Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner - Outpatient Mental Health Medication Manager - Twin Cities
UnitedHealth Group
- Lake Elmo, MN
- Permanent
- Full-time
This position provides medication management services using evidence-based practices that support client treatment, and facilitate safe, secure and therapeutic interventionsPrimary Responsibilities:
- Managing weekly schedule per employment agreement re: maintaining scheduled client hours
- Performing initial assessment sessions and using a variety of methods to evaluate client needs
- Performing follow up sessions and follow jointly development medication treatment plan
- Understanding and using medical decision making to bill E/M billing codes
- Providing therapeutic interventions to support medication management
- Coordinating caseload in a way that aligns with prescription refills and client-centered care
- Performing prescription management and following ethical and legal policies and standards for prescribing
- Completing prior authorizations for medications, as needed
- Completing client-requested documentation related to medications
- Referring clients for additional testing as needed to inform medication management
- Completing clinically necessary documentation and accurately maintaining clinical records
- Coordinating care and attending weekly case consultation
- Providing coverage for client care (prescription refills, questions, urgent needs) for other CARE providers when they are out of the office
- Master's or Doctoral Degree in Nursing
- CNP or APRN
- Certifications/Licenses Maintain an active, unrestricted license to practice medicine in the State of Minnesota (CNP, APRN)
- Have or pursing a mental health certification (e.g., PMHNP-BC) recognized by the board of nursing
- Knowledge of regulatory standards governing care delivery and operations
- Basic understanding of Microsoft products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
- Ability to work onsite at Woodbury/Lake Elmo location
- Experience in outpatient mental health
- Experience in clinical documentation
- Diagnostic assessment experience
- Experienced in treatment planning and maintaining a caseload
- Experience entering pertinent information in Electronic Health Record (EHR) Systems
- Experience reading and interpreting information, such as reports, general correspondence, professional publications, and government regulations, with the ability to share with others as needed
- Experience reading, interpreting and applying/modeling general information from policy and procedure manuals and other compliance related information
- Experience presenting information and responding to questions from internal and external stakeholders which can or may include community providers, medical professionals, management, peers, family members and clients
- Knowledge of the effects of mental illness and seeks information from a wide variety of disciplines applicable to the treatment of persons with mental illness