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 mental health and/or substance use disorders. Reporting to the Medical Director, you will deliver evidence-based, integrated care in person, working alongside therapists, counselors, and nurses across Kolmac and its affiliated practices.

• Schedule: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday; 30 hours per week 
• Primary location: Columbia, MD (3 days per week)
• Secondary location: Towson office in Lutherville, MD, just outside Baltimore(1 day per week)
• Reports to: Medical Director
• Care settings: In person
• Pay Range: $70-85/hour pending experience

Clinical care

• Provide integrated behavioral health services to adult patients.
• 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 meetings.
• 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.
• Clinically supervise ancillary staff
• 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.

Qualifications

Licensure and registration

• Active Maryland CRNP-PMH license in good standing
• Active or pending Maryland CDS registration and DEA registration

Experience

• At least 1 year of clinical experience treating patients with substance use disorders

Skills

• Working knowledge of the DSM-5-TR and ICD-10 diagnostic coding
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Clear, effective written and verbal communication
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office