A Psychiatry Nurse Practitioner provides mental health and nursing care to patients with psychiatric disorders, medical organic brain disorders or substance abuse problems. Diagnoses mental illness, develops treatment plans and prescribes medications. Teaches patient's family about the patient's condition. Works at hospitals with dedicated mental health unit, fully dedicated psychiatric hospital or in independent practice working from nursing homes and physicians' offices.
Provides behavioral health services to children, adolescents, and adults in accordance with scope of practice, licensure, certification, and organizational policies. Performs comprehensive psychiatric and behavioral health evaluations, including obtaining medical, psychiatric, social, and family histories. Orders, interprets, and evaluates diagnostic and laboratory tests as appropriate to support diagnosis and treatment planning. Assesses, diagnoses, and develops individualized treatment plans for patients with behavioral health conditions. Prescribes, adjusts, and monitors medications in accordance with current clinical standards, state regulations, and organizational protocols. Provides medication management services and evaluates treatment effectiveness through ongoing patient follow-up. Collaborates with patients, families, guardians, and support systems regarding treatment planning and progress, as clinically appropriate and permitted by law. Participates in a multidisciplinary team approach to patient care and collaborates with behavioral health counselors, primary care providers, case managers, and other healthcare professionals. Collaborates with supervising or collaborating physicians as required by South Carolina law and organizational policy. Provides crisis intervention, risk assessment, and referrals for specialized, emergency, or inpatient psychiatric services when indicated. Maintains timely, accurate, and complete clinical documentation in the electronic medical record (EMR), including all required billing and coding information. Participates in quality improvement, peer review, and performance improvement initiatives to enhance patient care and clinical outcomes. Actively participates in Provider Meetings, Continuous Performance Improvement (CPI) activities, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee meetings, and other required organizational meetings. Participates in the Behavioral Health after-hours call rotation, as assigned. Maintains compliance with all federal, state, payer, and organizational requirements. Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Master's or Doctoral degree in Nursing from an accredited Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program, or Master's degree from an accredited Family Nurse Practitioner program or Physician Assistant program with behavioral health experience and appropriate training Previous experience assessing, diagnosing, and providing medication management for patients with behavioral health disorders in a psychiatric, behavioral health, integrated care, or primary care setting preferred. Current, unrestricted South Carolina licensure as one of the following: o Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) o Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) o Physician Assistant (PA) Active DEA registration required. South Carolina Controlled Substance Registration required. Current BLS/CPR certification required. Must maintain a valid South Carolina driver's license. To learn more about Tandem Health and our benefits, please click the links below.
