Full Job Description
MISSION STATEMENT: To foster healing and growth in individuals and communities by providing behavioral and mental health services with compassion, competence, and stewardship in the spirit of Christ.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
- CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- The role of this PA will be as a Psychiatric Physician Assistant. The Physician Assistant will function in a collaborative role with a responsible psychiatrist for adults and older adults, and other members of the multidisciplinary teams associated with outpatient work.
- Provide outpatient medication evaluations and medication checks to population served in the Reflection Ridge location.
- Be responsible for monitoring and adjusting medication types and doses, per protocol.
- Assess, diagnose, and make recommendations for physical ailments that arise during treatment of patient, as needed.
- Document all psychiatric evaluations and medication management appointments in the EMR within the specified time frames.
- Take primary responsibility for the Medication Reconciliation process for those outpatients seen for medication management.
- Be responsible for maintaining contact with families of patients, as appropriate.
- Be responsible for ordering appropriate screening and laboratory tests, as needed.
- Serve as a consultant to other clinicians / Prairie View staff.
- Collaborate with other staff members for the purpose of evaluation and treatment.
- Provide weekend and/or weekday call coverage, if agreed upon.
- Maintain clinical outcomes within Prairie View standard.
- Utilize Prairie View resources in a cost effective manner
- Actively participate in ensuring that CMS and The Joint Commission requirements are met in the outpatient setting.
- ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
- PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT
- PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTES TO POSITIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT WITH CO-WORKERS AND CUSTOMERS
- Minimum Education: Bachelor of Science Physician Assistant degree; must have and maintain a PA category license from Kansas State Board of Healing Arts
- Minimum Experience: Must have experience working with adults, older adults, children / adolescents for the purpose of doing clinical assessments, psychopharmacologic prescribing by protocol
- Must be competent in observing, interviewing, and assessing patients in order to formulate a diagnosis using current DSM criteria
- Must possess basic psychotherapeutic skills to establish patient/clinician relationships
- Must have sufficient psychopharmacologic knowledge to effectively manage psychiatric illness
- Must be competent in recognizing side effects, adverse drug reactions, and drug-drug interactions, especially as it pertains to psychotropic medications
- Must have a desire to work within the Prairie View multi-disciplinary team structure
- Must have good listening skills, verbal skills, and written communication skills to effectively interact with patients, staff, and multidisciplinary treatment team members
- Must have working knowledge of the principles of managed care
- Must possess basic computer skills to utilize email and to navigate the Electronic Medical Record (EMR)
- Must be willing and able to provide psychiatry support to providers in the community e.g., aging agencies, external care providers, and schools if / when needed.
- Experience with physical assessments of adults and geriatrics preferred.
- Must be able to pass Kansas Bureau of Investigation Screen and the Central Registry Screen for both adults and children
- Must maintain current CPR certification