About This Role
This role involves assessing and treating adults with behavioral health disorders, prescribing and managing psychiatric medications, and delivering patient care in a skilled nursing facility. The practitioner will work closely with primary care teams, specialists, and facility staff to coordinate care and ensure compliance with guidelines.
Responsibilities
- Assess and treat adults experiencing symptoms of a behavioral health disorder according to DMS 5
- Prescribe, recommend, or discontinue drugs and treatment for mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders in accordance with the Collaborative Practice Agreement and the state's Nurse Practice Act
- Deliver patient care based on obligations set forth by the State of South Carolina permissible under their license
- Act as the first-line Psych provider at the SNF facility and represent PSG at the facility
- Evaluate and treat new admissions, follow-ups, and long-term care patients based on PSG guidelines
- Counsel patients using advanced psychotherapeutic techniques
- Liaise with the primary care team and specialists to help coordinate the continuum of care
- Update family members on patient status and medication changes
- Work directly with the facility to maintain compliance with appropriate paperwork for Anti-psychotic medication adherence and initiating Gradual Dose reductions
- Work directly with the facility supervising MD and team to deliver quality care
- Represent PSG in a professional business manner
- Solve acute Psychiatric problems for PSG patients and Management at their facilities
- Responsible for daily documentation within the EMR
- Responsible for daily E/M billing based on guidelines/expectations/opportunities set forth by PSG guidelines for coding
- Work in a professional, approachable, and cordial manner
- Create a partnership between care coordination/oversight and care delivery at the facility
- Participate in improvement initiatives set forth by PSG
- Work directly with MA to help organize and deliver quality care set forth by PSG guidelines
- Maintain appropriate census set forth by PSG guidelines for productivity and Quality outcomes
Requirements
- Graduate of an approved nursing program
- ANCC or AANP with Psych experience or PMHNP
- SC license required
- Registered Nurse certification
- Perform duties within a schedule from 8 AM to 4 PM, Monday to Friday
- CME should be up to date
- Passion to deliver quality care and to help make a difference in the post-acute setting
- Strong clinical background and experience in Psych and well versed in advanced medical knowledge of common chronic disease states including psychosis, delirium and anxiety
