Nurse Practitioner

Safe Harbor Recovery; Portsmouth (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Safe Harbor Recovery Center in Portsmouth, Virginia, seeks an experienced Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner to provide general medical care under physician oversight. Walk-in rounds, prescribing medications, and clinical assessments are core duties in this onsite role with potential telehealth by mutual agreement.

The ARNP will collaborate with medical staff, participate in treatment planning, and ensure quality care within licensure guidelines while supporting health promotion and disease

Qualifications

• RN with client population experience is required.
• MSN and state RN licensure must be current.
• Experience prescribing basic psychotropic medications in primary care.
• Clinical experience with facility population and therapeutic boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Gathers history and physical data with client and health care team.
• Assesses client needs and formulates care plans.
• Provides screening and medication management.
• Participates in Master Treatment Plan development and family involvement.
• Provides education to clients about medical needs and medications.
• Dx and treat acute, episodic, or chronic illnesses in collaboration with physicians.
• Documents assessments and interventions per facility guidelines.
• On-call duties as scheduled and participate in program operations.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Patient care

Crisis management

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Prescribing medications

Documentation

Education

Master of Science of Nursing

Job description

Nurse Practitioner | Safe Harbor Recovery Center | Portsmouth, Virginia

About the Job: PURPOSE STATEMENT: The Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner is responsible for providing general medical care and treatment to clients, under the direction of physician. Performs history, physical examinations, and preventive health measures on assigned clients; provides consultation and liaison throughout the facility; performs daily rounds on clients as directed by supervising physician; prescribes medications; and provides clinical assessments and diagnosis. Works collaboratively with the medical/clinical staff under the guidelines of state licensure for Nurse Practitioners. This position is onsite at the facility but may include some telehealth work to be determined by mutual agreement with the CEO.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Gathers, develops, and evaluates age-appropriate history and physical (H&P) client data in collaboration with client, family and health care team for physician's use in treating clients.
• Assesses and reassess physical, psychosocial and cultural needs of clients and formulates measures to meet client needs.
• Provides screening and medication management to clients served.
• Establishes priorities in planning and organizing client care based on H&P assessment.
• Participates in the formulation of client Master Treatment Plan, Encourages family involvement in client care.
• Responds to identified client and family educational needs.
• Assists in client teaching as it relates to managing medical needs or medication education.
• Diagnoses and treats acute, episodic, or chronic illness, independently or as part of a healthcare team.
• Assists the physician with the clinical operation of the program; Documents pertinent data including assessment, interventions, and evaluations.
• Charts clinical observation (direct or through dictation), evaluations and treatment of clients in required time according to facility guidelines.
• Collaborates with physicians and other staff on establishing realistic outcome goals as needed.
• Implements appropriate health care interventions as needed, using appropriate guidelines of Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) prescriptive practice.
• Reviews medical reports released under the name of the Facility for assigned clients.
• Provides guidance to the clinical staff working with assigned clients to ensure that quality of care is provided.
• Prepares discharge summaries for physician review.
• Under physician collaborative practice agreement as a Family Nurse Practitioner with prescriptive privileges, will call permissible medication to pharmacies.
• Provides on-call responsibilities on scheduled basis directed by medical staff.
• Focuses on health promotion and disease prevention.
• May order, perform or interpret diagnostic tests such as lab work and x-rays.
• May prescribe medication.

Education/Experience/Skill Requirements

• Master of Science of Nursing degree from an accredited school of nursing required.
• One or more years' experience as an RN with the client population of the facility line of business required.
• Experience in prescribing basic psychotropic medications that would ordinarily be managed in a primary care setting.
• Clinical experience working with the client population of the facility.
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge of concepts of limit setting, therapeutic boundaries, crisis management, therapeutic treatment, environment, and client care required.

Licenses/Designations/Certifications

• Current Nurse Practitioner license required, per state regulations/requirements, may also require a current DEA license.
• CPR certification and de-escalation training required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
• First aid may be required based on state or facility requirements.

Supervisory Requirements

This position is an Individual Contributor.

Why Safe Harbor Recovery Center

• Safe Harbor Recovery Center offers a comprehensive benefit plan and a competitive salary commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Safe Harbor Recovery Center is an EOE.

Summit BHC is dedicated to serving Veterans with specialized programming at our treatment centers across the country.

We recognize and value the unique strengths of the military community in supporting our mission to serve those who have served.