Nurse Practitioner - Behavioral Health

NYC Health + Hospitals; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue is seeking a licensed Psychiatric NP to provide comprehensive psychiatric and mental health care in a high-volume urban setting. You will plan, coordinate, deliver and supervise patient care in collaboration with physicians and the health team.

Requires NYS RN license and NYSED Psychiatric NP certification, plus BLS. NP certification and advanced practice experience are highly preferred. Join a mission-driven team delivering quality care.

Qualifications

• Valid New York State RN license and NYSED registration.
• Current NYSED Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner certification.
• BLS certification from the American Heart Association.

Responsibilities

• Provide continuous psychiatric and mental health nursing care to patients and families.
• Coordinate care and collaborate with physicians and other health professionals.
• Educate patients and families about health status, treatment and medications.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate patient care plans and monitor outcomes.

Job description

Marketing Statement

NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue is America’s oldest public hospital, established in 1736. Affiliated with the NYU School of Medicine, the 844-bed hospital is a major referral center for highly complex cases, with its 6,000 employees including highly skilled, interdisciplinary clinical staff. It sees more than 110,000 emergency room visits and 700,000 outpatient visits annually. Bellevue is an academic medical institution of international renown. We have served as an incubator for major innovations in public health, medical science, and medical education. Bellevue is a Level I Trauma Center delivering around-the-clock care in adult, pediatric, psychiatric and pediatric psychiatric emergencies as well as in the nationally-designated categories of cardiology, neurology, toxicology, and neonatology. In addition to providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient state‑of‑the‑art care Bellevue is a city‑wide medical specialty referral source. Bellevue’s clinical centers of excellence include: Emergency Medicine and Trauma Care; Cardiovascular Services; Designated Regional Perinatal Center and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (ICU); Comprehensive Children’s Psychiatric Emergency Program; and Cancer Services.

Marketing Statement

NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue is America’s oldest public hospital, established in 1736. Affiliated with the NYU School of Medicine, the 844-bed hospital is a major referral center for highly complex cases, with its 6,000 employees including highly skilled, interdisciplinary clinical staff. It sees more than 110,000 emergency room visits and 700,000 outpatient visits annually. Bellevue is an academic medical institution of international renown. We have served as an incubator for major innovations in public health, medical science, and medical education. Bellevue is a Level I Trauma Center delivering around-the-clock care in adult, pediatric, psychiatric and pediatric psychiatric emergencies as well as in the nationally-designated categories of cardiology, neurology, toxicology, and neonatology. In addition to providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient state‑of‑the‑art care Bellevue is a city‑wide medical specialty referral source. Bellevue’s clinical centers of excellence include: Emergency Medicine and Trauma Care; Cardiovascular Services; Designated Regional Perinatal Center and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (ICU); Comprehensive Children’s Psychiatric Emergency Program; and Cancer Services.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Duties & Responsibilities

Purpose of Position

Under general supervision, serves as a licensed, independent practitioner responsible for planning, coordinating, delivering and managing comprehensive psychiatric and mental health care services in a health care setting. Ensures patient and family-centered quality care to improve outcomes and patient experience, in accordance with applicable NYC Health + Hospitals policies and procedures, state and federal rules and regulations and nursing standards of care.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Provides continuous comprehensive psychiatric and mental health nursing care, including preventive and supportive health care services to psychiatric patients and their families.
• Manages acute and chronic mental health problems and coordinates health care for psychiatric patient population. Identifies and diagnoses illnesses and physical conditions, and implements therapeutic and corrective measures.
• Consistent with the established nursing practice, differentiates between normal and abnormal findings in the screening process to detect changes in health status that require physician’s intervention.
• Develops and maintains partnerships with community-based organizations and makes referrals to consulting physicians and/or other health care professionals and community agencies, as necessary.
• Evaluates and interprets patient data, in order to plan and implement appropriate nursing interventions.
• Consults with physicians and other health care practitioners in the evaluation of health screening findings to make prospective decisions about treatment that will best support improved outcomes and patient satisfaction.
• Formulates differential diagnosis and the plan of care based on medical history, physical exams, nursing assessment and other pertinent information. Identifies health and medical risks and needs.
• Develops, implements, and evaluates patient plan of care. Determines effectiveness and modifies as per clinical standards and practice protocols, where needed, to achieve medical and health goals.
• Orders, conducts, and interprets diagnostic and laboratory tests. Identifies and may prescribe appropriate pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions and therapies.
• Manages a patient session schedule allowing for both scheduled and non-emergent unscheduled visits; maintains a work schedule that ensures availability and continuity of care; ensures optimal availability and utilization of appropriate resources.
• Provides education, guidance, and direction to psychiatric nursing staff and other appropriate members of the health care team to ensure quality and safe medical and nursing care is provided.
• Provides education and counseling to psychiatric patients and their families regarding health status, treatment and progress, medication management, disease prevention and health promotion, records and maintains a system of relevant documentation.
• Performs other related duties, as directed.

Minimum Qualifications

• A valid New York State license and current registration to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse issued by the New York State Department of Education (NYSED); and
• Current certification to practice as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner issued by the NYSED; and
• Holds, or obtains through facility orientation, a valid and current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) through the American Heart Association (AHA).

NP certification and advanced practice experience highly preferred.