Nurse Practitioner

Team Collaboration:

• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members to develop, implement, or evaluate treatment plans.
• Educate patients and family members about mental health conditions, treatment plans, and medications.
• Work effectively with difficult patients, verbally deescalating when necessary.

Patient Care:

• Conduct individual psychotherapy for those with chronic or acute mental disorders.
• Prescribe psychotropic medications, including controlled substances, and educate patients on medication risks, benefits, and side effects.
• Monitor patients’ medication usage, side effects, and results.

Documentation and Compliance:

• Document patients’ medical and psychological histories, physical assessments, diagnoses, treatment plans, prescriptions, and outcomes.
• Complete all patient visits and accurate documentation in the EHR.
• Practice in compliance with HIPAA, 42 CFR Part 2, national standards of care, and internal policies.