Psychiatric - Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Company: Adelphi Medical Staffing, LLC
Location: Norwich
Posted on: November 1, 2024

Job Description:

Adelphi is seeking a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner to provide medical services at a clinic in Chenango County, New York. The ideal candidate will have experience in serving patients with developmental disabilities.

Quick Job Facts:
--- Ref #: BD-494-04
--- Profession: Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
--- Location: Chenango County, New York
--- Facility Type: Clinic
--- Job Type: Contract
--- Shift Schedule: 8-18 hours per week, onsite
--- Start Date: September 1, 2024
--- Duration: 5 years

Requirements:
--- New York license
--- Be an enrolled Medicaid/Medicare provider
--- 3 References
--- Experience in treating people with developmental disabilities
--- BC/BE

Responsibilities:
--- Provide on-site psychiatric care and consultative services for individuals with developmental disabilities, considering telehealth when appropriate.
--- Evaluate patients and offer psychiatric treatment recommendations.
--- Conduct psychiatric assessments based on observations, interactions, and reports from various sources.
--- Identify and assess the presence or absence of DSM recognized disorders such as delusional disorders, character disorders, obsessive disorders, etc.
--- Ensure evaluations and assessments are clear, concise, and comprehensive.
--- Collaborate with medical personnel and interdisciplinary teams to develop treatment plans and provide case management.
--- Document all encounters, evaluations, consultations, and assessments in the individual's clinical record.
--- Enter clinically relevant findings and treatment recommendations into the Electronic Health Record (EHR).
--- Provide electronic prescriptions for psychotropic drugs when the individual's primary care physician cannot.
--- Offer crisis intervention and monitor the effects of prescribed psychotropic medications.
--- Maintain psychiatric progress notes, including medication changes and adverse reactions.
--- Assist in writing and filing formulary determinations, prior authorizations, and coverage authorizations with patients' insurance plans upon clinic request.
--- Mediate admissions of patients to psychiatric inpatient units when necessary.
--- Review prospective patient transfers from the New York State Office of Mental Health.
--- Provide in-service programs to educate staff and attend required training, granting the clinic a license to use related documentation.

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