Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant (PRN/Pool)

Connections Health Solutions; Harrisburg (Dauphin County); On-site; USD 98,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Commitment bonus

Shift differentials

Job summary

Connections Health Solutions is a leading provider of immediate-access behavioral health crisis care, combining medical and recovery oriented treatment to stabilize individuals in crisis and connect them to community based resources for ongoing recovery.

Responsibilities include direct clinical services, assessments, treatment planning, medication management, and discharge planning within the crisis setting, with documentation in the medical record and collaboration with the care team.

Qualifications

• Unrestricted NP license in PMHNP with Master’s level certification.
• PA license valid in state of employment with national certifications.
• Unrestricted DEA license; ability to order labs and prescribe.

Responsibilities

• Direct, coordinate, and provide medical/clinical services to individuals in crisis within the facility.
• Perform psychiatric evaluations, risk assessments, treatment planning, and discharge planning.
• Document progress in clinical records, including orders and progress notes.
• Oversee medication education and consent; coordinate with outpatient providers as needed.
• Collaborate with the clinical team and participate in required medical leadership meetings.

Skills

Crisis intervention

Psychiatric evaluation

Medication management

Clinical documentation

Education

PMHNP Master’s

PA license

DEA license

Job description

We're not just behavioral health people - we're crisis people.

Connections Health Solutions is a leading provider of immediate-access behavioral health crisis care, combining medical and recovery oriented treatment to stabilize individuals in crisis and connect them to community based resources for ongoing recovery.

Benefits

• Eligible for $10,000 Commitment bonus for Full Time
• Shift Differentials:
  • $4.50/hr - Monday-Thursday Nights
  • $9.00/hr - Friday-Sunday Nights
  • $4.50/hr - Saturday-Sunday Days

Responsibilities

• Direct, coordinate, and provide medical/clinical services to specified individuals within the facility, including intervention, psychiatric evaluation, assessment, differential diagnosis, treatment planning, medication management, engagement, family meetings, supportive psychotherapy, individual education, risk assessment, and discharge planning.
• Serve as attending clinician to specified individuals; complete initial psychiatric assessments, crisis interventions, family interventions, focused crisis diagnostic assessments, assessments of capacity for consent to treatment, risk assessments, individual education, progress toward treatment goals, and discharge planning.
• Document individual's progress in the clinical record including admission orders, progress notes, and discharge orders.
• Oversee delivery of medication education and consent, according to established policy.
• Order laboratory tests according to standards of clinical practice and review the health assessment completed by nursing staff, obtain a past and current medical history, and conduct a focused physical examination as indicated, according to established guidelines.
• Initiate contact with Primary Care Physicians and Emergency Room clinicians as per established guidelines.
• Assess individual's needs and guide the clinical team while managing treatment plan updates, and initiating contact with Outpatient Behavioral Health Providers as per guidelines.
• Review and utilize all available documents from the crisis clinical team.
• Provide necessary information to clinical team regarding inpatient utilization and utilize appropriate medication based on best practices.
• Collaborate with other personnel to ensure each treatment modality is appropriate for the individual, and work with outside psychiatric providers in crisis and inpatient services.
• Work with the community to review involuntary petitions, assess involuntary patients, and coordinate with the legal system to follow established guidelines for involuntary evaluation and treatment.
• Participate in medical staff meetings including regional and quarterly meetings; participate in all required meetings, and any meeting as requested by Medical Leadership.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• NP: Unrestricted Registered Nursing license in the State, completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program with a Master's level certification in Psychiatric Mental Health (PMHNP)
• PA: Completion of an accredited Physician Assistant program
• Licensed in State of employment and National Certifications
• At least 3 years of experience in the delivery of crisis mental health and/or family health treatment to children, adolescents, and/or adults
• Unrestricted DEA license
• Must pass Pennsylvania background checks:
  • Child Abuse Clearance
  • FBI Criminal Background Check
  • Pennsylvania State Police Criminal Record Check
• All successful applicants must be fully vaccinated, inclu