Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

• Work as part of the virtual behavioral health team, providing patient services usingevidence-basedmedicine

• Diagnose and assess mental/behavioral health disorders for pediatric,adolescentand young adult patients; formulate differential diagnoses

• Demonstrateappropriate clinicaljudgement in assessment and treatment, following established clinical care guidelines

• Collaborate and communicate with therapist team and medical leadership to discuss patient treatment plans

• Order and interpret diagnostic tests when appropriate

• Conduct patient history and initial evaluations of incoming patients

• Prescribe medications as part of the patient’s treatment regime as allowed by license

• Provide both medication management and counseling for patients

• Educate patient and parent on medication side effects, risk/benefits and proper usage of new medication and reasonable outcome expectations of medications

• Establish andmodifypatient treatment plan based on clinical assessment and re-assessment with screening tools

• Appropriately document each patient visit in the electronic medical record, including subjective and objective data, assessments, treatment plan, and other documentation as necessary

• Communicate patient’s plan of care with behavioral health team and patient’s primary care physician

• Work with members of the healthcare team in educating the patients of their medical care

• Continually update clinical knowledge and skills through consultation, formal and informaleducationand review of literature for the benefit of themselves as well as for the healthcare team

• Provideappropriate referralswhen necessary

• Bilingual Spanishskills are a plus

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Compensation range: $100.00 - $115.00 an hour

The salary/rate range listed here has been provided tocomply withlocal regulations andrepresentsa potential base salary/rate for this role. Please note that actual salaries/rates may vary within this range above or below, depending on experience and location. We look at compensation for each individual andbasedon experience and qualifications.