PMHNP FTE

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Your trusted partner in Health and Wellness, Summit Pacific is a vibrant and expanding public hospital district that operates a Critical Access Hospital with a Level IV trauma designation, three rural healthcare clinics, and a seven-day-a-week urgent care clinic. Our vision is “Through Summit Care, we will build the healthiest community in the Nation.” Our hospital is unique due to its size and accessibility.

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• Critical Access Hospital
• 24/7 Emergency Department
• Level II Cardiac Center
• Level III Stroke Center
• Level IV Trauma Care

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Pay Range (depending On Experience): $70.00 - $80.00

This position is assigned to a Summit Pacific Medical Center Rural Health Clinic. The Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) is responsible for providing psychiatric services to patients eligible for care at any of Summit’s outpatient clinics. Responsibilities include medication management, psychiatric evaluation, consultation, and limited counseling services. The patients served will also have access to low-barrier primary care, medication-assisted treatment, and counseling services within the same clinic.

The provider is ultimately responsible for the psychological and pharmacological needs of the patients. The PMHNP will work collaboratively with staff to provide team-based coordinated care.

• Perform comprehensive psychiatric evaluations that include evaluation of mental status, current psychiatric symptoms, and functioning, as well as psychiatric and other relevant health histories.
• Administer treatment plans in accordance with standardized procedures.
• Prescribe psychotropic medications and short-term therapies to treat mental health conditions in accordance with standardized procedures.
• Provide brief psychotherapeutic interventions in conjunction with evaluation and management services in accordance with standardized procedures.
• Assess patients presenting in crisis, evaluate risk and develop a treatment plan.
• Complete required documentation of clinical services provided and maintain up to date clinical records. Uses the electronic medical record.
• Provide consultation with primary care providers.
• Work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team. Contributes to team-based care through effective partnerships with patients, their caregivers, and other providers.
• Collaborates with internal and external resources to facilitate a safe transition from hospital to another facility or home with appropriate services. Identifies barriers and initiates action to resolve.
• Performs special projects and other related duties as assigned.

• Adapts to changes in the work environment:
  Engages others in understanding the reason for change and leads them to identify the path forward.
• Builds and maintains working relationships:
  Maintains strong working relationships and engenders trust and credibility through effective and professional interactions.
• Creates positive experiences for patients, customers and co-workers.
• Demonstrates ongoing learning and development:
  Participates in ongoing skills training, competency development, and professional development.
• Exhibits effective work skills:
  Performs job duties in line with organizational expectations for quality, quantity, and timeliness; demonstrates initiative; adapts to changing circumstances and manages workload.
• Facilitates Teamwork:
  Actively engages in team activities; supports new team members; promotes a positive work environment.
• Fosters an environment of trust:
  Maintains open and honest communication;…