Job Description
Job Description
Agency Profile: Spectrum Health & Human Services respectfully partners with adults, children, and families as they recover from behavioral, emotional, mental health and/or substance related disorders by offering individualized and meaningful opportunities of hope, empowerment and support to achieve self-defined improvements in their quality of life.
Full-time: 1775 Niagara St, Buffalo NY
SUMMARY OF POSITION FUNCTION:
As a member of the multi-disciplinary team, the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner PMHNP in conjunction with the clinical team, has overall clinical responsibility for monitoring individual’s treatment and staff delivery of clinical services; the PMHNP provides psychiatric and medical assessment and treatment; clinical supervision, education, and training of the team; and development, maintenance, and supervision of medication and psychiatric and medical treatment policies and procedures. MUST Work with all ages from child/adolescent through adulthood.
MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Knowledge and demonstration of agency core values in day-to-day activities
- Collaborates with the Medical Director regarding psychiatric health services, education, and any other clinical needs
- Ability to complete psychiatric assessment across the life span
- Conduct psychiatric assessments including psychiatric history, course of illness, response to treatment; mental status examination and DSM 5 diagnoses
- Participate in case review to collaborate with the clinical team and provide feedback and recommendations.
- Orders laboratory tests, interrupts, and explains the test results to individuals and families if applicable
- Perform or recommended age-appropriate screening procedures
- Work with children and their families in anticipation of developmental milestones and life cycle events
- Collaborate with the care team regarding an individual’s physical/behavioral needs. Making appropriate community referrals for further assessment and treatment as needed
- Prescribe psychotropic medications and conduct regular assessment of therapeutic responses and side effects and educate individuals/families regarding psychotropic medications
- Perform age-appropriate therapy sessions to include family education.
- Return calls and emails promptly (within 24 hours of receipt or sooner if clinically necessary)
- Responsible for maintaining customer relations with all agency staff and clients
- Responsible for providing psychiatric services to individuals in a variety of clinical settings during scheduled hours. Scope of services includes outpatient psychiatric evaluations and medication management services.
- Assess, diagnose, and treat adults, adolescents, and children experiencing symptoms of a behavioral health disorders.
- Prescribe, recommend, or discontinue drugs and treatments to treat mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders in accordance with the Collaborative Practice Agreement and the state’s Nurse Practice Act.
- Provide crisis assessment and management of individuals during regular work hours, during other hours, and as on-call back up as needed
- Submit written reports and oral testimony and presentation of opinion in commitment and other legal proceedings and in a wide range of treatment, rehabilitative, and support services matters (e.g., AOT, Social Security applications, prior authorization of mediation, etc.).
- Participate in and supervise the development of the comprehensive treatment plan for each patient at treatment planning meetings.
SKILLS/COMPETENCIES:
- Demonstrates a clear understanding of the characteristics and problems of adults and children with severe and persistent mental illness
- Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of effective clinical practices and principles
- Strong clinical skills and experience providing treatment to persons with severe and persistent mental illness
- Excellent interpersonal skills including ability to effectively communicate, negotiate, persuade and instruct.
- Exceptional judgment and decision-making skills
- Must possess excellent written and oral communication skills in English
- Proficient in the use of computer software such as MSWord, Excel, Outlook, etc.
EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:
- Board certified or Board eligible in Psychiatry and licensed to practice medicine in the state in which the program is operating
EXPERIENCE:
- Appropriate to situation
- Must have a valid driver's license and an acceptable driving record
COMPENSATION: $159,000/yr - $200,000/yr