November 6, 2024

Utah Behavior Services, Inc

Saint George

FULL TIME

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)

Job Position: Qualified Medical Provider (2 years of experience, no longer under Utah state supervision requirements)
Job Description:
Utah Behavior Services has been providing services within the communities throughout the state for over ten years. We provide a whole service model for our clients and families through Applied Behavior Analysis, Mental Health treatment, medication management, and psychological evaluation services.
We are looking for an experienced APRN who will step up to the challenge of looking at the intricacies of each patient. Someone whose priority is collaborating with patients, caregivers, and treatment teams alike to support each patient to be the best they can be. If you want to work solely with "routine" patients who lack complexity, this is not the place for you.
We are looking for a candidate with the drive to transform lives using her/his compassion, sensitivity, empathy, and practical communication skills. We want a candidate with a passion for integrity and diversity who brings her/his loyal and unique background for the purpose of the best interest of the clients we serve.
We believe that the limits are those you set up for yourself, and we empower you to grow with UTBS. You need to be very comfortable diagnosing and treating various psychiatric conditions, including Autism Spectrum Disorder, among children and adolescents and adults across a lifespan.
What winning looks like:
90% of the Time, the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner must:

Provides patient assessment, diagnosis, and treatment plans in accordance with statutes, regulations, and protocols regulating the profession.
Provides psychiatric health services, education, counseling, and emotional support.
Refers to patients for inpatient or outside community care, as necessary.
Orders laboratory tests and interprets and explains the test results to patients.
Provides patient education regarding medications, risks, benefits, and reasonable outcome expectations. (Is a teacher in new concepts for our patients)
Communicates with patients and engages in follow-up as necessary. (Always has kind words for others and is a great listener)
Oversee and monitor psychotropic medications. (Is on top of things and able to meet deadlines)
Provide psychotherapy and integrative therapy interventions.
Effective time management & prioritization with a healthy approach to guard your time. (Can you recognize when it’s okay to KINDLY say, “I can’t do that right now, would tomorrow or another time work?”)

Minimum Criteria for Psych APRN:

A master's degree in nursing or DNP with psychiatric emphasis from an accredited college or university
Minimum of 2 years of psych APRN experience- we are not accepting FNPs with psych experience at this time
Board certification as a PMHNP
DEA license with full prescriptive authority
Ability to adapt to a full schedule quickly- a minimum caseload of 60 patient hours weekly
Comfortable seeing children, adolescents, and adults for a variety of psychiatric conditions across the lifespan
Does not need to bring caseload over to our clinic

Preferred Criteria for Psych APRN:

3-5 years of Psych APRN experience
Very comfortable seeing children and adolescents
Works independently but is able to collaborate with team members

APRN Requirements:

Compassion, sensitivity, and strong communication skills
Critical thinking skills
Excellent organizational and time management skills
A high degree of sensitivity and confidentiality to appropriately manage delicate and urgent patient situations
Ability to collaborate and form effective relationships with colleagues, physicians, staff, and patient
Ability to solve problems and manage to change priorities
Experience with electronic medical records
Experience with tracking, measuring, and using patient-reported outcomes in developing treatment plans
bending, moving, lifting, and carrying materials that weigh up to 15 pounds.
Knowledge of medical science, the neurobiology of psychiatric disorders, treatment methods, and management of psychiatric conditions and medications

About UTBS

We are a family business that was founded in 2013
We have over 500 employees who served more than 2,300 clients in 2022
We have served the community with over 20,500,000 hours of service
Over 75% of our professional team started as Behavior Technicians
UTBS was recognized as the Business Group of the Year by the Autism Law Summit
Proud member of CASP (National Council of Autism Service Providers)
Founding member of the Coalition of Utah ABA Service Providers

Physical Requirements:
Accordingly, the recruiter must meet the following additional requirements:

Strength and Mobility Requirements:
Lifting up to 50 lbs.
Carrying up to 50 lbs
Standing, walking, sitting, kneeling, crouching, squatting, grasping, reaching, bending
Vision Requirements:
Close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less)
Distant vision (clear vision at 20 feet or more)
Peripheral vision (ability to observe an area that can be seen up and down or the left or right while eyes are fixed on a given point
Depth perception (three-dimensional vision, ability to judge distance and spatial relationships)

I attest that I can meet all of the qualifications, expectations, general requirements, and physical requirements, with or without accommodation, set forth above and that I am free from a physical or mental condition that would impair my ability to competently practice within the scope of my position as stated above, including when I maintain sole or joint responsibility of the client(s) for the duration of each session.
Acknowledgment:
● UTBS offers programs, such as the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) thatallow us to invest in our professional team members. This investmentrequires a commitment from the employees to work a certain amount of timein exchange for the financial assistance they receive, as specifically stated inthe documents to be executed if tuition assistance is provided.● UTBS holds professionals to the ethical standards of their fields. Unlessotherwise agreed by the management of the Company, the employmentagreements also include complying with reasonable noncompetition,non-solicitation, confidentiality, and non-disparagement provisions set forth inthe employment agreements.● UTBS is governed by multiple sets of rules and requirements, including thosefrom the state of Utah, private insurance carriers, federal programs such as Medicaid, Tricare, etc. Therefore, it is imperative for Revenue Cycle Manager to understand and follow our company policies and procedures, since these are developed to serve as the highest standard that meets all requirements across all governing bodies.
Employee Conduct Clause/Policy Addendum All employees represent UTBS while acting within the scope of employment. It is essential that employees’ conduct and speech represent and embody the values and purposes of UTBS. Therefore, any expression of personal opinions, feelings, viewpoints, mindsets, beliefs, attitudes, ideals, etc., whether political, social, or spiritual, while acting within the scope of employment is improper conduct that may lead to discipline up to and including termination. Employees waive their right to free speech while acting in the scope of employment for UTBS.
Employee Conduct Clause/Policy Addendum
UTBS focuses on providing services to meet the needs of its clients. Its Vision Statement is: “To empower all families to build their joy as a family.” That Vision Statement is meant to also apply to the UTBS employees’ families, and the “UTBS family” (the Employee and other staff members). Accordingly, all employees represent UTBS while acting within the scope of employment. It is essential that Employee’s conduct and speech represent and embody the values and purposes of UTBS. Therefore, any expression of personal opinions, feelings, viewpoints, mindsets, beliefs, attitudes, ideals, etc. that can be reasonably expected to be derogatory, demeaning, disrespectful, or divisive to clients, their parents or other caregivers, or to fellow employees whether political, social, or spiritual while acting within the scope of employment is improper conduct that may lead to discipline up to and including separation. In accordance with Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”), Employee is not prohibited from discussing workplace conditions with other employees if the purpose is to cause improvement to those workplace conditions. Employee is not allowed to simply air personal grievances which can simply cause dissension, division, and a negative environment. If Employee has a personal grievance, he or she is encouraged to take concerns to the Employee’s supervisor in order to maintain a positive workplace environment, to promptly correct any errors or misunderstandings, and to allow Employee, and other employees to provide quality services to UTBS’s clients and/or their families.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $125,000.00 - $155,000.00 per year
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