Job description

Position Summary: The Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMNNP) will provide outpatient psychiatric evaluation and medication management services at Hope Health Systems (HHS) Psychiatric Services department. The PMHNP will work in coordination with HHS’s outpatient counseling services to provide psychiatric services to adult and youth clients with behavioral health issues. 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 front office to coordinate client care, assist with insurance pre-authorization, and caseload management.

Job Requirements:

1) Education at a minimum: Master’s or Doctorate Degree in Nursing with focus on Psychiatric nursing. Graduation from a state-certified advance practice program specializing in psychiatry/mental health.

2) Work Experience: Minimum of 18 months of clinical supervision experience as well as administrative experience in an outpatient setting and knowledge of COMAR regulations. Experience in telemedicine.

3) Full background check: Potential staff members must pass a full state and federal criminal background check.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• 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)

• 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 and submit at least 10% of records to the supervising Psychiatrist for biweekly review in accordance with the Collaborative Practice Agreement.

• 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 HHS 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.

Skills:

• Experience in delivering high-quality, client-centered care.

• Able to document and navigate EHR independently.

• Ability to maintain strict client confidentiality.

• Ability to effectively communicate and interact with individuals involved in all aspects of programming – children, parents, school faculty and staff, grantors, funders, partner agencies, members of the community and HHS team members.

• Serves as a representative of HHS, displaying courtesy, tact, consideration, and discretion in all interactions with HHS team members, clients, school system staff and faculty, grantors, funders, regulators, and members of the public.

• Proficient computer skills, including working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite. * Ability to work effectively on multidisciplinary team.

• Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze and interpret general and professional documents.

• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one on one and small group situations.

• Must possess the ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action.

• Ability to foster teamwork; train and direct the work of team members and colleagues.

• Excellent organizational skills, including the ability to work productively and make independent decisions.

Working Conditions:

• Normal working conditions

• Regular exposure to patients with a variety of physical and psychiatric problems

• May include some exposure to infection, injury, and biomedical and biochemical waste Physical Demands: Requires sitting, standing, bending, average range of hearing and vision.

Mental Demands: Ability to give, receive and analyze information, formulate work plan, prepare written materials, and articulate goals and action plans. Must understand people from all works of life and be able to communicate effectively with them.

Reports To: Chief Medical Director and Program Director Contacts: Patients, families, referring and receiving health care workers, professional and business staff to include regular daily telephone contacts with parents/clients (scheduling and rescheduling appointments, and other issues that may arise).

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Gwynn Oak, MD 21207: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Work Location: One location

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