Advanced Practice Provider: Psychiatry - Acute Inpatient Psychiatry Inpatient

Advanced Practice Provider - Acute Inpatient Psychiatry Inpatient 150497

Company Description

The Queen’s Health System is a non-profit healthcare organization with four hospitals, over 70 specialty health care locations, and labs throughout the Pacific region, including Hawai'i. With a rich history of serving the people of Hawai'i, Queen's is the state's largest employer, with over 10,000 caregivers, medical staff and leadership. Queen's is accredited by The Joint Commission and is the only hospital in Hawai'i to achieve Magnet status from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Our state-of-the-art facilities serve as the major referral center for cancer, cardiovascular disease, neuroscience, orthopedics, surgery, emergency medicine, behavioral health medicine, and is a major teaching hospital.

Kekela at The Queen’s Medical Center collaborates with families and community organizations to provide comprehensive psychiatric care to facilitate outcome and evidence-based treatment for patients in the most appropriate treatment setting.

Our program is designed to create a balance of personal time and structured activities in support of continuing growth and independence. The treatment program includes:

I. JOB SUMMARY/RESPONSIBILITIES:

o The APRN functions as an expert practitioner with educator consultant, researcher and leadership role components and functions autonomously and in collaboration with other healthcare professionals to enhance the quality of nursing practice and patient care.

o Provides health care that includes services to individuals and families, emphasizing health promotion, disease prevention, and diagnosis and management of acute and chronic diseases. Direct care services may include, but are not limited to, obtaining a patient history, providing a complete or focused physical examination, ordering, conducting and interpreting diagnostic and laboratory tests, performing procedures, patient and family education, and managing social, economic and ethical issues within the scope of a health care provider. Indirect patient care services may include, but are limited to setting standards for nursing practice and facilitating the professional practice of nursing care at the bedside.

o A PA is an individual who has been certified by the board to practice medicine with physician supervision. A PA may perform those duties and responsibilities delegated by the supervising physician.

o Under the supervision of a Physician, the PA functions as an expert practitioner. The PA provides health care that includes services to individuals and families, which includes health promotion, disease prevention, diagnosis and management of acute and chronic disease. Direct care services may include, but is not limited to, obtaining patient histories, providing a complete or focused physical examination, ordering, conducting, and interpreting diagnostic and laboratory tests, various diagnostic and/or therapeutic procedures; and performing procedures, etc., within scope of practice and licensure. The PA also provides patient and family education, and management of social, economic, and ethical issues within the scope of the health care provider.

II. TYPICAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

III. TYPICAL WORKING CONDITIONS:

IV. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

A. EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE:

o Adult Psychiatric & Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (APMHNP)

o Family Psychiatric & Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (FPMHNP)

o Psychiatric Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist (PMHCNS)

o Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)

o Adult Psychiatric-Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist (PMHCNS-BC)

B. EXPERIENCE:

Base salary begins at $161,262.00 to $184,970.00/year with opportunity for value based incentives.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Vet