Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner I

CLOSING DATE: Open Until Filled (OUF)

SALARY RANGE: Dependent on Experience (DOE)

APPLICANT MUST HAVE A VALID UNRESTRICTED INSURABLE DRIVERS LICENSE

RESUME AND REFERENCES ARE REQUIRED

ESSENTIAL DUTIES, FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and management of acute and chronic mental illness in children, adolescent, adult and, geriatric patients in the outpatient setting with the ability to function as an independent practitioner.
• Provides total patient care including prevention, health maintenance, early diagnosis, treatment and follow up services.
• Perform "walk-in" intakes.
• Performs biopsychosocial evaluations and makes appropriate assessments to determine a diagnosis and develop a treatment plan which may involve admission, discharge, and arranging for specialized care.
• Provides supportive therapy, counseling and guidance to individuals, families, and groups. Conducts history and physical examination of patients, assesses physical condition, and orders various tests (e.g., laboratory, neurological, and psychological tests).
• Provides case management functions; short or long-term psychotherapy; prescribes psychotropic medications and supervises medication maintenance by evaluation of the patient's response to drug therapy and determines continuing medication regime in coordination with other providers.
• Provides medical care and preventive services to all individuals, including guidance in nutrition, common illnesses, accidents, growth and development. Provides nursing functions such as measurement and interpretation of vital signs, lab results and administration of intra-venous medications and monitors patient's response to drug therapy and provides education on medication interaction(s).
• Maintains knowledge and proficiency in medical practices through continuing education, staff meetings, and workshops, and home study.
• Provides full range of emergency services or crisis intervention including evaluation and assessment in the Emergency Department, Intensive Care Unit/Multi-Services Unit, OB/GYN, and other hospital clinics of all patients referred for evaluation or consultation purposes. This may include, but not limited to, patients who present in acute crisis situations.
• Participate in the Mental Health after hours, weekends, and holiday standby and call back/on-call rotation on a regularly assigned rotation or call back basis to provide continuity of medical services during evenings, nights, holidays and weekends.
• Teaches patients and family member's ways to maintain or improve their health status.
• Maintains records and reports on patients, personal activities and other required information for use in program operation, quality assurance and other purposes.
• Participates in Quality Assessment Performance Improvement (QAPI) review processes.
• Participates in monthly peer review and case presentation with other providers.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM MANDATORY QUALIFICATIONS

Experience:

• No additional experience required outside of a completed training program as identified in the education qualifications listed below.

Education:

• Completion of an Advanced Practice Registered Nursing School in the following area with an active Registered Nurse Licensure:
  
  • Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner - Lifespan track.

Licensure:

• Active unrestricted Advanced Practice Registered Nurse license from any U.S. State or Territory in the following areas:
  
  • Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner - Lifespan.
  • State licensure with independent practice privileges with prescriptive authority.
• National Certification from the American Nurses Credentialing Center in the following area:
  
  • Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC) - Lifespan.
• Current, valid, unrestricted Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) License.
• Active, unrestricted Registered Nurse license from any U.S. State or Territory.

NAVAJO/INDIAN PREFERENCE

FDIHB, Inc. is located within the Navajo Nation and, in accordance with Navajo Nation law, has implemented a Navajo/Indian Preference in Employment Policy. Pursuant to this Policy, applicants who meet the minimum qualifications for this position and who are enrolled members of the Navajo Nation will be given primary preference in hiring and employment for this position and members of other federally-recognized Indian tribes will be given secondary preference. Other candidates will be considered only after all candidates entitled to primary or secondary preference have been fully considered.