PLEASE NOTE- THIS IS PT- 16HRS. PER WEEK

Position Summary

 The Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP), or equivalent, will provide outpatient psychiatric evaluation and medication management to adults and youths at alternating sites within the Stillaguamish Behavioral Health Program (SBHP). Services will initially be office-based, with the opportunity to grow telehealth services in the future to serve clients at remote locations. The PMHNP will work in collaboration with staff at SBHP and the SBHP Medical Director to manage patient care in a holistic manner.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for providing psychiatric services to clients in a variety of clinical settings during scheduled hours.
• Scope of services includes outpatient psychiatric evaluations and medication management services.
• Assess, diagnose, and treat adults, adolescents, and children experiencing symptoms of a behavioral health disorders.
• Prescribe, recommend, or discontinue medication(s) and treatment(s) within PMNNP scope of practice. 
• Collaborate with counselors, social workers, or other treatment team members to coordinate client care.
• Responsible for timely and accurate completion of medical records, 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.
• Collaborate with guardians, relatives, and significant others on client’s conditions and treatment when clinically appropriate.
• Prepare and submit assessments, progress notes, reports, and summaries to entities/agencies (funders, insurance companies, etc.) as required.
• Return calls and emails promptly (within 24 hours of receipt or sooner if clinically necessary)
• Responsible for making independent, evidence based medical decisions that align with current standards of care.
• Responsible for maintaining customer relations with all agency staff and clients.
• Records all services performed for accurate billing for services provided in compliance with all local, state and federal laws, as well as payor rules and regulations. Submits billing documents in a timely fashion.
• Looks for ways to improve and promote quality. Provides teaching and education to clinical staff, if requested.
• Follow all procedures and protocols as per Stillaguamish Tribe policy, federal and state regulations and standard practice.

Supervisory Responsibilities

No supervisory responsibilities.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Experience in delivering high quality, client-centered care.
• Able to document and navigate EHR independently.
• Ability to maintain strict client confidentiality.
• Ability to effectively communicate and interact with individuals involved in all aspects of programming – children, parents, school faculty and staff, grantors, funders, partner agencies, members of the community and Stillaguamish clinical team members.
• Serves as a representative of Stillaguamish Tribe, displaying courtesy, tact, consideration and discretion in all interactions with team members, clients, school system staff and faculty, grantors, funders, regulators and members of the general public
• 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 settings.
• Must possess the ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. 

The worker is frequently subject to inside environmental conditions, which provide protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes, and is subject to outside environmental conditions and to wet and/or humid conditions.  The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.

Physical Demands

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

• Frequently involves sedentary work.
• Occasionally involves light work: exerting up to 20 pounds of force and/or up to 10 pounds of force and/or negligible amount of force to move objects.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Constantly requires the ability to give and receive detailed information through verbal communication.

• Constantly requires verbally expressing or exchanging ideas of important instructions accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Constantly requires working with fingers rather than the whole hand or arm.
• Constantly requires repetitive movement of the wrists, hands and/or fingers.
• Often requires walking or moving about to accomplish tasks.
• Occasionally requires standing and/or sitting for sustained periods of time.
• Occasionally requires ascending or descending stairs or ramps using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.
• Occasionally requires raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally.
• Occasionally requires stooping which entails the use of the lower extremities and back muscles.  Infrequently requires crouching.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

 Position Qualifications

Minimum Required Education:

• MSN or DNP- Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner or a post Master’s certificate from an ACEN, CCNE or NLN CNEA accredited school.

Minimum Required Experience:

• Minimum of 1-2 years providing direct client care to persons receiving treatment for psychiatric disorders.
• Ability to work with both adult and youth/child populations

Preferred Experience:

• 3+ years of experience as a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner.
• Experience in telemedicine.

Licenses/Certifications:

• ANCC Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner-Board Certified.
• Must have a valid DEA number and unrestricted DEA license.
• Registration with the state Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) in Washington State.
• No suspension/exclusion/debarment from participation in federal health care programs (e.g. Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP).
• Current American Heart Association BLS for Healthcare Providers certification or equivalent.
• Maintain credentials and licensure with all major insurance companies and licensing boards.
• Working with Native American populations preferred.