The Psychiatric Mental Health Advance Practice Provider (APP) plays a vital role in delivering high-quality mental health care as part of a multidisciplinary team, including physicians, psychiatrists, and nurses.
Responsibilities include evaluating, diagnosing, monitoring, and managing patients using advanced assessment skills and clinical therapeutics, in collaboration with a supervising physician.
- Education: Post Graduate Degree, AP Clinician Licensure, BLS, ACLS
- Experience: None required
- Skills: Organizational, verbal, interpersonal, customer relations, analytical, computer proficiency, and written communication
- Emotional & Mental: Manage stress, make decisions under pressure, handle hostility, prioritize tasks, work independently in various environments
- Working Conditions: Exposure to blood, body fluids, communicable diseases, and computer screens
- Physical Requirements: Medium work involving sitting, standing, walking, lifting up to 50 lbs., manual dexterity, and good vision and coordination