Nurse Practitioner - Psychiatry; Outpatient

Summary

Rogers Behavioral Health is a not-for-profit behavioral health system with a long history. For over 100 years we have provided top quality psychiatric services and conducted cutting edge research. RBH offers adults, as well as child and adolescent patients, care at multiple levels including inpatient, residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient and outpatient services. The three primary hospitals are located in Wisconsin, with numerous clinics across Wisconsin and 9 other states, including California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Washington.

In this role, with the support of the collaborating physician, the provider will serve as a team leader in our patient care model, which is based on a multi-faceted treatment team methodology. AHPs have the opportunity to work in one or more levels of care, in both live and virtual environments, and may support patient admissions, protocol development, quality assurance and peer review evaluations.

• Attend Patients at the Site: AHP will attend patients and assist with patient coverage at assigned locations, which may include multiple locations, multiple levels of care or providing virtual services within the scope of AHP licensure.
• Conduct medication management sessions with patients.
• Conduct patient psychiatric evaluations and assessments.
• Conduct history and physical examinations.
• Create patient treatment plans and manage updates.
• Perform patient and family education.
• Participate in team and unit meetings.
• Create discharge plan creation.
• Participate in the established call schedule.
• Complete all charting and documentation within 24 hours.
• Serve as attending provider for assigned units.
• Round on patients as required.
• Medication education with nursing staff.
• In-service treatment team, as needed.
• Meet patient productivity standards.
• Complete all coding and documentation standards in compliance with organizational expectations.
• Attend the Medical Staff meeting and the Medical Staff Executive Committee meeting.

• Payor Relations:
  Assist in developing and maintaining positive working relationships with contracted payors.
• Review denials of service from all payors for medical reasons.
• Interface with referring parties, the psychiatrist, and primary care AHP to coordinate care and aftercare.
• Market the Employer as appropriate, including off-site meetings and marketing activities.
• Review potential admissions, pending cases, and declined admissions to ensure policy execution and EMTALA compliance.

• Advocate:
  Serve as an advocate for the organization.
• AHPs will provide support, information, education and services.
• Participate in Employer's quality assurance and performance improvement activities and meetings.
• Take an active role in identifying new program development opportunities for patient care services and Employer.
• Participate in community education of behavioral health issues.

• Admissions Support:
  Provide initial placement recommendations based on admitting criteria, clinical parameters, medical history and documentation obtained through screening, as permitted under medical staff bylaws based on licensure scope.
• Review and evaluate completed admission screenings to determine appropriate program, level of care, and mode of delivery for prospective patient.
• Communicate professionally and accurately.
• Refer to and work with other departments and agencies as needed.
• Report pertinent data to the attending provider and others on the team.
• Prioritize effectively in situations requiring immediate attention versus postponement.
• Immediately communicate difficult problems with referents.
• Develop and maintain relationships with medical staff and other providers across RBH for ongoing re-review or other case communication.

• Must have excellent interpersonal skills and ability to resolve conflict.
• Ability to use initiative and judgment to organize, plan activities, formulate policies, delegate responsibility and make decisions affecting diagnosis and treatment of patients.
• Must be able to relate to people and establish rapport.
• Must be flexible to adjust to changing conditions, programs and details of the position.
• Verbal and hearing ability required to interact with patients and employees. Numerical ability required to maintain records and operate a computer.
• Must be able to read and communicate through written, verbal and auditory skills and abilities.
• Position requires walking, sitting and standing. Work is performed inside the building and is physically light. Lifting is moderate; must be able to lift a minimum of 20 pounds. Reaching, handling, grasping and manual dexterity are necessary to operate office equipment.
• Physically/mentally able to perform job duties as verified by a physical exam by a licensed AHP, per post-employment physical.

• Be licensed in the state as a Nurse Practitioner.
• Board-eligible AHP. Board certification…