CRC Advance Practice Nurse Practitioner

Description

Are you looking to join a company that makes a difference? Do you want to be part of an organization with a commitment to an inclusive and supportive culture? Do you enjoy company-wide staff events with opportunities for team building and getting to know your co-workers? Join our team of compassionate, empathetic, and dedicated staff!

With a career at Riveon Mental Health and Recovery, you’ll partner with a talented group of individuals in a team atmosphere, including a supportive and knowledgeable leadership team. You’ll also have access to a wealth of opportunities for your personal growth and development.

Riveon Mental Health and Recovery is a leader in providing behavioral health services to adults, adolescents, and children. We engage people in our community to achieve mental and emotional well-being through prevention, treatment, and advocacy. With the merger of The LCADA Way and The Nord Center, at Riveon Mental Health and Recovery we have the opportunity to provide integrated behavioral health care with cutting edge treatments and interventions in a supportive environment.

We are looking for passionate, caring, and dedicated counselors and social workers to provide office-based and telehealth services to our clients.

The Crisis Recovery Center will transform crisis care by providing 24/7 walk-in behavioral health services meant to immediately identify, triage, address, stabilize and treat persons in mental health crisis and assist those who have substance abuse withdrawal needs.

POSITION PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES

The Nurse Practitioner provides outpatient psychiatric services to diverse populations that include patients that are diagnosed with severe and persistent mental issues as well as patients suffering with non-persistent mental illnesses in a community mental health setting.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Performs psychiatric evaluations on new patients as clinically appropriate
• Incorporates the new or revised medical treatment plan into the existing Electronic Health Record (EHR).
• Maintains necessary and required concurrent documentation within the EHR.
• Conducts Peer Review activities as required.
• Attends Psychiatric, Clinical and other Agency meetings as required.
• Works collaboratively with staff to coordinate care to patients
• Completes documentation required to assist clients if clinically indicated
• Prescribes psychotropic medications.
• Facilitates communication with Providers outside of the agency when laboratory abnormalities are discovered.
• Assists other nurses with implementing medical treatment and tracking procedures.
• Meets regularly with collaborating Psychiatrist to effectively communicate about cases.
• Collaborates actively with client's treatment team to ensure best care and common treatment goals.
• Achieves required productivity expectation.
• Reacts to change and stress productively.
• Maintains regular and predictable attendance and punctuality.
• Gets along with others and works as a team.
• Exhibits the knowledge, skills, abilities, and minimum requirements listed in this Position Description.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED

• In order to perform the essential functions of this job, after an orientation period, the employee must possess the following: a working knowledge of Riveon Mental Health and Recovery Policy and Procedures, including sensitivity and adherence to clients’ rights, confidentiality, and health and safety issues.
• The employee must exhibit sensitivity to different cultures.
• This employee must be up to date on all certifications, continuing education, and registration with the Ohio Board of Nursing which allows prescription authority under supervision in the State of Ohio.

WORKING CONDITIONS

• The work is mainly provided in an office setting, although travel may be required dependent upon services contracted through other agencies such as medical, rehabilitation, or correctional settings. Because of the variety of environments and physical conditions that will be encountered, this individual must be able to successfully interact and navigate in all types of facilities and weather conditions.
• This individual may periodically be required to…