Who are we?

Jane Pauley Community Health Center is a Federally Qualified Healthcare Center (FQHC), specializing in providing stable, consistent healthcare to all individuals in need, regardless of income or insurance status. We are an ever-growing, innovative organization with 20+ facilities in 5 counties spanning across the central Indiana area.

Job Summary:

The Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) provides psychiatric care including the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of acute and chronic health conditions. Promotes a healthy lifestyle and involves the patient in his/her plan of care with emphasis placed on patient self-determination and maximization of client knowledge to enhance care of oneself. The PMHNP will provide a full range of primary health care services, using independent decision-making about healthcare needs.

Summary of Essential Job Functions/Responsibilities:

• Formulating a comprehensive data base by physical and psychological health history, physical examination, and evaluation of laboratory diagnostic testing, as indicated.
• Discerning between normal and abnormal findings in planning treatment interventions.
• Collaborates significant abnormal findings with other care providers.
• Synthesizing complex clinical data in order to formulate, implement and evaluate a nursing management plan for individuals.
• Modeling interdisciplinary collaboration with other health care professionals to ensure continuity of care and optimal patient/client outcomes.
• Instructing patients, families/significant others in the acquisition of information related to health and wellness.
• Initiating and implementing appropriate consultations and referrals.
• Maintaining and expanding current knowledge base regarding advanced practice nursing.
• Develop specific health programs for the community.
• Providing formal presentations to the community and other health professionals.
• Assisting to collect clinical data.
• Demonstrating clinical practice that reflects research based foundation.
• Disseminates research findings.
• Identifies work processes and strives to reduce cost and increase satisfaction
• Identifies customers and demonstrates understanding of customers’ expectation.
• Actively works to increase patient and employee satisfaction.
• Monitors customers’ satisfaction
• Takes active role in department process improvement efforts; demonstrates understanding of outcomes
• Demonstrates an understanding of responsibilities
• Demonstrates diagnostic thinking/reasoning
• Utilizes feedback from peers, supervisor, customers to drive performance and behaviors
• Prioritizes workplace safety
• Advanced clinical practice to enhance the quality of patient/client care
• Education of the patient, family, staff and the community
• Development of health promotion programs
• Assisting with data collection

Education and/or Experience:

• Master of Science Degree in Nursing from an accredited School of Nursing with National Certification as an Advanced Practice Nurse.
• Current Indiana Nurse Practitioner License and current Indiana Registered Nurse License.
• ANCC or AANP Certification as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
• At least one year of experience in a Mental Health compacity.
• Current BLS certification
• Current CSR and DEA certification
• Educational background consistent with requirements for licensure and certification within the state of Indiana
• Demonstrate a high level of expert skill in delivering exceptional quality of care while enhancing the wellness of the patient

Benefits

package includes: medical ($0 copay $0 deductibles $0 coinsurance $0 prescriptions for every employee); dental; vision; life; voluntary life; long-term disability; short-term disability; flexible spending accounts; paid time off; 401(k) retirement plan; EAP, maternity leave, and much more! Come join an organization that cares.