The University of Maryland UMD University Health Center UHC seeks a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner NP to provide direct care to a diverse student patient population The purpose is to conduct psychiatric evaluations and to provide intake assessments ongoing medication management as well as consultative work with other departments as indicated and as directed The psychiatric NP will be expected to meet assigned productivity standards as defined and as directed by the Behavioral Health DirectorThe UHC psychiatric NP will also work with other UHC departments including General Medicine primary care womens health transgender care The Counseling Center etc This is to collaborate on shared patients consult on mutual patients and offer urgent evaluations from these departmentsThe psychiatric Nurse Practitioner should be familiar with use of the Electronic Medical Record EMR system in general and quickly learn to navigate and document in the EHR used by BH at the UHC The psychiatric NP must be able to problem solve prioritize duties and manage several priorities at once At all times they should conduct themselves in a professional manner communicate effectively and seek guidance ifwhen neededThis is a full time exempt position The psychiatric NP will be expected to carry a full patient census during their clinical schedule Typically the service is busy during the academic year and slows down over the summer and during winter and spring breaksThe psychiatric NP will be expected to provide direct patient care that includes intakes medication management follow up triage urgent triage etc At times this care may extend beyond regular duty hours Currently a full time position would entail working from 830 500 M F hybrid eligible In addition after hours on call including Saturday and Sunday is required and rotated equitably among all psychiatric providers New visits are currently scheduled for one hour and follow up visits for 30 minutes visit times are subject to change depending on need Daily administrative time for note writing etc currently includes 15 hours of those eight working hours not including a 30 minute lunch Essential Duties and ResponsibilitiesEssential DutyResponsibility 1 Provide direct psychiatric services to UMD students including the assessment diagnosis and continuing management of students with mental health conditions including medication management and psychotherapy as medically indicated Visitsgeneral scheduling will be done by Behavioral Health BH scheduling staff The psychiatric NP will collaborate with BH therapists with whom they share patients offering psychiatric guidance and supervision aswhen appropriate andor as directed by the BH Director The psychiatric NP may be requested to provide other urgent evaluations of patients referred from other UHC departments and other campus entities Psychiatric NPs must be available to assess need for hospitalization and assist with the hospital admission process of patients as needed Liaise with hospital re post hospitalization care as neededPercentage 75Essential DutyResponsibility 2 Take emergency calls in a call rotation as directed by the Behavioral Health Director currently one week rotated amongst each psychiatristpsychiatric nurse practitionerPercentage 10Essential DutyResponsibility 3 Participate in Health Center in service peer review educational activities designated Health Center Committees and designated campus committees as assignedPercentage 10Essential DutyResponsibility 4 Other duties as assignedPercentage 5