Psych ARNP

Psychiatric Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP)

Sea Mar Community Health Centers, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) founded in 1978, is a community-based organization committed to providing quality, comprehensive health, human, housing, educational and cultural services to diverse communities, specializing in service to Latinos in Washington State. Sea Mar proudly serves all persons without regard to race, ethnicity, immigration status, gender or sexual orientation, and regardless of ability to pay for services.

The outpatient Psychiatric ARNP is responsible for providing psychiatric services to clients in Sea Mar’s outpatient Behavioral Health sites and in Sea Mar’s medical clinics. The clients served in the Behavioral Health Program have access to counseling and case management services, in addition to the psychiatric services provided by the Psychiatric ARNP. Clients seen at the medical clinics are evaluated for medication follow-up.

The Psychiatric ARNP does not provide counseling services but works as part of a care team to deliver coordinated, quality comprehensive care.

● The Psychiatric ARNP will work collaboratively with staff to provide team-based coordinated care.

• Face-to-face psychiatric evaluations with clients/patients to determine psychiatric diagnosis.
• Ongoing medication review services to assess the effects of prescribed medication.
• Consultation with Behavioral Health clinical staff and Sea Mar medical clinic providers to review cases and provide recommendations about diagnosis, medications, and other treatment considerations.
• Phone availability for emergency review of medications and their effects, or for refilling prescriptions.
• Phone consultation with Sea Mar physicians so that they can prescribe initial medications until such time as clients can be seen for a face-to-face psychiatric/medication review.
• Chart documentation to include written notes of psychiatric evaluations, medication reviews, and any other client contacts.
• Maintain a Psychiatric Medication Chart, make copies of all prescriptions, and obtain all necessary medication consent signatures from each client.

• Demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served.
• Possess knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span.
• Identify and categorize each patient’s age-specific grouping of needs, such as those for infant, adolescent, or geriatric patients.

• Must sign an oath of permanent confidentiality covering all patient-related information.
• Must receive a background check from DSHS and Washington State Patrol.
• Must comply with all ethical standards of Sea Mar and those required by the Washington State Department of Health.
• Must have no history or evidence of alcohol or other drug misuse for a period of three (3) years immediately prior to employment and none while employed.
• The Behavioral Health Director shall sign and date the job description to affirm its validity.

• Education and/or Experience: RN licensed in the State of Washington, licensed as a psychiatric nurse (Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner) with more than five years of experience providing psychiatric services.
• Cultural Knowledge: Bi-cultural; knowledge and experience working with Hispanics, migrant and seasonal farm workers, and homeless individuals preferred; interest and flexibility in a variety of person care situations: family care, youth, and adult.
• Language Skills: Bilingual Spanish/English; ability to read, interpret and write routine reports and correspondence; ability to speak efficiently before clients or employees.
• Mathematical Skills: Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume; ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions in written, oral, or diagram form; ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
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