What are the responsibilities and job description for the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner - West Plains position at FCC Behavioral Health?
Job Purpose:
Under clinical supervision of a physician, the Nurse Practitioner provides behavioral health and/or substance use disorder treatment to patients within the scope of his/her licensure and expertise level of the supervising physician.
Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree in Nursing with appropriate license to practice.
Core Job Duties:
- Gather and maintain patient information and records, including social and medical history obtained from patients, relatives, and other professionals.
- Prescribe and administer psychotherapeutic treatments/medications to treat behavioral health disorders and/or substance use disorders at assigned program/sites.
- Advise and inform guardians, relatives, and significant others of the patient’s conditions and treatment.
- Examine or conduct laboratory or diagnostic tests on patients, as necessary.
- Attend Quarterly Prescriber Meetings and any other assigned meetings.
- Adherence to all applicable evidence-based practice models.
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of diagnostic criteria sets for substance use and/or behavioral health disorders.
- Orally communicate information effectively and accurately.
- Assure program operates within the constraints of the agency’s certification (CARF, DMH) standards and strategic plan related to clinical care.
- Abide by program and agency policies and procedures.
- Other job duties and special projects as assigned.