The Psychiatric Mental Health Advanced Practice Provider (APP) is essential in delivering high-quality mental health care as part of a multidisciplinary team including physicians, psychiatrists, nurses, and other professionals.
The APP evaluates, diagnoses, monitors, and manages patients using advanced assessment skills and clinical therapeutics in collaboration with a supervising physician.
- Education: Post Graduate Degree, Advanced Practice Clinician Licensure, BLS, ACLS
- Experience: None required
- Skills: Organizational, verbal, interpersonal, customer relations, mathematical, analytical, written and verbal comprehension, computer skills (Excel, medical record charting)
- Mental & Emotional: Ability to manage stress, make decisions under pressure, handle conflicts, prioritize, work independently in confined or crowded spaces
- Working Conditions: Exposure to blood, body fluids, communicable diseases, CRT monitor
- Physical Requirements: Medium work including prolonged sitting, standing, walking, manual dexterity, visual acuity, and ability to perform repetitive motions