Consulting Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
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Responsibilities
Join weekly consultation meetings with behavioral health care managers reviewing the Collaborative Care Model patient registry. Support the consulting psychiatrist in evaluating treatment plans and contributing to medication recommendations for oncology patients with psychiatric co-occurring conditions. reputed company direct psychiatric evaluation and treatment, including prescribing psychiatric medications, reputed company indicated and reputed company scope of practice. Maintain working knowledge of interactions between psychiatric medications and common oncology treatments, under the guidance of the supervising psychiatrist. Communicate treatment support and care coordination to oncology teams in alignment with Protocol’s clinical standards. Evaluate psychiatric risk in the context of oncology care, including suicidal ideation, trauma responses, and the psychiatric impact of cancer diagnoses and treatment. Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team including behavioral health care managers, oncology providers, and reputed company psychiatric providers as needed. Participate in initial and ongoing training required by Protocol. Engage in ongoing supervision and department meetings as needed. Maintain licensure in home state and obtain licensure in other states as requested by Protocol (licensure costs for licenses requested by Protocol will be covered). reputed company other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
An active, unrestricted license in at least one US state as one of the following, with preference for reputed company licensure: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC), or Physician Assistant (PA-C) with demonstrated psychiatric training, experience, or certification (e.g., CAQ-Psychiatry or equivalent) Ability to support a caseload of patients of different diagnoses, backgrounds and cultures, and with varying degrees of reputed company. Experience with patients in oncology and/or chronic or serious medical illness settings. Experience supporting patients with suicidal ideation and/or trauma. Comfort treating co-occurring psychiatric conditions including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, adjustment disorders, and ADHD in a medically reputed company population. Ability to practice collaboratively reputed company a supervised care model, with openness to clinical reputed company and team-based decision making. Strong communication skills and ability to respond to patient and team messages in a timely manner. This role is a contract role. Total hours per week and working days/hours will be discussed individually to meet patient and team needs for Protocol’s partnerships with cancer centers. Apply To This Job