Position: Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)

Overview

PRN Position, flat rate of 95 per hour. Minimum 4 shifts per month.

How you ll make a difference: The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (Psych NP) provides psychiatric consultation, diagnostic, and treatment services to patients, including medication management and crisis intervention services, while adhering to established policy and procedure and state guidelines. They maintain documentation required by state or facility guidelines to demonstrate compliance with supervision requirements.

Responsibilities

•Conducts comprehensive patient assessments, develops plans of care, and evaluates effectiveness of interventions, including medication management and crisis intervention services.

•Maintains thorough documentation in compliance with organization policies and procedures, state guidelines, and best practices, including medication education, seclusion/restraint use, infection control, and risk management.

•Provides individualized care sensitive to the age and developmental needs of each patient, and participates in on-call schedules and mandatory committees as required.

•Adheres to established formularies for therapeutic regimens and utilizes established procedures for admission, transfer, and specialty consultant referrals.

•Assumes responsibility and accountability for individual judgments and actions, while supporting standards of psychiatric care and providing input into committees and meetings as requested.

Requirements

Education:

•Graduation from an accredited nurse practitioner program.

Experience:

•Two (2) years of experience as a Nurse Practitioner. Psychiatric experience preferred and/or experience in a residential healthcare institution.

Licenses/Certifications:

•Certification as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner in the state of practice highly desired.

•Must maintain CPR certification, and any other certifications (such as First Aid) required by contract.

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Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner; PMHNP

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