Adolescent And Adult Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Position: ADOLESCENT AND ADULT PSYCHIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONER
SCOPESkyland Trail is a nonprofit primary psychiatric residential treatment program for adults and adolescents. The adult residential treatment program located in Brookhaven/Atlanta, GA, treats adults ages 18+ with a mood, anxiety, or thought disorder. The Adolescent Program located at our Chamblee location supports Adolescents ages 14-17 with mood and anxiety disorders.

The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner for our residential & day treatment programs serves as a healthcare team member for one or more diagnosis-specific treatment tracks (i.e. CBT, DBT, cognition and first episode psychosis, social integration, and dual diagnosis). They will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team that includes psychiatrists, mental health therapists, nutritionists, vocational counselors, nurses, and residential staff. Alongside supervising psychiatrists, the nurse practitioner will help guide evidence-based, measurement-driven care.

The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner at Skyland Trail will have frequent, in-depth communications with supervising psychiatrists and/or collaborate on patient visits to ensure the highest level of collaboration is maintained.

The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner serves as a primary provider for a caseload of adult & adolescent patients enrolled in residential treatment, day treatment (PHP), and intensive outpatient (IOP) programs, providing medication management and psychotherapy. Residential and day treatment patients are seen weekly, and IOP patients are seen biweekly.

The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner is responsible for timely documentation of orders and session notes and for communicating changes in the treatment plan to the treatment team. They also participate in periodic consultation with patient families.

Of note, Skyland Trail Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners will be assigned other duties in the event that program census does not dictate a full patient visit volume. These other duties may include assistance with patrient admissions, Interventional Psychiatry assessments or treatment delivery, data collection and utilization, performance improvement, or other areas of organizational need. The Nurse Practitioner will be fully trained and supervised in these duties.

Additional details are available on request.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM The Skyland Trail adolescent treatment program treats patients ages 14-17 with a primary mood or anxiety disorder. A typical length of stay for adolescents at the residential level of care is 12 weeks, whereas average length of stay for adult residential patients is 6-8 weeks. Some clients continue treatment at the partial hospitalization level of care. Though struggling with their mental illness, Skyland Trail patients have entered treatment voluntarily, and clients and their families are engaged in their treatment program.

Skyland Trail campuses include gardens, private patient rooms, and common rooms that provide a therapeutic, healing environment for our clients and families. Clients participate in individual and group psychotherapy as well as expressive therapies, supported academic work, nutrition counseling, and fitness activities.

A key philosophy at Skyland Trail is that we expect our clients to get better. We help our clients identify their own goals for their future, and we help them develop the skills needed to pursue those goals in healthy and effective ways.

The Skyland Trail adult treatment program is an evidence-based treatment program that has earned The Joint Commission gold seal of approval since 1995.DUTIES:

With supervision from a Skyland Trail staff psychiatrist, complete 30-minute psychiatric sessions with a caseload of patients including medication management and brief psychotherapy

Complete psychiatric intake assessments to support admissions

Attend regularly-scheduled supervision meetings with attending physicians to review patients and treatment plans, and ensure all aspects of supervision compliance are kept up to date Document assessments and clinical judgment processes in the electronic health record and share changes to the treatment plan or other pertinent information with the treatment team in a timely manner

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