Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP): Psychiatry & Neurology

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Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive psychiatric evaluations and follow-up visits
• Diagnose and manage common psychiatric and behavioral health conditions
• Psychiatric medication management, including monitoring efficacy and adverse effects
• Evaluate patients with overlapping psychiatric and neurological symptoms
• Obtain detailed psychiatric, neurological, medical, and medication histories
• Perform appropriate mental-status and focused neurological examinations
• Develop and document individualized treatment plans
• Review laboratory studies, imaging, EEG, and other diagnostic information when applicable
• Identify patients who require physician evaluation, emergency assessment, or a higher level of care
• Coordinate care with physicians, therapists, primary-care providers, facilities, caregivers, and other members of the treatment team
• Maintain accurate, timely, and high-quality clinical documentation
• Participate in treatment planning for patients receiving advanced neuropsychiatric therapies, including TMS, when appropriate
• Interest in learning and participating in emerging treatments in psychiatry and neurology is strongly encouraged

Required Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program
• Active and unrestricted California RN and Nurse Practitioner licenses
• Current PMHNP certification
• California furnishing/prescriptive authority as applicable
• Active DEA registration or ability to obtain prior to beginning prescribing responsibilities
• Strong knowledge of psychiatric medications, drug interactions, monitoring, and appropriate prescribing practices
• Excellent clinical judgment, communication, and documentation skills
• Comfortable working both independently and collaboratively with physicians
• Ability to manage a diverse outpatient psychiatric population

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior outpatient psychiatry experience
• 2+ years of experience as a PMHNP preferred
• Experience or strong interest in neurology/neuropsychiatry
• Experience with depression, anxiety, PTSD, OCD, ADHD, bipolar disorder, psychotic disorders, cognitive disorders, sleep disorders, and other neuropsychiatric conditions
• Familiarity with TMS or other interventional psychiatric treatments is a plus but not required
• Experience reviewing EEG, neuropsychological testing, or neurological diagnostic studies is a plus
• Experience with Medicare, commercial insurance, prior authorization, and clinical documentation requirements is helpful
• California NP 103/104 status is a plus where applicable

Work Location: In person