a way that is professional, clinically sound and timely as prescribed by the OAR’s and other pertinent guidelines.
- Other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
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.
Education and Experience:
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
- Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner Program
- Current Nurse Practitioner certification in specialty area
- Individual must be able to pass a criminal history background check.
- Preference given to individuals who have worked with individuals who have mental illnesses in a residential or psychiatric hospital setting.
Other Skills and Abilities:
- Must possess, or have the ability to acquire, knowledge of symptoms and challenges faced by people with mental illness and addictions.
- Must have the ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing and have the ability to work independently and complete all responsibilities in a thorough and timely fashion.
- Must have skills to professionally work with the public and the ability to coordinate services across various agencies and community groups.
- Must be able to develop cooperative and respectful relationships with clients and their families.
- Must have knowledge, or the ability to acquire knowledge, about the recovery model.
- Must possess the ability to represent the interest of the customer and the agency in a favorable light in the community.
- Must have the ability to work well with teams and other groups of individuals.
- The position requires the handling of highly confidential information. Must adhere to rules and laws pertaining to client confidentiality.
- Must possess or have the ability to possess functional knowledge of business English and medical terminology.
- Must have good spelling and basic mathematical skills.
- Must have the ability to learn assigned tasks readily and to adhere to general office procedures.
- Good organizational and time management skills are essential.
- Must have in-depth knowledge of standard office equipment.
- Must be able to communicate effectively in both written and oral formats.
- Must hold a valid driver's license and be insurable or carry insurance for client service purposes and for travel between business offices, the community, and to attend required meetings and/or trainings. Must pass all criminal history check requirements as required by ORS 181.536-181.537 and in accordance with OAR 410-007-0200 through 410-007-0380.
- Pre-Employment Drug Screening.
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 regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, smell or feel. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Work is performed in an office/secure facility environment as well as in the community. The noise level in the office/secure facility environment is usually moderate, but occasionally one may be exposed to loud noises. The noise in the community, including the homes of customers, is often difficult to predict. Occasional out of area travel and overnight stays will be required for attendance at meetings and/trainings.
However, the employee also will be required to work in the community. Handicap access may not be available at all places where this position must go. There are some situations where this position may be required to respond to environments where a client is in crisis. The environments in these situations are difficult to predict and may be in uneven terrain.
This position exposes the employee to the everyday risks or discomforts which require normal safety precautions typical of such places as an office or home environment.
COMMUNITY COUNSELING SOLUTIONS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
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