Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner - Part-time - Downers Grove

Essential Duties Include: Completes a Psychiatric Evaluation on all assigned patients within 72 hours of admission (including submitting dictation / documentation).Evaluate patients clinical and medical appropriateness for transfer and /or discharge. Completes psychiatric assessment and mental status assessments of patients as requested. Documents all meetings with patients in process notes within 24 hours of meeting. Completes all documentation, maintaining compliance with the Companys policies and procedures. Consults with patients in support and interpretation of the treatment plan and treatment team decisions. Prescribe medication appropriate to the patient within the policies and practices of the Company. Works with the treatment team to minimize the use of psychotropic medication with a focus on removing patients from controlled or addictive medication if clinically appropriate. Reviews all non-psychiatric medical orders and prescriptions and consults with prescribers as required. Communicate risks, benefits and side effects of psychiatric medication to patients and documents such education in the progress notes. Attends treatment team meetings and provides consultation regarding medications and psychiatric issues. Determines a psychiatric diagnosis per DSM-V or subsequent publication and documents the diagnosis in the patients medical record within 24 hours of admission. Clarifies diagnosis on an on-going basis, specifically addressing rule outs and other diagnosis in treatment team meetings. Takes call Monday through Friday for psychiatric issues involving assigned patients. Takes weekend call for all patients in accordance with the current call schedule. May provide emergency psychiatric consultation by telephone seven days per week, twenty-four hours per day, except during periods of scheduled time off. Responds to calls promptly and appropriately. May complete insurance appeal letters in coordination with Patient Finance. May conduct Doc-to-Doc reviews with insurance representatives in accordance with the insurance companys timeline requirements. Works with Medical Records on Return to Work forms and letters, disability forms and letters and FMLA paperwork for assigned patients. Ability to converse in English with others to give, take and process information; extensive use of telephone. Ability to maintain confidentiality of information, multi-task, coordinate projects and record/transcribe general and specific meeting minutes. Ability to work independently and collaboratively. Communicate with other staff to relay concerns and observations involving patient safety