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The Behavioral Health Advanced Practitioner is responsible for evaluating and diagnosing patients with mental illness following established standards of practice. This position shall be authorized to make independent decisions about advanced practice clinical needs of patients and mental health decisions based on authorization from collaborative practice with psychiatrist.

Requirements

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

Interviews patient about symptoms and complaints to determine the bases of condition.

Responsible to manage acute and chronic mental illness through care plans that are coordinated, when appropriate, with the patient\'s primary care provider.

Responsible to make appropriate referrals to internal disciplines of CHC/SEK and/or external resources/agencies for additional services required.

Prescribes medications for patients for treatment of conditions in collaboration with psychiatrist or primary care providers.

Monitors patient on medication for their use and documented treatment results.

Responsible for accurate, timely, and clear medical record documentation.

Observes clinic protocols and guidelines and scope of practice as determined by professional regulatory agencies.

Supervises healthcare students as assigned.

Provide appropriate follow-up with clinical support staff to include telephone/written correspondence (e.g. inform patients of test results).

Provides clear written and oral communication to patients/guardians, and employees.

Participates in quality improvement activities.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Social and cultural sensitivity appropriate to ethnically and economically diverse patient-and employee-base

Demonstrate knowledge of the rationale of appropriate patient care.

Communicates through appropriate channels. Use proper chain of command for patient complaints.

Ability to handle emergency situations calmly and effectively.

Must be computer literate and able to navigate the Electronic Health Record.

Must be able to maintain good inter-personal relationship with co-workers and other members of the health care team and the organization.

Provide customer service in accordance to the organizations mission.

Be courteous and respectful when interacting with patients and family members.

Maintain patient confidentiality in accordance to organizations policy and procedure and HIPAA requirements.

Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.