Adult Psychiatrist or PMHNP

Adult Psychiatrist Or Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Pmhnp)

Provides psychiatric diagnosis, care and treatment on an in-patient and telepsychiatry basis and/or in person to improve the mental health of clients. Promotes recovery from mental illness.

This position is supervised by the Practice Manager, but also works closely with the Community Counseling Solutions (CCS) Medical Director & Facility Administrator.

This position does not have any supervisory responsibilities.

Responsibilities include:

• Completes psychiatric evaluations as required on new clients. Reevaluates and updates as needed.
• Performs age-appropriate history and physical for complex acute, critical, and chronically ill perioperative patients.
• Orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic tests relative to patient's age-specific needs.
• Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities.
• Implements interventions to support the patient to regain or maintain physiologic stability, including but not limited to serving in the first assisting role. Monitors the effectiveness of interventions.
• Facilitates the patient's transition within and between health care settings, e.g. admitting, transferring and discharging patients.
• Reviews and evaluates clinical data pertaining to physical status of client.
• Reviews and follows up on previous mental and physical treatment plans.
• Leads prescribed individual, group therapy and/or education sessions as part of specific therapeutic procedures.
• Reviews, approves and signs individual plans of service of clients.
• Documents and updates client's progress in progress notes.
• Prescribes client medication. Monitors medication effectiveness and modifies as necessary.
• Works with team members, including clinicians, nurses and social workers to discuss client progress and outlook. Coordinates with outside agencies as necessary. Act as a client advocate when appropriate.
• Contacts client's relatives to arrange family conferences if necessary.
• Provides seclusion and restraint, de-escalation, and other facility related trainings to CCS employees.
• Provides after hours services during regularly scheduled work week. This includes telephone consultation as needed with CCS employees and crisis intervention in the community and facility.
• Responsible to work closely with supervisor to find back up when on vacation.
• Completes all paperwork in a way that is professional, clinically sound and timely as prescribed by the OAR's and other pertinent guidelines.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications include:

Education and experience:

Psychiatrist:

Medical degree in psychiatry from an accredited program.

Completion of an Adult residency.

Licensed by the State of Oregon

PMHNP:

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing

Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner Program

Current Nurse Practitioner certification in specialty area

Psych & PMHNP:

Individual must be able to pass a criminal history background check.

* Preference given to individuals who have worked with individuals who have mental illnesses in a residential or psychiatric hospital setting.

Other skills and abilities:

• Must possess, or have the ability to acquire, knowledge of symptoms and challenges faced by people with mental illness and addictions. Must have, or possess the ability to acquire, knowledge about relevant OAR's.
• Must have the ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing and have the ability to work independently and complete all responsibilities in a thorough and timely fashion.
• Must have the ability to professionally work with the public and the ability to coordinate services across various agencies and community groups.
• Must be able to develop cooperative and respectful relationships with clients and their families.
• Must have knowledge, or the ability to acquire knowledge, about the recovery model.
• Must possess the ability to represent the interest of the customer and the agency in a favorable light in the community.
• Must have the ability to work well with teams and other groups of individuals.
• The position requires the handling of highly confidential information. Must adhere to rules and laws pertaining to client confidentiality.
• Must possess or have the ability to possess functional knowledge of business English and medical terminology.
• Must have good spelling and basic mathematical skills.
• Must have the ability to learn assigned tasks readily and to adhere to general office procedures.
• Good organizational and time management skills are essential.
• Must have in depth knowledge of standard office equipment.
• Must be able to communicate effectively in both written and oral formats. Must have the ability to present and exchange information internally across teams and co-workers, and externally with customers and the public.

Pre hire drug screen required.

Personal auto insurance:

Must hold a valid driver's license as well as personal auto insurance for privately owned Vehicles utilized for CCS business such as client service purposes, travel between…