NURSE PRACTITIONER PSYCH

POSITION SUMMARY:

The purpose of this position is to provide high quality psychiatric services in an integrated care program within the scope of family medicine utilizing a team-based model. Psychiatric Clinician collaborates with Primary Care Physicians and Behavioral Health Consultants. The Psychiatric Clinician provides psycho-pharmacotherapy for primary care patients and psychiatrist consultation for other providers in an ambulatory care or telehealth clinic setting.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Determines nature and extent of mental health or substance use disorder and formulates treatment program in collaboration with treatment team.
• Actively participates in meetings that support ANHC's integrated health care model to provide comprehensive care for clients.
• Provide sound and ethical pharmacotherapy.
• Monitor progress in regard to pharmacotherapy.
• Monitor all needed labs and laboratory findings in order to provide holistic care (combination of mental and physical health).
• Provide psychopharmacologic approaches to meet client issues.
• Provide emotional supportive techniques to clients during medical clinic appointments.
• Provide information and opinions from psychopharmacotherapy point of view to any problems discussed in Treatment Team.
• Maintain patient confidentiality.
• Provides appropriate professional psychiatric services consistent with your professional training and ability within health centers scope of service.
• Comply with organizations policy, procedure, processes and clinical guidelines.
• Participates in Peer Review and Quality Improvement/Quality Assurance activities, provider meetings and other meeting as required to be an active corporate citizen of the organization.
• Prescribes psycho-pharmacological medications in accordance with national, state and clinic guidelines, and collaborative practice agreements.
• Develops and implements patient care plans, instructs and counsels patients, and records progress.
• Refers patients for consultative services as may be required for the patient's well-being or plan of care.
• Works a regularly planned clinic schedule and works with other clinic staff to optimize patient access to care.
• As an employee of a federally qualified health center, the Psychiatric Clinician will see all scheduled patients regardless of race, ethnicity, social or economic designation and will demonstrate sensitivity to cultural differences and needs.
• Responsible for accurate, timely, and complete documentation in patient records. Responds to requests from coding and billing staff in a timely manner.
• Responsible for timely addressing patient requests and tasks
• Participates in after-hours call services as designated.
• Arrange for cross coverage of tasking inbox/paperwork when out of the office.
• Keeps customer service and the mission of the organization in mind when interacting with all clients, co-workers, and others.
  SUPPORTING DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Performs therapeutic procedures, such as immunizations and injections.

  KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

  ANHC's Mission, Vision and Values: Actively supports ANHC's mission, vision and values. Includes using individual skills to add value to the mission: To be a trusted partner in every person's wellness by providing integrated, compassionate, and high-quality health care, regardless of ability to pay; and vision: Accessible care for a healthy Anchorage. Aligns actions around organizational values of RESPECT, COMPASSION, PERSONAL INTEGRITY, EXCELLENCE and COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT and gives priority to organizational mission, vision and values when making decisions.

  Accountability: Takes ownership for delivering on commitments; owns mistakes and uses them as opportunities for learning and development; openly discusses his/her actions and their consequences both good and bad; has an ability to identify strengths and developmental opportunities and leverages insight to make adjustments to improve their effectiveness; courage to have difficult conversations.

  Adapting to Change: Accepts and adapts to change in a professionally appropriate and thoughtful manner. Is willing to offer a different perspective or approach and yet knows when and how to stand down graciously and accept a well-thought-out decision. Embraces change.

  Confidentiality: Maintains the highest level of confidentiality regarding ANHC records and information relating to ANHC, its customers and employees. Appropriately uses internal confidential information for business purposes only. Responsible for knowledge and compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).

  Communicating Effectively: Shares information. Listens and involves others. Clearly conveys ideas in a manner that engages others and helps them understand and retain the message.

  Decision Making/Judgment: Approaches problems and decisions methodically and objectively; involves others as needed; uses sound judgment in making decisions and understanding the impact to themselves, customers, their team, and the organization; conducts the appropriate analysis to identify the symptoms and root cause of issues; makes timely decisions.

  Delivering High Quality Work: Makes sure responsibilities central to the role meet all requirements and expectations. Finishes tasks promptly and critically reviews work to ensure quality and accuracy. Considers impact of work to others and takes steps to mitigate. Seeks additional work after finishing tasks.

  Demonstrating Initiative: Takes action on his/her own without being prompted; handles problems independently; able to resolve issues without relying on extensive help from others; does more than is expected or asked.

  Results Orientation: Is focused on outcomes and accomplishments; follows through on commitments; can be counted upon to successfully execute on goals; motivated by achievement and a need for closure; has an attention to detail and is both efficient and effective in achieving a high level of measurable outcomes; persists in achieving goals despite obstacles.

  Service Excellence: Has a desire to consistently provide a genuinely exceptional experience to every person, every time. Provides timely and professional service to both internal and external customers; is responsive to customer needs and requests; is always courteous to the customer and considers the needs of the customer when making decisions.

  Teamwork: Meets all team deadlines and responsibilities, listens to others and values opinions, helps team and leader to meet goals, welcomes newcomers and promotes a team atmosphere.

  QUALIFICATIONS:

  To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

  Work Experience: Previous experience working in a resource constrained area with psychiatry, substance use and diverse populations is preferred. Interpersonal skills that demonstrate ability to effectively communicate and work with a multidisciplinary care team. Demonstrated competencies in dealing with all age groups.

  Education, Certification and Licensure: Master's Degree in Nursing or Physician Assistant with special emphasis on psychiatric training or M.D. degree and completion of psychiatric residency.

  Must possess licensure in the State of Alaska as either an Advanced Nurse Practitioner or Psychiatric Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Medical License, or Physician's Assistant License. Current BLS certification and unrestricted DEA license.

  Additional Skills & Knowledge: Bilingual preferred

  PHYSICAL, SENSORY, ENVIRONMENTAL QUALIFICATIONS:

  The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, and see, talk or hear, handle papers, type and cooperate computer equipment. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

  Work is performed in a healthcare clinic and office setting. Occupational exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials may reasonably be anticipated during the performance of patient care duties.

  ANHC is a tobacco-free campus.

  EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT:

  Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the organization has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. Persons alleging unequal treatment should contact the Chief Human Resources Officer.

  The undersigned have read this job description and agree that it defines the position as it currently exists. The undersigned also understands that the above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for