Advance Practice RN-Behavioral

The Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMNNP) will provide outpatient psychiatric evaluation and medication management services at King’s Daughters Outpatient Behavioral Medicine. The PMHNP will work in coordination with physician collaboration including conducting examinations and writing prescriptions to provide behavioral health services to adult and youth clients. This position will be supervised by a psychiatrist with whom there is a Collaborative Practice Agreement established upon hire. Services will initially be office-based, with the opportunity to grow telehealth services in the future to serve clients at remote locations. The PMHNP will work in collaboration with the clinical and office staff to coordinate client care, assist with insurance pre-authorization, and caseload management.

• Responsible for providing psychiatric services to clients 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.
• Collaborate with counselors, social workers, or other treatment team members to coordinate client care.
• Responsible for timely and accurate completion of medical records, including assessment, treatment plan, progress notes, outcome measures, and billing entries.
• Counsel clients during appointments, as necessary.
• Design/participate in the development of individualized treatment plans, incorporating best and leading practices into treatment interventions.
• Examine or order laboratory or diagnostic tests for clients to provide information on general physical condition and mental disorders.
• Collaborate with guardians, relatives, and significant others on client’s conditions and treatment when clinically appropriate.
• Prepare and submit assessments, progress notes, reports, and summaries to entities/agencies (funders, insurance companies, etc.) as required.
• Return calls and emails promptly (within 24 hours of receipt or sooner if clinically necessary)
• Respond to client emergencies
• Responsible for making independent decisions based on protocols developed utilizing national guidelines for treatment interventions.
• Responsible for maintaining customer relations with all agency staff and clients.
• Maintain medical records.
• Records all services performed for accurate billing for services provided in compliance with all local, state and federal laws, as well as payor rules and regulations.
• Submits billing documents in a timely fashion.
• Looks for ways to improve and promote quality. Provides teaching and education to clinical staff, if requested.
• Follow all procedures and protocols as per KD policy, federal and state regulations, standard practice, and in accordance with the Collaborative Practice Agreement.
• Actively participate in all agency and department education, training, and in-services to confirm understanding of new information or changes to established clinical policies and procedures