Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner - Treatment & Recovery Center - Full Time

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner - Treatment & Recovery Center - Full Time

Pay is commensurate with experience. Full time, exempt, benefits eligible. Bert Nash offers excellent benefits which include medical, dental, vision, KPERS retirement, life insurance, an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) providing free counseling and resources, and generous PTO.

Caring. Hope. Giving back. Our mission at the Bert Nash Center as the Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) of Douglas County is to advance the health of the community through comprehensive behavioral health services responsive to evolving needs and changing environments. We accomplish this by believing in our team. Each person that works for the Bert Nash Center contributes directly to the success of our clients, organization, and community. Our values of compassion, integrity, equity and hope reflect in everything we do.

The primary responsibility of the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner will be to direct, coordinate, and provide medical / clinical services to specified patients within the facility, including, but not limited to : intervention, assessment, differential diagnosis, treatment planning, medication management, engagement, family meetings, supportive psychotherapy, patient education, risk assessment and discharge planning.

Specific responsibilities will include but not limited to :

• Serves as the attending clinician to specified patients. Completes initial psychiatric assessments, crisis interventions, family interventions, focused crisis diagnostic assessments, assessments of capacity for consent to treatment, risk assessments, patient education, progress toward treatment goals, and discharge planning including medical, psychological, social, behavioral, and developmental aspects of the patients' care, treatment, and services.
• Documents patients' progress in the clinical record, including admission order, progress notes, and discharge orders. Oversees delivery of medication education and consent, according to established policy.
• Orders laboratory tests according to standards of clinical practice. Reviews the health assessment completed by nursing staff, obtains a past and current medical history, and conducts a focused physical examination as indicated, according to established guidelines. Initiates contact with Primary Care Physicians and Emergency Room clinicians according to established guidelines.
• Assesses patients' needs and guides the clinical team while managing treatment plan updates, in addition to initiating contact with Outpatient Behavioral Health Providers according to established guidelines. Reviews and utilizes all available documents from the clinical team.
• Provides necessary information to clinical team regarding inpatient utilization. Utilizes appropriate medication based on best practices and in accordance with a written protocol authorized by a responsible physician.
• Collaborates with other personnel to ensure that each treatment modality is appropriate for the patient, in addition to working with outside psychiatric providers in crisis and inpatient services. Works with the community to review involuntary petitions, assess involuntary patients, and coordinate with the legal system to follow established guidelines for Court-Ordered Care and Treatment.
• Maintains regular and predictable attendance, which is an essential function of the job
• Additional responsibilities that may be assigned as circumstances warrant.

Qualifications : The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner position requires but not limited to :

Preferred Qualifications :