Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
- Contract

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
- Contract with The Children's Center of Wayne County. This position is full time and contractual. The salary range is $120 per hour. Send applications to  Please include your resume when applying.

The Children's Center of Wayne County (TCC) provides specialized clinical, foster care, and support services. We work with children who struggle with behavioral, emotional, educational, intellectual, and developmental challenges. We treat the whole child, focusing on multiple family issues to provide the best, most comprehensive integrated care. We examine barriers in the home, school, and community, working with the family who raises the child/youth, as well as the community organizations that support them.

TCC's mission is to help children and families shape their own futures. We embrace a set of core values as the foundation of our culture. They define how we do what we do, and what we value in our work with each other and our community. These traits are required to be successful as a TCC team member.

Core Values:
Dedicated, Passionate, Accountable, Can Do Attitude, Respectful

Job Summary:

Provide trauma informed psychiatric services to children and youth of The Children's Center using evidence-based medical practices within a person centered-framework. Service is aligned with regulations, best practice in care, quality assurance and TCC's Mission, Vision, Values, and organizational strategy.

Job Requirements:

• Licensure as a Registered Nurse and certified from MI State Board of Nursing as a Nurse Practitioner and ANA/ANCC Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)
• Contract with TCC Medical Director for ongoing oversight of all psychiatric services provided
• Experience in diagnosing and treating children and adolescents with mental health and intellectual developmental disabilities preferred
• Ability to work collaboratively with an interdisciplinary clinical team
• Knowledge of Medicaid guidelines
• Ability to work from a systems perspective
• Impeccable integrity and ethical standards
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong documentation ability
• Proficient in Electronic Health Record (EHR) documentation and electronic prescribing
• Strong team player

Essential Functions:

• Report to the Senior Director of Clinical Operations
• Comply with all agency policies and procedures
• Provide patient centered care – ensure client voice and choice is included in treatment, encourage and support participation in clinical services, provide referrals to internal and external ancillary services geared towards whole health improvement, including social, emotional, mental, and physical health
• Successfully engage clients, both in person and via telehealth sessions
• Provide psychiatric services, including initial evaluations, re-evaluations, ongoing medication management
• Performs health assessments, order, review, and interpret laboratory and diagnostic tests, coordinate care with internal and external healthcare providers
• Complete and support patient completion of clinically relevant health questionnaires and clinical screenings
• Provides health education to patients, families and/or community health practitioners and groups
• Complete all billing and clinical documentation in a timely manner and according to current TCC policies and procedures
• Comply with Legal Requirements, including: all applicable federal, state, and local governmental laws and regulations, as well as licensure requirements, all applicable standards of accrediting agencies, and all applicable standards, guidelines, rules, and regulations established from time to time by the Detroit-Wayne Integrated Health Network ("DWIHN"); the State of Michigan Department of Health and Human Services ("MDHHS"); the Medicaid program, other Center funding sources and third-party payers and TCC
• Complete all required psychiatric reports and other documentation required by professional standards, TCC, or any of its funding sources, including, but not limited to DWIHN, MDHHS, Medicaid and third-party payers
• Participate in monthly case conferences with treatment team members to review status of individual clients…