Responsible for providing evaluations, treatment planning, referral, case management, & individual follow-up, & group therapy based on clinical evaluations of targeted populations.
Essential Functions:
- Assesses clinical, emotional, & educational health needs of patients. Provides individual & group psychotherapy implementing goal specific & measurable treatment plans. Triages/evaluates, provides urgent care psychotherapy for both scheduled & walk-in patients & implements indicated treatment plans.
- Collaborates closely w/ staff psychiatrists, Primary Care Providers & other clinical staff to maintain continuity & integration of care as well as appropriate follow up.
- Acts as a resource for clinical staff & assists in implementation of in-service & support programs for medical center staff.
- Documents clinical patient encounters in accordance w/ department policies & procedures following HIPAA regulations.
- Provides telephone evaluations, & recommendations, & consults w/ a physician as needed regarding medications.
- Participates in patient education activities around psychiatric symptom & disease management.
- Facilitates referrals to appropriate community agencies including hospitals.
- Participates in on going Intensive Outpatient Program development & implementation. (This includes input & participation in the types of groups & activities to be offered for post hospital & other patients requiring acute outpatient services.)
- Collaborates w/ physicians & managers in developing & periodically reviewing protocols relevant to department functioning.
- As directed by a physician, prescribes or orders medication or laboratory testing.
- Participates in monitoring quality of care according to professional standards & established criteria.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- A minimum of 3 years of post master's degree experience providing direct advance practice nursing care in a psychiatric clinical setting required.
- In accord w/ the specific job description Certification as Clinical Nurse Specialist in either Adult, or Child/Adolescent Services by the ANCC required.
- Master's degree in Mental Health Nursing required.
- Current license to practice in the jurisdiction to which person is assigned required.
- NPI required.
Preferred Qualifications:
-Skills in thearea of medication administration as well as nursing case management duties.
- Experience in providing triageon individual and group psychotherapy.
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
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