Experience Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (Geriatrics) – Cape Cod

Olesky Associates; Wareham (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare staffing agency is seeking an experienced Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner to provide care for elderly patients in nursing homes. This role offers the opportunity to work independently within a dedicated clinical team, managing medication and ensuring continuity of care. Candidates should have experience in geriatric behavioral healthcare, with a focus on personalized treatment plans. Flexible scheduling is available, and psychiatrist supervision is provided. Competitive compensation package offered.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing continuity of care for elderly patients.
• Skill in evaluating and treating patients with mental health conditions.
• Ability to prescribe and manage medications.

Responsibilities

• Provide continuity of care for an established caseload of elderly patients.
• Evaluate and treat patients with behavioral/mental health conditions.
• Communicate changes in patient status promptly.

Skills

Experience in Geriatric Behavioral Healthcare

Ability to work with complex populations

Medication management

Job description

Experience Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (Geriatrics) – Cape Cod

Employment Type: Full-time

Overview

Olesky Associates, Inc. has been in the placement / recruiting industry for three decades.

We offer an extensive array of services, ranging from physician placement to practice and hospital brokering.

Our Search Consultants located in our home office in Massachusetts utilize a state-of-the-art computer network and database that allows instant access to all of the information necessary for mutually beneficial placements throughout the country.

This technology, combined with our personal attention and expert screening of each candidate, has made our agency extremely successful in the placement of all specialties, including:

• Family Practitioners
• OB/Gyns
• Hospitalist
• All medical specialties
• All surgical specialties
• LCSW / LICSW/ LMHC / BCBA

Experienced Nurse Practitioner with experience in Geriatric Behavioral Healthcare to work with a comprehensive, multi-faceted private psychiatric practice consisting of over thirty clinicians serving office, nursing home and hospital patients in the Metropolitan Boston area for more than 25 years

The staff consists of clinical nurse specialists, licensed social workers, nurse practitioners, psychologists, psychiatrists and licensed mental health counselors who supply quality, personalized behavioral health treatments to those who need it when recovering trauma, life changing events or addictions.

Responsibilities

The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner/Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist will provide continuity of care for an established caseload of elderly patients residing in Nursing Homes.

Skill in working with a complex population is required for this position. Position allows for independence and to serve as a key member of the clinical team. All clients are treated within the context of a treatment team.

Focus primarily on the population with identified or suspected behavioral/mental health conditions and “adopts” these patients to add psychiatric expertise to the medical management plan and mitigate any negative impact that behavioral conditions can have on patient overall health and well-being

Provide evaluation & treatment services for high functioning clientele. Prescribe and manage Medications. Offer appropriate services and communicate changes at first available opportunity if unable to reach and emergent situation

Flexible schedule available, Provider will oversee patients at 1-2 nursing homes with the same schedule (No running all over the place) No on call or weekend responsibilities included in position. Psychiatrist supervision provided

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.