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SALT LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PT) in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah
Provide Primary Mental Health Care to students, faculty, and staff in a multi-campus, integrative, college healthcare setting. Assess and diagnose mental health problems, for example: depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, substance abuse, loss, grief, adjustment issues, and difficulty coping. Treat with full scope of therapeutic skills including prescribing, psychotherapy, and refer when necessary. This is a part-time position averaging 15-20 hours a week or 2 shifts/week. Maximum of 125 hours/month. Exact shifts to be determined between employee and clinic manager prior to start date.
The Center for Health and Counseling (CHC) at Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) is an integrated student health center. The CHC provides primary health, mental health, and health promotion services for SLCC's diverse adult student population. Our purpose is to promote healthy bodies, minds, and lives for both personal and academic achievement. Fulfilling this purpose requires a collaborative culture of excellence, leadership, and respect.
- Assess, diagnose and treat students with a focus on mental health promotion, wellness and disease prevention.
- Assist patients to address underlying issues, encouraging participation in their treatment plan and emphasize patient education while respecting individual and cultural diversity.
- Provide skilled crisis intervention and outreach.
- Enter and chart information into the electronic medical records system.
- Provide electronic media literacy.
- Document all scheduled visits and interactions with patients.
- Participate and coordinate duties and tasks with other Center for Health and Counseling staff including medical assistants, counselors, health educators, massage therapists and clerical staff to ensure low-cost, accessible, holistic health/wellness care.
- Advocate and maintain quality health care by individually meeting or exceeding OSHA, CLIA, HIPAA, GRAMA, FERPA and occupational health standards as well as participate in other quality improvement programs.
- Other duties as assigned.