The APRN will seek to enhance the well-being of people by providing assessment and medication management in a clinical setting, demonstrating psychiatric advanced practice nursing skills in health promotion, diagnosis and treatment.  They will use the process of assessment, diagnosis, management, and evaluation to provide care to address the psychosocial, social and spiritual needs of patients.  

The position requires a considerable degree of independent skills and judgment necessary to monitor and respond to changes in client conditions, as well as critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning skills in clinical decision making. The candidate can provide care and support which is appropriate to the cognitive, emotional and chronological maturation levels to assist clients across the lifespan achieve, and restore health.

Areas of responsibility:

1. Perform accurate comprehensive psychiatric mental health examination, concluding with diagnosis and treatment.
2. Order, perform, and interpret diagnostic procedures and tests as indicated/needed by history and psychiatric mental health exam to identify and assess psychiatric issues and health care needs.
3. Develop differential diagnosis on basis of clinical exam and laboratory data.
4. Provide outpatient psychiatric mental health care. Recognize emergency situations and initiate emergency care/triage as necessary.
5. Provide individualized client therapy, psych-education and medication education for identified issues.
6. Initiate referrals and/or consultations as appropriate to achieve an interdisciplinary plan of care including referrals to community agencies.
7. Participate in interpersonal collaborative practice, sharing and receiving referrals from other professionals as well as maintaining communication with clients’ clinician.
8. Complete necessary documentation appropriately and in a timely fashion. This would include case records and billing information in Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS).
9. Contribute to site specific quality improvement and care provision data collection efforts.