Careers

Position Title: Nursing Home Psychiatric Consultant

Summary of Duties: Responsible for providing behavioral health services to residents of residential, skilled, group and other long-term care facilities.

• Performs initial psychiatric evaluation for patients referred for behavioral health services by Primary Care Physician.
• Provides routine follow up visits to patients referred and evaluated for behavioral health consultation services.
• Monitor efficacy, tolerability, and continued necessity of medication treatment(s).
• Monitor and measure progress of any behavioral interventions, as indicated.
• Provide documentation for initial and follow up visits as outlined by state and federal guidelines.
• Discuss patients identified as being in need of additional specialty mental health care (e.g., community mental health center, day hospital or inpatient level of care, etc.) with Director of Nursing “DON” or their designee, providing clinical direction regarding treatment interventions indicated until patients are engaged in such care.
• When staff request psychiatric intervention for a patient (when unable to evaluate in person) clearly communicate to DON or their designee the treatment recommendations and/or related medication orders.
• Provide oversight on federally mandated psychotropic reduction trials as allowed by facility guidelines.

Job Requirements

Licensed Psychiatrist, Physician Assistant or Advanced Nurse Practitioner.

• Ability to provide services as allowed per state and federal regulations.
• Maintain required licensure per state board regulations.
• Maintain malpractice insurance as required.
• Seeks consultation as indicated.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively in a team setting.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Positive, flexible, and solution-focused attitude.
• Ability to synthesize medical and psychiatric data and formulate effective and evidence based clinical recommendations.
• Complete documentation in timely fashion, for inclusion in facility record system (EHR or paper chart as available).
• Available to travel as required for provision of services.