Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

The PHP-Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner provides comprehensive psychiatric care, including assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and medication management for individuals experiencing mental health conditions with or without co-occurring substance use disorders. The PMHNP will work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team to deliver evidence-based, compassionate and comprehensive care to participants referred and admitted to the WestBridge Partial Hospitalization Program.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides admission triage and initial comprehensive evaluation.
• Provides comprehensive treatment plans including psychopharmacology for co-occurring disorders, evidence-based, and as appropriate.
• Provides on-going evaluation and medication management, including medications for substance use disorders (also known as MAT -Medication-Assisted Treatment) regimens according to their license and needs of participants.
• Monitors patient progress and adjust treatment plans as needed in collaboration with the integrated care team and the respective participant to the program, applying principles of shared decision making.
• Conducts medical and psychiatric assessments, including physical exams, medical and psychiatric history, course of illness, response to treatment, mental status examination, and diagnoses, and presents assessment results at team meetings and treatment planning meetings
• Collaborates in assessment of physical health and coordinating external medical interventions with WestBridge staff and community medical providers.
• Performs individual, group, and family supportive therapy, psychoeducation, wellness and CBT-based interventions per requirements of the PHP programming.
• Provide crisis assessment and safety planning of individuals. When all other options have been exhausted, crisis responsibilities may include securing involuntary hospitalization, in accordance with applicable state laws.
• Is familiar with, and provides insurance utilization reviews, peer-to-peer, prior authorizations and other insurance-related tasks needed.
• Is integral part of the multidisciplinary team and participates regularly to PHP team meetings and collaborates with the team on on-going evaluations and treatment plans.
• Is part of the larger WestBridge medical team and participates to organizational weekly medical meetings, provides cross-coverage as required, within the limits of the time allocated to the job and scope of practice
• Is a strong advocate and community representative for persons with mental illness and co-occurring disorders.
• Documents services provided in an appropriate manner using company-approved forms and systems as outlined in WestBridge’s policy and procedure manual.
• Is part of the on-call rotation for after-hours telehealth evaluations.
• Provides and promotes quality service delivery consistent with organizational and program policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Performs all duties within the scope of licensure, training, and expertise.
• Perform other related duties as required.