Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in San Bernardino, California at Central Neighborhood Hlth Fdn

INTRODUCTION:

Central Neighborhood Health Foundation is a Federally Qualified Healthcare Center (FQHC) committed to the Triple Aim as described by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Improving the US health care system requires simultaneous pursuit of three aims: 1) improving the experience of care, 2) improving the health of populations, and 3) reducing per capita costs of health care. Preconditions for this include the enrollment of an identified population, a commitment to universality for its members, and the existence of an organization (an "integrator") that accepts responsibility for all three aims for that population.

SUMMARY:

A psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) will provide mental healthcare services to individuals, including adults and children, and families with drug abuse problems, psychiatric disorders or brain disorders. In addition to working with doctors to establish a diagnosis and prescribe medication, psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners create holistic treatment plans that prioritize a dynamic level of educational and professional support specific to each patient’s psychiatric needs.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include but are not limited to the following functions:

• Develop comprehensive evaluations, make diagnoses, and identify any patient risk using present symptoms and a patient’s personal and family history.
• Consider potential development issues, trauma, neurological dysfunction and other psychological disorders to make informed treatment plans and support systems for each patient.
• Responsible for providing outpatient and residential care to patients showing a change or decline in mental status, chronic or urgent medical conditions.
• Collaborate with other treatment providers to help individuals with complex psychiatric issues.
• Perform patient’s histories and physicals, risk factor assessment, ordering of therapeutic and diagnostic tests; and attend to consultations and appointments.
• Diagnosing, conducting, and prescribing medications for patients having psychiatric-mental health problems and those likely to have them.
• Providing emergency psychiatric services, physical and psychosocial examination of their patients
• Developing appropriate treatment plan and providing effective management of patient care with proper evaluation.
• Educate patients on self-care practices.
• Consulting with patients and families having multiple and complex psychiatric disorders; and working in collaborative and integrative roles with primary care providers.
• Record a patient’s medical and psychiatric history, and their progress after each appointment or session, making it easier to identify issues or communicate your patient’s needs to other care providers.
• Other duties as needed

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

• Possess and maintain graduate professional nurse, and nurse practitioner registration in a state, which must be unrestricted, current, complete, and active.
• Obtain Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner or Mental Health Nurse Practitioner certification from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
• Must attain and maintain a California State License.
• Possess Bachelor’s degree in Nursing followed by a Master’s degree in Psychiatric or Mental Health Nursing from a state approved and accredited school for professional nursing training

NECESSARY SKILLS:

WORK ENVIRONMENT

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 qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Variations in conditions may occur under certain circumstances.

CONFIDENTIALITY

Maintains patient, employee, and Foundation confidentiality at all times, discussing patient or employee business only with appropriate parties who have a bona fide need to know; and communicating only the minimum amount of information necessary with respect to protected health information (PHI) as defined by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).

1. AGREEMENT AND ACCEPTANCE

2. I HAVE READ THE ABOVE JOB DESCRIPTION AND FULLY UNDERSTAND THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH AND WILL PERFORM ALL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.