Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner at Community Health Centers of Dayton Dayton, OH

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner job at Community Health Centers of Greater Dayton. Dayton, OH.

This position will provide comprehensive psychiatric evaluation and medication management services to an especially diverse population within a primary care setting. As a member of the behavioral health team at Community Health Centers of Greater Dayton (CHCGD), this position will work collaboratively with the Psychiatrist, Behavioral Health Director, Behavioral Health Consultants, Primary Care Physicians, and other administrative and operational staff to ensure continuity of care for patients meeting criteria for mental health, substance use, and other related psychiatric illnesses.

This position will serve the child, adolescent, and adult populations. The CHCGD organization currently has six site locations and services can be provided as office-based services and telehealth services as well.

• Provides psychiatric evaluations and medication management services
• Provides diagnosis and medication education to patients and their families
• Provides Behavioral Health consultations to Primary Care Providers and other member of the Behavioral Health team as needed
• Facilitates the hospitalization of patients served who require inpatient care
• Maintains agreed upon level of productivity
• Complete disability questionnaires for behavioral health patients who apply for disability if appropriate
• Refers patients to appropriate resources in the community such as vocational rehabilitation
• Attends regular meetings with the team for coordination of care
• Attends regular meetings and expected.
• Formulates plan of care for clients.
• Documents patient assessment/intervention data in medical records using established medical record forms and documentation practices.
• Provides patient education to individuals and groups about health maintenance and management of chronic disease process and mental health conditions.
• Communicates facts, ideas, and skill that change knowledge, attitudes, values, beliefs, behaviors, and practices if individuals and families.
• Responds to crisis situations according to policy, protocol, and site/organizational need.
• Demonstrates communication skills that are clear, effective, facilitate patient care and team functioning, and is respectful of differences.
• Participates as a member of a multidisciplinary team to facilitate teamwork, improve patient care processes and outcomes.
• Participates in Clinical Quality Improvement initiatives
• Establishes and maintains professional working relationship with other members of the organization overall.
• Maintains professional competence by pursuing opportunities for continuous learning, attending continuing education offerings, reading professional literature, and engaging in other activities, which develop new knowledge and skills.
• Maintains knowledge of, and complies with, personnel, behavioral health, medical and clerical policies and procedures.
• Adheres to the standards and policies of the Organizational Privacy/Security and Compliance Programs, including the duty to comply with applicable laws and regulations (HIPAA, OSHA, OIG, guidelines, and other State and Federal laws).
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Experience in delivering high-quality, patient-centered care
• Able to document and navigate EHR independently
• Ability to maintain patient confidentiality
• Ability to effectively communicate in both written and oral expression with patients, team members, other CHCGD internal/external partners and associates displaying courtesy, tact, consideration, and discretion in all interactions.
• Proficient computer skills, including working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
• Ability to work effectively on multidisciplinary team
• Language
  
  Skills:
  
  Ability to read, analyze and interpret general and professional documents. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one on one and small group situations
• Must possess the ability to make independent decisions and be a resource to the team and organization overall
• Ability to foster teamwork; train and direct the work of team…