AbsoluteCare is seeking a dynamic, mission-driven Part Time Nurse Practitioner PMHNP to put the principles of team-based collaborative care and population health into action for our medically complex & socially vulnerable members.

Position is slated for 20 hours a week (2 1/2 days) scheduled Monday - Friday, no nights or weekends.

Roles & Responsibilities

Provide Clinical Guidance and / or Direct Care for Members with Acute and Chronic Behavioral Health needs to include:

• Guide behavioral health treatment of a specified cohort of behavioral health patients, through shared care with other behavioral health clinicians and the primary care provider, using a modified Collaborative Care Model
• Provide interdisciplinary collaboration to make recommendations for the successful management of high risk, high utilizing members with co-occurring behavioral health concerns, including but not limited to: screening, therapeutic interventions, approaches to communication, medication interventions
• Provide education and ongoing consultative support to on and offsite providers related to medical management for BH population
• Provide direct patient care to members requiring evaluation and access to psychiatry – direct care to include provision of diagnosis; recommendations for treatment; evaluation of treatment plan; evaluation of treatment adherence etc.
• Provide tele-psychiatry to appropriate members
• Provide peer to peer consultations as needed for successful management of member care
• Support with Transitional Care Management, Emergency Department diversion and Crisis Intervention
• Outreach to local inpatient and outpatient mental health providers, when needed, to facilitate communication and care coordination
• Conduct post discharge visits for members discharging from inpatient psychiatric admissions
• Advise and assist with management of behavioral health medications, including long acting injectables (LAIs)
• Support with medication reconciliation especially post ED encounter and post hospitalization encounter
• Support Addiction Treatment with Emphasis on Medication-Assisted Treatment
• Support the interdisciplinary care team in providing ambulatory-based interventions for common substance use disorders, through us of medications such as buprenorphine and naltrexone
• Participate in developing clinical protocols for Medication-Assisted Treatment
• Provide direct patient care for a subset of complex patients with substance use disorders
• Assist in identifying and transitioning members who require a higher level of care for substance use disorders

Candidate Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)
• DEA
• BLS certification
• Mission-Driven to serve the underserved
• Passion for teaching primary care providers
• Experience with addiction medicine preferred
• Experience in population health management is preferred
• Experience working with psycho-socially and medically complex Medicaid beneficiaries is strongly preferred
• Experience and comfort utilizing EMR

All Employees are expected to maintain the security and privacy of all information that is owned by AbsoluteCare or maintained on behalf of the company’s patients, employees, and business partners. Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. This description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions, it does not proscribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. This job description is subject to change at any time.