Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Job description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Responsible for providing psychiatric services to clients in an inpatient detoxification center setting during scheduled hours. Scope of services can include outpatient psychiatric evaluations and medication management services.

Assess, diagnose, and treat adults experiencing symptoms of substance abuse and/or behavioral health disorders.

Prescribe, recommend, or discontinue drugs and treatments to treat mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders in accordance with the state’s Nurse Practice Act.

Collaborate with counselors, social workers, or other treatment team members to coordinate client care.

Responsible for timely and accurate completion of medical records (24 hrs.), including assessment, treatment plan, progress notes, outcome measures, and billing entries.

Counsel clients during appointments, as necessary.

Design/participate in the development of individualized treatment plans, incorporating best and leading practices into treatment interventions.

Examine or order laboratory or diagnostic tests for clients to provide information on general physical condition and mental disorders.

Prepare and submit assessments, progress notes, reports, and summaries to entities/agencies as required.

Responsible for making independent decisions based on protocols developed utilizing national guidelines for treatment interventions.
Maintain medical records and submit at least 10% of records to the supervising Psychiatrist for bi-weekly review.

Looks for ways to improve and promote quality. Provides teaching and education to clinical staff, if requested.

Follow all procedures and protocols as per KR policy, federal and state regulations, standard practice, and in accordance with the Collaborative Practice Agreement.

Actively participate in all agency and department education, training, and in-services to confirm understanding of new information or changes to established clinical policies and procedures.

• Substance Abuse Detox Center
• Required Experience in Detox and Withdrawal