Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Skyway Behavioral Health is an innovative behavioral health center that goes beyond the treatment of psychiatric symptoms to address underlying biological, behavioral, and psychosocial causes of psychiatric disorders. We are committed to building a culture and team that cares for one another in such a way that we may care for our families, communities, and clients.

At Skyway, we provide a fully immersive, intensive, whole-person experience that covers everything from neuroscience to nutrition. We believe that the path to recovery from traumatic stress requires a focus that encompasses not just symptom management but also the treatment of underlying individual, systemic, developmental, and familial traumas. We use leading-edge, specialized, evidence-based treatment modalities to help our patients address the trauma and pain behind their behaviors and diagnoses – thereby empowering them to make lasting changes in their lives.

Our team has extensive clinical and leadership experience in the areas of traumatic stress, eating disorders, mood disorders, and personality disorders/pathology. At Skyway, we believe that recovery is not only possible but also attainable for all patients.

Under the supervision of the Medical Director, the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP) provides treatment for patients with psychiatric illnesses within an outpatient setting. Treatment includes assessing, planning, implementing, coordinating and evaluating the patient care among a multi-disciplinary team.

The PNP is responsible for providing treatment for patients at Skyway Behavioral Health in the partial hospitalization program, intensive outpatient program, and or neuromodulation services. They are responsible for ensuring the quality, safety, and efficacy of the SBH treatment model, fully participate in admission and clinical meetings including DBT team meetings and team rounds and clinical staffing.

The PNP will carry a clinical caseload and participate in all aspects of clinical care for their patients including initial psychiatric evaluations, psychiatric follow up appointments, team rounds, and some peer-to-peer insurance reviews when needed. Skyway’s emphasis is on taking care of our staff so that they can take better care of our patients and so that we maintain a cohesive, collaborative, “work family” with low turnover.

Skyway aims to offer an individualized, multidisciplinary treatment team approach wherein the staff psychiatrist will work with providers within many disciplines including but not limited to therapy, nursing, dietary, utilization review, and other administrative professionals.

• Conducts psychiatric evaluations and participates in the clinical care and treatment planning process for SBH patients including admissions and clinical team meetings.
• Provides confirmation of psychiatric diagnosis and prescribes medical and psychiatric treatment; supervises and directs the psychiatric aspects of a patient’s treatment.
• Participates in the implementation of SBH’s quality assurance plan; assuring that psychiatric care meets quality assurance standards.
• Occasionally provides medical triage and treatment authorizations via telephone outside of regular business hours; prescribe medications.
• Acts as a member of a multi-disciplinary patient care team.
• Confers with clinical staff and patients and their families regarding diagnosis and treatment; makes referrals to specialists as appropriate.
• Provides clinical assessments and crisis intervention for psychiatric emergencies.
• Assures that patient medical records are accurate, meet legal and medical requirements, and are completed in a timely manner.
• Maintains relationships with community physicians and other health care professionals who are important referral sources for SBH.
• Establishes and maintains effective communications and working relationships with outside physicians and care providers and all internal colleagues.
• Completes documentation and progress notes within a timely manner that ensures optimization of treatment.
• Collaborates with the leadership team in creating and sustaining a culture of compassion and…