Adelphi is seeking a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner to provide medical services at a clinic in Broome County, New York. The ideal candidate will have experience in serving patients with developmental disabilities. Quick Job Facts:
- Ref : BD-494-03
- Profession: Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
- Location: Broome County, New York
- Facility Type: Clinic
- Job Type: Contract
- Shift Schedule: 40-48 hours per week, onsite
- Start Date: September 1, 2024
- Duration: 5 years
Requirements: - New York license
- Be an enrolled Medicaid/Medicare provider
- 3 References
- Experience in treating people with developmental disabilities
- BC/BE
Responsibilities: - Provide on-site psychiatric care and consultative services for individuals with developmental disabilities, considering telehealth when appropriate.
- Evaluate patients and offer psychiatric treatment recommendations.
- Conduct psychiatric assessments based on observations, interactions, and reports from various sources.
- Identify and assess the presence or absence of DSM recognized disorders such as delusional disorders, character disorders, obsessive disorders, etc.
- Ensure evaluations and assessments are clear, concise, and comprehensive.
- Collaborate with medical personnel and interdisciplinary teams to develop treatment plans and provide case management.
- Document all encounters, evaluations, consultations, and assessments in the individual's clinical record.
- Enter clinically relevant findings and treatment recommendations into the Electronic Health Record (EHR).
- Provide electronic prescriptions for psychotropic drugs when the individual's primary care physician cannot.
- Offer crisis intervention and monitor the effects of prescribed psychotropic medications.
- Maintain psychiatric progress notes, including medication changes and adverse reactions.
- Assist in writing and filing formulary determinations, prior authorizations, and coverage authorizations with patients' insurance plans upon clinic request.
- Mediate admissions of patients to psychiatric inpatient units when necessary.
- Review prospective patient transfers from the New York State Office of Mental Health.
- Provide in-service programs to educate staff and attend required training, granting the clinic a license to use related documentation.