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Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner – Kolmac Integrated Behavioral Health

Position summary

Kolmac Integrated Behavioral Health is hiring a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner to assess, diagnose, and treat adults living with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. Reporting to the Medical Director, you will deliver evidence-based, integrated care in person and via telehealth, working alongside therapists, counselors, and nurses across Kolmac and its affiliated practices.

Schedule: 30 hours per week, 4 days
Primary location: Columbia, MD (3 days per week)
Secondary location: Towson office in Lutherville, MD, just outside the Beltway (1 day per week)
Reports to: Medical Director
Care settings: In person and telehealth
Pay Range: $70-85/hour pending experience

Clinical care

Provide integrated behavioral health services to adult patients, both in person and via telehealth.
Conduct comprehensive psychiatric and substance use assessments, and establish diagnoses based on history, examination, and diagnostic findings.
Order, perform, and interpret laboratory and diagnostic tests to evaluate patients' physical and mental health.
Develop, document, and adjust individualized treatment plans, including medication management, based on a full review of health information and test results.
Prescribe and manage medications, including medications for addiction treatment, and administer injections as clinically indicated.
Perform invasive procedures within scope of practice when needed.
Initiate clinical protocols and pathways, and evaluate each plan of care to ensure timely intervention.
Provide primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention services, and address patients' holistic needs by coordinating additional resources such as pain management or palliative care.
Complete accurate, timely documentation, including assessments, treatment plans, progress notes, outcome measures, and billing entries.

Care coordination and patient engagement

Collaborate with counselors, case managers, nursing staff, and the multidisciplinary team to coordinate care and ensure appropriate, timely transitions and discharges.
Communicate plans of care to the collaborating physician, primary care and referring providers, nursing staff, and case managers.
Work with primary care providers on admission, discharge, and transfer decisions.
Present patients from your caseload during clinical rounds.
Initiate referrals, specialty consultations, and involvement of outside agencies as needed, and provide specialty consultation to colleagues.
Educate patients and families about diagnoses, treatment options, medications, health maintenance, and health promotion.
Advocate for patients by encouraging patient and family participation in care and ensuring they understand their treatment options and rights.
Support efficient patient flow through the practice.

Education and mentoring

Deliver formal and informal evidence-based education to members of the care team.
Precept students and interns, and participate in mentoring programs.
Serve as a clinical resource on co-occurring disorders for nurses, interns, residents, fellows, and medical students.
Provide community education, health promotion, and outreach as a behavioral health resource for the community.

Clinical leadership and quality

Coordinate nurse practitioner coverage for your service in partnership with physician and NP colleagues.
Work with primary care providers to meet targets for clinical outcomes, level of service, cost of care, and patient satisfaction.
Lead and participate in quality assurance and performance improvement activities, including chart reviews and peer review.
Partner with physician and organizational leadership to develop clinical pathways and standards of practice.
Apply research, evidence-based standards, and industry best practices to advance care delivery.
Recommend improvements to Kolmac policies and procedures, and help introduce and evaluate new models of care and interventions that address unmet patient needs.
Maintain compliance, regulatory, and reimbursement documentation, and support accreditation readiness.
Supervise ancillary staff, including completing annual performance reviews.
Contribute to department meetings and organizational initiatives.

Professional conduct

Model a service-focused approach with patients, families, colleagues, and partners.
Treat everyone in the workplace with respect.
Protect the confidentiality of patient information in line with HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2.
Perform other duties as assigned.