Company description:
Based on over forty combined years in healthcare, Silver Lining’s founders created Silver Lining Behavioral Health with a vision to blend mental health and healthcare. Our clinical team is skilled in providing psychotherapy services. Our clinicians can liaise between patients’ healthcare providers, families, and other multidisciplinary healthcare professionals as needed. As a team, Silver Lining Behavioral Health staff also serves as a resource for community services and healthcare navigation.
We take care of you so you can take care of your clients. Partnering with Silver Lining empowers you to determine your work-life balance. Let Silver Lining Behavioral Health take on administrative and daunting tasks such as marketing, insurance pre-certifications, technology, and billing so that you can focus on your clients.
Partnering with Silver Lining Care
· Focus on Therapy – Let us handle the operations as you do what you do best: therapy. Silver Lining Care staff will process insurances, work with referral and payer sources, and take all business expenses.
· Autonomy – Control your own schedule. Work when it is comfortable for you.
· Credentialing – Free credentialing with insurance panels for qualified clinicians.
· Network with other Mental Health and Healthcare Professionals.
· Reliable Income – Thousands of people are looking for counseling services daily. Silver Lining Care can be your primary source of income or a supplement to your existing career.
· Become a healthcare recruiter – Earn additional income by referring clinicians to our Silver Lining Care family.
· Supervision for non-licensed professionals and exam preparation assistance are available.
Position Summary:
The Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) will provide outpatient psychiatric evaluation and medication management services at Silver Lining Behavioral Health.
The PMHNP will work in coordination with Silver Lining’s outpatient counseling services to provide psychiatric services to adult and youth clients with behavioral health issues. This position will be supervised externally by a psychiatrist with whom there is a Collaborative Practice Agreement established upon hire.
Services may include a combination of office- based and telehealth to serve clients at remote locations.
The PMHNP will work in collaboration with the office manager to coordinate client care, assist with insurance pre-authorization, and caseload management.
Job Requirements and Qualifications:
Minimum Required Education:
· Master’s or Doctorate Degree in Nursing with focus on Psychiatric nursing
· Graduation from a state-certified advanced practice program specializing in psychiatry/mental health
Minimum Required Experience:
· At least 1-2 years providing direct client care to persons receiving treatment for psychiatric disorders
· Ability to work with both adult and youth/child populations
Preferred Experience:
· 2+ years of experience as a psychiatric provider
· Experience in telemedicine
Licenses/Certifications:
· Must be certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) in Psychiatric Mental Health (PMH)
as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)
· An unrestricted license to practice as an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) in the state of
Illinois
· Must have a valid DEA number and unrestricted DEA license in Illinois.
· A state-issued Controlled Substance Registration (CSR) in Illinois
· No suspension/exclusion/debarment from participation in federal health care programs (e.g. Medicare,
Medicaid, SCHIP)
· Maintain credentials and licensure with all major insurance companies and licensing boards with the
assistance of Silver Lining credentialing staff.
Other Skills Required:
· Experience in delivering high-quality, client-centered care
· Able to document and navigate EHR independently
· Ability to maintain strict client confidentiality
· Ability to effectively communicate and interact with individuals involved in all aspects of programming –
children, parents, school faculty and staff, grantors, funders, partner agencies, members of the
community and Silver Lining team members
· Proficient computer skills, including working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
· Ability to work effectively on a multidisciplinary team
· Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general and professional documents. Ability to
write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and
small group situations
· Must possess the ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action
· Ability to foster teamwork; train and direct the work of team members and colleagues
· Excellent organizational skills, including the ability to work productively and make independent
Working Conditions / Environment:
? 1099 contractual employee.
? Flexibility in setting work schedule
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
· Responsible for providing psychiatric services to clients in a variety of clinical settings. Services include outpatient psychiatric evaluations and medication management.
· Assess, diagnose, and treat adults, adolescents, and children experiencing symptoms of behavioral
health disorders.
· Prescribe, recommend, or discontinue drugs and treatments to treat mental, emotional, or behavioral
disorders in accordance with the Collaborative Practice Agreement and the state’s Nurse Practice Act.
· Collaborate with counselors, social workers, or other treatment team members to coordinate client care.
· Responsible for timely and accurate completion of medical records, including assessment, treatment plan,
progress notes, outcome measures, and billing entries.
· Counsel clients during appointments, as necessary.
· Design/participate in the development of individualized treatment plans, incorporating best and leading
practices into treatment interventions.
· Collaborate with guardians, relatives, and significant others on client’s conditions and treatment when
clinically appropriate.
· Prepare and submit assessments, progress notes, reports, and summaries to entities/agencies (funders,
insurance companies, etc.) as required.
· Return calls and emails promptly (within 24 hours of receipt or sooner if clinically necessary)
· Responsible for making independent decisions based on protocols developed utilizing national guidelines
for treatment interventions.
· Responsible for maintaining customer relations with all agency staff and clients.
· Maintain medical records and submit at least to the supervising Psychiatrist for
review in accordance with the Collaborative Practice Agreement.
· Records all services performed for accurate billing for services provided in compliance with all local, state
and federal laws, as well as payor rules and regulations. Submits billing documents in a timely fashion.
· Looks for ways to improve and promote quality. Provides teaching and education to clinical staff, if
requested.
· Follow all procedures and protocols as per Silver Lining’s policy, federal and state regulations, standard
practice, and in accordance with the Collaborative Practice Agreement.
Job Type: Contract
Work Location: Remote
