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Job Details: Job Location: Hillside Inc - Atlanta, GA 30306, Position Type: Full Time,
PRIMARY PURPOSE
Assist with the psychiatric assessment, medical assessment, and ongoing psychiatric management of youth enrolled in Hillside’s PRTF/Residential and Partial Hospitalization Program. Duties will be performed under an approved Advanced Registered Nurse Protocol (ARPN).
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
Complete admission intake assessments on assigned patients.
Provide psychiatric care (in consultation with the child’s attending physician) and corresponding documentation to youth in assigned program/unit.
Provide input for and/or participate in treatment planning meetings on assigned clients.
Timely and accurate entry of notes and diagnoses to ensure billing accuracy.
Participate in weekly rounds on assigned treatment units.
Provide ‘after-hours’ call coverage for psychiatric emergencies as assigned– typically 10-15 days/ per month.
Provide psychiatric coverage to patients enrolled in Hillside’s residential or PHP programs when their attending provider is on leave is not available/on leave.
Participate in all assigned trainings, staff meetings, supervision, and consultation.
Understands the developmental milestones of children and adolescents.
GENERAL COMPETENCIES
Customer Focus Promote positive image of Hillside with all contacts (customers)
Exhibit high quality of work
Contribute to development of a culture of care
Teamwork Take the initiative to act on own
Demonstrate cooperation
Be a productive member of the staff
Communication Communicate Effectively, clearly, and appropriately
Make use of supervision
Use excellent Judgment
JOB SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES
Interpersonal Communication The ability to establish rapport quickly and to communicate effectively with consumers of healthcare, their family members and other providers.
Examples include: active listening; conveying information in a jargon-free, non-judgmental manner; using terminology common to the setting in which care is delivered; and adapting to the preferred mode of communication of the consumers and families served.
Collaboration & Teamwork The ability to function effectively as a member of an inter-professional team that includes behavioral health and primary care providers, consumers and family members.
Examples include: understanding and valuing the roles and responsibilities of other team members, expressing professional opinions and resolving differences of opinion quickly, providing and seeking consultation, and fostering shared decision-making.
Screening & Assessment The ability to conduct brief, evidence-based and developmentally appropriate screening and to conduct or arrange for more detailed assessments when indicated.
Examples include screening and assessment for: risky, harmful or dependent use of substances; cognitive impairment; mental health problems; behaviors that compromise health; harm to self or others; and abuse, neglect, and domestic violence.
Care Planning & Coordination The ability to create and implement integrated care plans, ensuring access to an array of linked services, and the exchange of information among consumers, family members, and providers.
Examples include: assisting in the development of care plans, whole health, and wellness recovery plans; matching the type and intensity of services to consumers’ needs; providing patient navigation services; and implementing disease management programs.
Intervention The ability to provide a range of brief, focused prevention, treatment and recovery services, as well as longer-term treatment and support for consumers with persistent illnesses.
Examples include: motivational interventions, health promotion and wellness services, health education, crisis intervention, brief treatments for mental health and substance use problems, and medication assisted treatments.
Cultural Competence & Adaptation The ability to provide services that are relevant to the culture of the consumer and their family.
Examples include: identifying and addressing disparities in healthcare access and quality, adapting services to language preferences and cultural norms, and promoting diversity among the providers working in inter-professional teams.
Practice-Based Learning & Quality Improvement The ability to assess and continually improve the services delivered as an individual provider and as an inter-professional team.
Examples include: identifying and implementing evidence-based practices, assessing treatment fidelity, measuring consumer satisfaction and healthcare outcomes, recognizing and rapidly addressing errors in care, and collaborating with other team members on service improvement.
QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION: Master’s Degree in Nursing, PMHNP specialty
EXPERIENCE: Current licensure and one to three years experience working with children and adolescents.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Must have physical performed upon hire and then annually.
Some tasks may require exposure to blood, tissue or bodily fluids.
MISCELLANEOUS REQUIREMENT
*Must not have a record of felony or misdemeanor convictions.
SUPERVISION
Guided by verbal and written instructions, policies and procedures and well-established guidelines; Medical Director.
WORK SCHEDULE
This is an executive position and work hours/days may vary as business dictates. May be subjected to being “paged”/ contacted during off duty time.
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Worksite address
atlanta, GA, 30383, US
Who can apply
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