Oncology-focused mental health support to improve patient outcomes and enhance practice efficiency.
Consulting Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant
Location
New York
Posted
1 day ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Consulting Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant
Protocol Behavioral Health
• Join weekly consultation meetings with behavioral health care managers reviewing the Collaborative Care Model patient registry. • Support the consulting psychiatrist in evaluating treatment plans and contributing to medication recommendations for oncology patients with psychiatric co-occurring conditions. • Provide direct psychiatric evaluation and treatment, including prescribing psychiatric medications, when indicated and within scope of practice. • 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. • Evaluate psychiatric risk in the context of oncology care, including suicidal ideation, trauma responses, and the psychiatric impact of cancer diagnoses and treatment. • Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team including behavioral health care managers, oncology providers, and outside psychiatric providers as needed. • Participate in initial and ongoing training required by Protocol. • Engage in ongoing supervision and department meetings as needed. • 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.
Job Requirements
- 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.
- 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.
Benefits
- Licensure costs for licenses requested by Protocol will be covered.
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