Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Cookeville TN
Location: Cookeville, Tennessee
Description: Omni Family of Services - Omni Visions, Omni Community Health, 3LS is employing Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Cookeville TN right now, this occupation will be ordered in Tennessee. More complete informations about this occupation opportunity kindly see the descriptions. POSITION DESCRIPTION Position Title: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner FLSA Status: Exempt Reports To: Medical Director Division: Regional Office
Omni Community Health: Omni Community Health is a full-service, statewide behavioral health organization providing and coordinating care for children and adults. Our mission is to be the provider of choice for those in need and our referring partner agencies who are seeking innovative, quality family and community services which improve lives.
The Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner is critical to achieving this focus by providing medication management to our clients. Omni Community Health employees are required to model the company’s mission, vision and values in the course of their employment.
Summary: The Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner provides a wide range of mental health services to patients and families in a variety of settings. PMHNPs diagnose and prescribe medications for patients who have psychiatric disorders or substance abuse problems. They are licensed to provide emergency psychiatric services, psychosocial and physical assessment of their patients, treatment plans, and manage patient care. They may also serve as consultants or as educators for families and staff. The PMHNP has a focus on psychiatric diagnosis, including the differential diagnosis of medical disorders with psychiatric symptoms, and on medication treatment for psychiatric disorders.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: • Perform complete initial psychiatric assessments on patients to determine DSM V diagnosis and develop a plan of care including medication prescription if indicated. • Provide timely documentation of each encounter with a patient including symptoms addressed, need for current treatment, and rationale for any changes in treatment. • Work in collaboration with other treatment team members to ensure quality of care and consideration of services. • Conform to standards of timelines in attendance, documentation and quality as defined by agency guidelines and quality assurance plan. • Seek immediate consultation with physician for the following: Emergent conditions requiring prompt medical intervention or hospitalization, Acute decomposition of patients' condition, Patient problems that are not resolving as anticipated, If diagnostic, prescriptive or therapeutic procedure /intervention, cannot be performed by the Clinical Nurse Specialist • Maintain required level of continuing education and preferred development activities. • Attend all team meetings, supervision, and clinical hours scheduled. • Attend a weekly review meeting with the Psychiatrist/or RN, LPN, or MA as to the care and follow up of children and adolescents that need medical checks and/or monitoring of psychotropic medicine. • Provide follow up psychiatric care including monitoring of pharmacological interventions for assigned patients. • Assist in quality assurance plan for medical needs of consumers and medication management concerns. • Comply with all OCH Policies and Procedures. • Comply with Federal Confidentiality Law to protect the rights of the consumer. • Address all internal complaints or concerns with your direct supervisor- Medical Director. If no resolution can be found the Medical Director will notify the Executive Director. • Other related duties that are medically related by not necessarily included in the above detailed list of responsibilities. Qualifications: Must be licensed by the State of Tennessee and received training from an Accredited Psychiatric Nursing Program with a minimum of a Master Degree as a Psychiatric Specialist. PMHNP must have a minimum of one year of experience with children and/or adults who present and are assessed with a DSM-V diagnosis. Individual must have current DEA number and have acquired experience in working with a family systemic model of care. The Psychiatric Nurse practitioner will work in conjunction and in accordance with all the psychiatric standards prescribed under the State of Tennessee Mental Health PA guidelines. Key Success Indicators: Must be aware of the OCH Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Process and the specific Key Service Indicators (KSI) relevant to the duties and functions of the assigned job. As part of this understanding, the employee will demonstrate behaviors and activities that contribute to the overall quality of the organization’s services and processes. These processes include but are not limited to providing quality client care, compliance, productivity, charting/documentation, and risk management. The employee uses the CQI/KSI process as a way to continually self-evaluate and assess quality and outcomes in regard to service delivery and organizational goals as well as a forum to provide/receive bidirectional feedback from Senior Leadership.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations, and other Requirements: Valid driver’s license, proof of automobile insurance, and reliable transportation. Certification in proper crisis prevention initiatives and universal precautions required. If required, TB (PPD) test, completed within 30 days of hire date. Must be licensed by the State of Tennessee and received training from an Accredited Psychiatric Nursing Program with a minimum of a Master Degree as a Psychiatric Specialist.
Other Skills and Abilities: Omni Community Health is committed to the philosophy of lifelong learning and expects all employees to continue their personal and professional development. PHMNP must have the ability to work independently as well as collaborate with the treatment team. Possessing good time management and organizational skills is vital to the position as well.
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, push, pull and carry/lift up to 20 pounds. The employee is occasionally required to climb, bend or crouch. Specific mental abilities required by this job include continuous concentration to detail; ability to remember multiple tasks, oral and written communication; and an attention span of 3+ hour(s) on a task.
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. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Promotion & Advancement: To be considered for promotion to a higher classification, the employee must meet the personal and professional development requirements as established in the individual development plan, have demonstrated strong on-the-job performance and meet the length of service requirements. Please see your supervisor or manager for additional details.
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