Protocol Behavioral Health
Consulting Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
United States · Contract
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 26 days ago
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About the role
- The Consulting Psychiatric NP/PA will work within Protocol's Collaborative Care Model (CoCM), supporting behavioral health care managers (BHCMs) in their treatment of oncology patients.
Responsibilities
- Support the consulting psychiatrist in evaluating treatment plans and contributing to medication recommendations for oncology patients with psychiatric co-occurring conditions.
- Maintain working knowledge of interactions between psychiatric medications and common oncology treatments, under the guidance of the supervising psychiatrist.
- Communicate treatment support and care coordination to oncology teams in alignment with Protocol's clinical standards.
- Maintain licensure in home state and obtain licensure in other states as requested by Protocol (licensure costs for licenses requested by Protocol will be covered).
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Experience supporting patients with suicidal ideation and/or trauma.
- Comfort treating co-occurring psychiatric conditions including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, adjustment disorders, and ADHD in a medically complex population.
- Ability to practice collaboratively within a supervised care model, with openness to clinical oversight and team-based decision making.
- Strong communication skills and ability to respond to patient and team messages in a timely manner.
- Participate in initial and ongoing training required by Protocol.
- An active, unrestricted license in at least one US state as one of the following, with preference for New York licensure:
- Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC), or
- Physician Assistant (PA-C) with demonstrated psychiatric training, experience, or certification (e.g., CAQ-Psychiatry or equivalent)
- Ability to support a caseload of patients of different diagnoses, backgrounds and cultures, and with varying degrees of acuity.
- Experience with patients in oncology and/or chronic or serious medical illness settings.
- This role is a contract role. Total hours per week and working days/hours will be discussed individually to meet patient and team needs for Protocol's partnerships with cancer centers.
Benefits
- Protocol provides cancer-specific behavioral health treatment to patients by partnering with oncology clinics and cancer centers.
- Oncology patients are at heightened risk of mental health disorders and suicide, and those conditions negatively impact patient outcomes, treatment adherence, and total cost of care.
- Join weekly consultation meetings with behavioral health care managers reviewing the Collaborative Care Model patient registry.
- Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team including behavioral health care managers, oncology providers, and outside psychiatric providers as needed.
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