Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Overview:

Performs nursing duties in accordance with NYS Education Practice Guidelines. The NP will supervise the nursing team to promote and restore

patient’s health as he/she provides, delegates, evaluates and coordinates comprehensive nursing care through the use of the nursing process for participants of all ages, gender, cultures, and background; provide physical and psycho-social support to participants and family members. The NP provides care to participants of neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric age groups. The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner will report to the designation above depending on the specific site assigned with indirect report to the Clinical Coordinator.

Duties and Responsibilities:

PATIENT CARE SERVICES

• Comprehensive Clinical Treatment:
  The Nurse Practitioner will be responsible for the psychiatric assessment, diagnosis, and ongoing medical treatment of participants, including prescribing and managing medications.
• Supervise the nursing team to ensure that they are compliant with NYS Education Practice Guidelines, review charts, client care, etc.
• Assess, plans, directs, and evaluate nursing care as determined by the patient’s age

related physical, psychosocial, and cultural needs

• Performs and records screening tests (blood pressure, temperature, pulse, weight, EKG, vision, hearing) to participants of neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric age groups
• Administers medications, treatments, and intravenous solutions; perform lab/diagnostic testing and therapeutic procedures as per standing orders/ or written order by the clinician. Safely stores and maintains inventory of medications, immunizations in accordance with the CDC and NYS Vaccine Program
• Reviews medication patient’s medication list, communicates patient status, and needs to the provider prior to the patient visit for all participants, highlighting the chronic disease and high-risk participants
• Maintains emergency equipment and oxygen tanks
• Collects and performs CLIA laboratory procedures including but not limited to rapid strep test, urinalysis, pregnancy screening, hemoglobin A1C, and blood glucose monitoring pregnancy tests. Records and reports results appropriately, calibrates, instrument maintenances and cleans following manufacturer’s instructions. Completes appropriate paperwork or electronic documentation necessary.
• Performs monofilament diabetic foot assessment and records results
• Oversees the process for reconciliation of medical waste manifests

CARE COORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION

• Collaboration with Team:
  The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner will work closely with the Clinical Coordinator to ensure the overall treatment plan aligns with the participant's mental health and criminogenic needs.
• The NP collaborates with the team; delegates follow up of patient care to the RN and LPN by ensuring that laboratory reports, consultant reports and diagnostic reports, discharge and ER visits are up to date in the participants file before the next visit.
• Monitor’s the Relevant Dashboard and implements outreach process to recall participants to address care gaps; participates in pre-visit planning and daily team huddles
• Reinforces health education and counseling: including, general health maintenance; birth control; pregnancy, newborn, and pediatric care; nutrition; STD prevention and treatment; HIV testing and counseling; alcohol, drug, and domestic abuse awareness; and smoking cessation
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives as part of the practice care team

SUPPORTING ROLE

• Participates in training, orientation, competency assessment and education of new employees
• Communicates…