Employment Status

Full time exempt position, 40 hours a week

 

Responsibilities and Duties

Values

Promotes the values of Clinic within the organization and the community.

Service

• Provide excellent care to patients.

• § Promote collaboration and respect.

  Hope

• View challenges as opportunities for growth
• Promote creativity.

Solutions

• Help patients and colleagues solve problems with ambition and pragmatism.
• Work to achieve organizational goals.

 

Responsibilities

• Conducts psychiatric evaluations, including interviews, medical histories, physical exams, and observations.
• o Provides psychiatric health services, education, counseling, and emotional support.
• o Analyze data and results of assessments to accurately diagnose patients.
• o Prescribe and administer medications according to diagnosis and best practices.
• o Monitor patients to determine efficacy and potential side effects of medications.
• o Develop a treatment plan, measure progress against the plan, and adjust as needed.
• o Communicates with patients and engages in follow-up, as necessary.
• o Provide crisis intervention as needed.
• o Complete all necessary clinical documentation in an accurate and timely manner.
• o Collaborate with a multidisciplinary treatment team to assess and adjust treatment plans.
• o Coordinate and communicate with patients, parents/guardians, case managers, and other stakeholders about treatment and care.
• o Supervises medical support staff including nurses and medical assistants.

   

  Required Skills/Abilities:

• Values working with underserved and marginalized populations and appreciates diversity.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to function in a fast paced, demanding field.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, especially ability to provide critical feedback effectively and constructively.
• · Fluency with computers, electronic medical records/electronic health records systems, and office software (e.g., Microsoft Office)
• Eligible to work in the United States.
• Able to pass all necessary background checks (Idaho DHW, CMS) and drug screening.
• Excellent knowledge and familiarity with current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders criteria
• Familiar with crisis assessment tools and techniques
• Strong working knowledge of general psychiatric principles and practices
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Education and Experience:

• Master of Science in Nursing, with a Psychiatric/Mental Health emphasis, from an accredited college or university.
• Must be licensed as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) by the State of Idaho.
• Licensed or license eligible to practice medicine in Idaho.
• Current or eligible for DEA registration
• Three (3) years of experience related to the above describe duties preferred.

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.