PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSE PRACTITIONER

Primary Purpose

Assist with the psychiatric assessment, medical assessment, and ongoing psychiatric management of youth enrolled in Hillside's PRTF/Residential and Partial Hospitalization Program. Duties will be performed under an approved Advanced Registered Nurse Protocol (ARPN).

Essential Duties and Primary Responsibilities

• Complete admission intake assessments on assigned patients.
• Provide psychiatric care (in consultation with the child's attending physician) and corresponding documentation to youth in assigned program/unit.
• Provide input for and/or participate in treatment planning meetings on assigned clients.
• Timely and accurate entry of notes and diagnoses to ensure billing accuracy.
• Participate in weekly rounds on assigned treatment units.
• Provide 'after-hours' call coverage for psychiatric emergencies as assigned – typically 10-15 days per month.
• Provide psychiatric coverage to patients enrolled in Hillside's residential or PHP programs when their attending provider is on leave or not available.
• Participate in all assigned trainings, staff meetings, supervision, and consultation.
• Understands the developmental milestones of children and adolescents.

Job Specific Competencies

• Interpersonal Communication: ability to establish rapport quickly and communicate effectively with consumers of healthcare, their family members and other providers.
• Collaboration & Teamwork: ability to function effectively as a member of an inter-professional team including behavioral health and primary care providers, consumers and family members.
• Screening & Assessment: ability to conduct brief, evidence-based and developmentally appropriate screening and arrange for more detailed assessments when indicated.
• Care Planning & Coordination: ability to create and implement integrated care plans, ensuring access to linked services and exchange of information among consumers, family members, and providers.
• Intervention: ability to provide a range of brief, focused prevention, treatment and recovery services, as well as longer-term treatment and support for consumers with persistent illnesses.
• Cultural Competence & Adaptation: ability to provide services relevant to the culture of the consumer and their family.
• Practice-Based Learning & Quality Improvement: ability to assess and continually improve services delivered as an individual provider and as an inter-professional team.