Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Job Description

Job Description

CORE VALUE COMMITMENT :

In common mission, our teams work together with our patients at the center. We strive to continuously improve. We value one another’s diversity of talent, experience, and perspective. We each contribute to something bigger than ourselves while promoting integrity, belonging, and collaboration.

JOB SUMMARY :

A Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) is an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) trained to provide comprehensive mental health care across the lifespan. PMHNPs deliver outpatient psychiatric services, focusing on accessible, continuous, and patient-centered care.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS :

• Helps patients by evaluating medical and psychosocial conditions.
• Develops and implements treatment plans, including prescription of psychotropic medications.
• Monitors and evaluates treatment results.
• Evaluates patients by interviewing patient, family, and other persons, conducting physical examinations; observing behaviors; reviewing medical history and related documents.
• Develops treatment plans by determining nature and extent of cognitive, emotional, developmental, social, and behavioral disorders and establishing treatment goals and methodologies.
• Treats patients by utilizing psychotherapeutic methods and medications; discussing progress toward goals with patients; providing instructions; monitoring effect of medications; and supervising staff provision of services.
• Maintains interdisciplinary treatment by reviewing treatment plans and progress, and consulting and collaborating with primary care physicians, mental health therapists, nurses, and other health care providers.
• Assures quality and safe service for patients and staff by enforcing policies, procedures, standards, rules, and legal regulations; participating in utilization reviews; and remaining available for emergency consultations.
• Improves staff competence by providing training and discussions regarding the interrelationship between psychosocial and physiological problems, psychotropic medications, crisis intervention, and related issues.
• Maintains historical records by documenting symptoms, medications, and treatment events and writing summaries.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in continuing medical educational opportunities, reading profession organizations.
• Enhances department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests and exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES :

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE :

Successful completion Master's or Doctoral of Nursing who is licensed as an APRN in Nebraska and board certified as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMNHP), Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) License, and Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.

WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL EFFORT :

Stand 30% or longer of an 8-hour workday.

NOTE : The information above is a reflection of the general nature of job duties. From time to time, additional duties may be assigned.

Think Whole Person Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer