ACTT Psychiatric Provider (MD/RN/LMHNP)

ACTT Psychiatric Care Provider

EXEMPT/NON-EXEMPT:  Exempt

SUPERVISOR’S TITLE: ACTT  Team Leader 

WORK SCHEDULE: Schedule to be determined by provider, minimum of 16 hours weekly. Occasional weekends and holidays

SUMMARY OF POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

Ensures that the psychiatric needs of each client are met in appropriate time frames and serves as an additional clinical support to the team.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES: 

1. Typically sees the beneficiaries for the assessment and treatment of the beneficiary’s symptoms and response to medication including side effects. Frequency will vary for each beneficiary, with the majority seen within 4 to 6 weeks of last appointment, with many of the contacts being in the community. Less frequent visits should only occur when there are unusual circumstances present (for example, when the beneficiary has been difficult to find);

2. ACT Team psychiatrist provides clinical supervision and oversight of the psychiatric services delivered by the NP or PA;

3. Collaborates with the team leader in sharing overall clinical responsibility for monitoring beneficiary treatment and clinical supervision to the team;

4. Actively collaborates with nurses to develop and implement medication administration policies and procedures as well as oversee the medical care of beneficiaries that include regular screenings for medical conditions and assessment of wellness and health management;

5. Educates non-medical team members on psychiatric & non-psychiatric medications, their side effects, & health-related conditions; provides diagnostic and medication education to beneficiary, with medication decisions based on shared-decision making;

6. Regularly participates in daily team meetings and treatment planning meetings; attends daily team meetings in proportion to time allocated on team;

7. Provides brief therapy (formal or informal); and

8. Provides psychiatric back-up to the program after-hours and weekends. (Note: may be on a rotating basis as long as other psychiatric care providers who share on-call have access to  beneficiary’s current status and medical records/current medications).

POSITIONS SUPERVISED: Any medical staff on the team, i.e. Nurse

LEVEL OF EDUCATION/TRAINING/QUALIFICATIONS: 

• ACT Team Psychiatrists must be board eligible or certified by the American Board of Psychiatry

• and Neurology and Licensed to practice in NC and meet the requirements as specified in NCAC 27G .0104.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Regularly walk, stand or stoop; occasionally lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects weighing up to 25 pounds; and regularly drives a motor vehicle.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Work is performed in an office or other environmentally controlled room; Work may expose Intake Coordinator to contagious or infectious diseases; Work may expose Intake Coordinator to dangerous and volatile situations; which could result in bodily injury.