NP/PA/APRN-Behavioral Health

Crossroads Health Ohio; Mentor (OH); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Crossroads Health in Mentor, Ohio, seeks a licensed prescriber to provide psychiatric assessment and medication management within outpatient Youth and/or Adult Psychiatry. This role works as part of an integrated health center team in a trauma-informed approach to recovery and mental health.

The prescriber may work in the office setting or virtually, collaborating with community partners and patient treatment teams to deliver comprehensive care across the health center program.

Qualifications

• Master's degree required; one year of mental health experience preferred.
• Ohio license as PA/NP/APRN and Ohio Controlled Substance Registration.
• Employer provides professional liability insurance and supervision arrangements.

Responsibilities

• Provide trauma-informed pharmacological management to patients in office or via telemedicine, evaluating symptoms and diagnosing as appropriate using DSM/ICD criteria.
• Manage and adjust medications for behavioral health conditions, monitor side effects, and order medications per policies.
• Provide delegation, direction and supervision to Integrated Care RN, LPN, MA and Office Manager as appropriate.
• Provide accurate and concise documentation per procedures, including psychiatric evaluations, progress notes and lab orders.
• Coordinate with community partners and treatment teams; supervise nursing and MA staff as needed.

Skills

Trauma-informed care

Team collaboration

Documentation

Education

Master's Degree

Job description

Crossroads Health, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with facilities located in Mentor, Painesville, and Cleveland, serves Northeast Ohio communities with comprehensive behavioral and primary integrated healthcare, early childhood services, extended housing and recovery services—no matter one’s ability to pay. Our mission is to provide hope, healing, and healthcare to everyone.

*No weekends, holidays or on call*

Come and be a part of our Integrated Health Center with locations in Mentor and Lake County. The Prescriber offers psychiatric assessment and medication management within the outpatient Youth and/or Adult Psychiatry setting in the Health Center Program. This position is responsible for individual services to patients assigned by Crossroads Health. This licensed provider will engage as a member of a collaborative team. With a Trauma Informed approach, this position will be a representative for the organization and how we offer integrated services for recovery and mental health.

Additionally, the Prescriber will:

• Provide trauma informed Pharmacological Management to individual patients in the office setting, or virtually, including assessment of behavioral or physical health symptoms, rendering diagnoses as appropriate utilizing DSM and ICD criteria and codes.
• Evaluation and management of medications to treat behavioral health conditions, monitoring and managing side effects, ordering medications as appropriate consistent with federal, state and organizational policies.
• Provide delegation, direction and supervision as appropriate to the Integrated Care RN, Integrated Care LPN, Integrated Care MA and the Integrated Care Office Manager as appropriate.
• Provide accurate, concise, and concurrent documentation according to program procedures and policies. Documentation will include psychiatric evaluations and follow-up progress notes, entering all medication orders, laboratory requisitions and any additional documents as required.
• Provide consultation and collaboration with community partners and patients' treatment teams. Provide direction, delegation and supervision of pagtient care to the nursing and MA staff with Crossroads Health.

Position Requirements:

• Master's Degree (minimum)
• One years (1) experience in mental health treatment preferred
• Licensed in the State of Ohio as a Physician Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
• Controlled Substance Registration License in Ohio
• Professional Liability Insurance. (employer provided)
• Standard Care Arrangement (annually) or Supervision Agreement (whichever applicable) (employer provided)
• BLS/First Aid (employer provided)

Our organization is committed to equal employment opportunity. We do not discriminate against employees or applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, gender/sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and pregnancy-related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, uniform service member status, genetic information, or any other status protected by law. We are a drug free work environment and all new hires are required to take and pass a 10 panel drug screen which includes screening for THC.

Visit our website: www.crossroadshealth.org