Description Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner APRN-PMHNP
Department Medication Clinic: Reports to Medical Director
Position Type Full Time
Travel Occasional travel within service area is required.
Work Hours Mon – Fri, 8: 00 am – 5:00 pm
Summary The PMHNP position provides quality psychiatric nursing services to agency clients and their families, in support of clients maintaining compliance with prescribed medications, learning and applying self-care tools for better health, and preventing or reducing hospitalizations.
- Essential Functions Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Provides direct advance practice professional nursing services to child and adult clients, in an effort to maintain medication compliance and mental and physical health stability.
- Prescribes psychotropic medications to agency clients under the supervision of Center psychiatrist and provides medication management services as needed to monitor health stability and medication compliance.
- Communicates and coordinates necessary referrals and delivery of services among hospitals, schools, and within the department and organization to ensure that client is receiving necessary services.
- Designs and delivers effective teaching strategies and presentations in an effort to orient and teach clients and their families to assume responsibility for their daily functioning skills related to self-care and medication compliance.
- Works in partnership with clients and other vested individuals to design and implement a comprehensive and individualized plan of care based on a strengths assessment.
- Maintains accurate and complete records of all client services, as defined by state licensing agencies, funding agencies, and Mental Health Center standards and requirements.
- Submits daily appointment sheets, progress notes, treatment plans, timesheets, and all work-related paperwork in a timely manner and in acceptable format as determined by agency requirements.
- Collaborates with the Medical Director to establish and maintain updates to advance practice registered nurse protocols as defined in the Kansas Nurse Practice Act.
- Observes and actively supports Center policies.
- Establishes and maintains a positive working relationship and professional demeanor with clients and families, external community partners, Center staff members, and visitors.
- Demonstrates a high level of initiative.
- Attends professional workshops and seminars in order to maintain and improve professional skills and meet licensure/certification requirements.
- Attends applicable staff meetings conducted by CrossWinds.
Work Environment This job operates in a community setting, as well as in a professional office setting. This role uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets.
- Physical Requirements The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- This list is not exhaustive and may be supplemented as necessary.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; handle objects; grasp and reach for items with hands and arms; manipulate hands and fingers; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, or crouch; and talk or hear.
- The employee must occasionally lift or move up to 25 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
- Language skills are required, including the ability to read, write, comprehend, and speak the English language.
- This position also requires the ability to interpret written materials, write reports and business correspondence, and effectively present and respond to questions.
- Important Information This job description has been examined for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
- The agency has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included.
- It is intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee’s ability to perform the position described.
- It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills, and abilities.
- Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate.
- This document does not represent a contract of employment, and the agency reserves the right to change this job description and/or assign tasks for the employee to perform, as the agency may deem appropriate.
Requirements
Skills & Abilities Education & Experience Master’s Degree in Nursing from an accredited school of nursing is required.
Certifications & Licenses Licensure as an advanced practice registered nurse with the Kansas State Board of Nursing and practitioner certification with the Drug Enforcement Administration is required. ANCC Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner board certification is required.
Computer Skills Computer experience in Microsoft Office programs and basic computer fluency.
Additional Qualifications Ability to work independently and as a member of a therapeutic team; ability to work with persons with serious emotional disturbance and/or severe and persistent mental illness; possess demonstrated interpersonal skills and ability to react effectively in a variety of human service situations.
