The posting
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
