Job Description
The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner is responsible for proving psychiatric assessments and ongoing treatment to all clients. Maintains open communication lines with Executive Director, Medical Director, Director of Nursing, facility staff, attending clinicians, clients and families. Liaisons with community agencies, vendors, and payor of health services.
Essential Job Functions:
- Under the direction of the Medical Director and or acting as the Medical Director, provides psychiatric assessments, ongoing medication monitoring and discharge assessments of all clients.
- Assists in the coordination and integration of medical/nursing services with other client care services to ensure continuity of care for each client.
- Participating in team conferences with the multidisciplinary team and the client care committee (if the facility chooses to establish a client care committee).
- Attends and participates in all "in-service" functions.
- Assists with emergency situations and make immediate referrals.
- Effectively communicates concerns about client health to the Medical Director/Director of Nursing and follows up as necessary.
- Facilitates medication education for new clients and for all other clients starting new medications.
- Meets with therapists to provide information about client psychiatric/medical problems.
- Assists the treatment team in incorporating medical issues into treatment planning.
- Participate in regular department meetings and staff meetings.
- Maintains effective communication between outside medical services and the facility.
- Provides prompt on-call telephone coverage when needed/scheduled
- Will be responsive and available to nursing for any medical, psychiatric or detox orders for both emergent cases and admissions during on-call hours.
- Works closely with the Medical Director and Nursing Director ensuing all relevant protocols are followed.
Qualifications
- Graduate from an accredited/approved Registered Nursing program nurse
- Licensed as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner and Registered Nurse, maintains current licensure per state requirements. Maintains current CPR.
- A minimum of one year's experience as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner in a program dealing with the management of addictions or behavioral health issues, preferred.
- Knowledge of Joint Commission Standards.
- Demonstrates Proficiency in Communication; Written skills.
- Experience managing a staff.
Additional Information
We are proud to be an EEO employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
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Discovery Behavioral Health seeks to build a diverse staff that is reflective of the patients we serve and the communities where we work. DBH encourages multiple perspectives, experiences, and strives to hire and retain a diverse workforce.