Behavioral Health Nurse Practitioner at Janesville Clinic
Plans and directs care in the clinic independently and in collaboration with physicians and other health care professionals, providing behavioral health care to individuals and families that emphasize health promotion and disease intervention. This includes, but is not limited to, comprehensive assessment, ordering, conducting, and interpreting diagnostic tests within the scope of expertise and organizational protocols.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Assessment
- Assesses patients in clinic setting through physical examination and comprehensive history taking. Acquires an initial psychiatric evaluation for patients who are seeking psychotherapy services.
- Helps patients by evaluating medical and psychosocial conditions.
- Differentiates normal and abnormal physical and psychosocial findings and determines which require consultation and/or referral to another provider or other health care professionals.
- Maintains historical records by documenting symptoms, medications, treatment, and writing summaries.
2. Treatment Plan
- Develops and implements treatment plans, including prescription of psychotropic medications.
- Develops treatment plans by determining nature and extent of cognitive, emotional, developmental, social, and behavioral disorders and establishing treatment goals and methodologies.
- Monitors and evaluates treatment results.
- Evaluates patients by interviewing patient, family, and other persons; conducting physical examinations; observing behaviors; reviewing medical history and related documents; selecting, administering, and interpreting psychological tests; and order and evaluating results.
- Maintains interdisciplinary treatment by reviewing treatment plans and progress, and consulting and collaborating with primary care providers, mental health therapists, nurses, and other healthcare providers.
- Makes decisions and takes actions on behalf of patients that are guided by ethical standards, including maintaining confidentiality, and always delivers care in a non-judgmental and non-discriminatory manner.
3. Patient Communication
- Counsels patients and families on health and medical issues to help them understand limitations and abilities.
- Communicates with the patient and others regarding roles in patient care, and makes referrals, including provisions for continuity of care as needed.
- Addresses calls and concerns from patients in a timely manner.
4. Patient Health Record and Billing
- Ensures documentation of all pertinent patient information meets organizational standards.
- Utilize CPT and ICD-10 coding and codes appropriately.
5. Medical Staff and Community Relations
- Communicates effectively with the direction of the Physician allowing for the best patient care experience.
- Interacts regularly and positively with the Medical Staff.
- Demonstrates the ability to respond to emergency situations and prioritize patient care needs.
- Acts as a resource person for decisions and planning regarding mid-level services in the clinic.
- Reads and discusses published research for application to practice and uses research findings in practice as appropriate.
- Interacts positively with other community agencies and seeks out appropriate partnerships that would benefit the institution and its patients.
- Will do outpatient work only and will participate in behavioral health call rotation by phone.
- Practice location embedded in primary care clinic.
6. Quality
- Assists in assuring the establishment and maintenance of standards of care and standards of practice.
- Demonstrates knowledge of current Standards of Practice and applies them to daily practice.
- Evaluates the quality and effectiveness of patient care delivery and acts on findings, including making recommendations to Administration.
- Considers factors related to safety, effectiveness, and cost in planning and delivering patient care.
- Assures compliance with all applicable regulations and Joint Commission standards.
IPERS (Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System),457 (b) retirement account, employee assistance program, health insurance, dental, vision, health care flex spending account, dependent care spending account, health savings account, continuing medical education, disability, earned time illness, onsite fitness, and wellness program. HRSA eligible loan forgiveness.