Overall Responsibility: As a key member of the clinical team at Psychiatric Consultants of Central Florida, the Psychiatric Mental Health (PMH) Nurse Practitioner will provide direct psychiatric clinical care, consultations, medications management, and other mental health interventions to patients.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide mental health evaluations and psychiatric clinical care to patients, (both new and existing), including those recently discharged from the hospital those referred from the ER
• Assess, diagnose, treat, evaluate, and manage mental health care for patients in a collaborative care model with other Psychiatrists
• Prescribe psychiatric medications, process refill requests, and manage medications and long-term treatment goals, titrating and discontinuing medications as deemed clinically appropriate.
• Counsel and educate patients on self-care behaviors which promote health, wellness and optimal functioning within the patient’s family and community, self-care skills, mental health treatment options, and medications management
• Work to improve health outcomes and overall quality of care for patients with mental health needs as part of the collaborative, integrated patient care team
• Provide mental health services in accordance with Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) core values and standard operating procedures.
• Develop and provide guidance and consultations for other clinical staff members, as well as volunteers and students, in regard to mental health and psychiatric care
• Collaborate with Counseling Coordinator to update and improve Psychiatric Consultants of Central Florida Mental Health Program protocols, policies, and procedures
• Establish an explicit case review process for patients with mental health needs, streamlining internal collaborative consultation and treatment for said patients.
• Strengthen community partnerships with collaborating mental healthcare providers and treatment programs in order to streamline the external referral process and ensure continuity of care in the safest and most appropriate setting for the patient.

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:

• Exemplary leadership and communication skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, resulting in positive interactions with patients, staff, and volunteers
• Ability to work evenings and or weekend hours as may be needed to meet position requirements
• Ability to react calmly and effectively in emergency situations
• Knowledge of current and emerging trends in technologies, treatment approaches, practice issues, and other related issues in the mental health field
• Ability to provide culturally competent education to patients and/or families about mental health and provide instruction on properly addressing and treating mental illnesses

Minimum Qualifications:

• Current, unrestricted license issued by the Florida Board of Nursing to practice as a Registered Nurse
• Current, unrestricted license as a nurse practitioner with specialty certification, psychiatric mental health (PMHNP-BC)
• Additional certifications (i.e., family or adult nurse practitioner) a plus, but not required
• Current, unrestricted prescriptive authority within the state of Florida required
• Bilingual in Spanish preferred
• Excellent computer skills, experience with EHR required