PRN Nurse Practitioner (NP) - Weekends

Oceans Healthcare, L.L.C.; Reading (Berks County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Haven Behavioral Healthcare, an Oceans Healthcare Company, seeks a Nurse Practitioner to assess, diagnose, and treat patients within our behavioral health services. You will develop treatment plans, prescribe medications, order and interpret tests, educate patients, and maintain medical records in line with Joint Commission, Federal and State regulations.

The role emphasizes collaborative care, patient education, and adherence to performance standards across facilities, with opportunities to

Responsibilities

• Diagnosing, conducting, and prescribing medications for patients.
• Providing emergency services, physician, and psycho-social examinations as applicable.
• Developing treatment plans and managing patient care with proper evaluation.
• Consulting with patients and families with multiple and complex disorders; collaborating with primary healthcare providers.
• Performing invasive procedures.
• Educating patients on health promotion and disease prevention.
• Performing other duties as assigned.

Job description

Haven Behavioral Healthcare, an Oceans Healthcare Company, is a behavioral healthcare system providing high-quality, specialty behavioral health services for individuals with mental health and substance abuse issues. Our success is a reflection of the excellence and dedication of our employees at every level of our facilities. The culture of our hospitals is built around service. All jobs performed on our team are worthwhile and every employee makes a difference. If you are looking for an opportunity to grow personally and professionally while delivering compassionate, quality care we encourage you to explore career opportunities with Haven.

The Nurse Practitioner is responsible for assessing, diagnosing, and treating the needs of the patient. The Nurse Practitioner works collaboratively to formulate treatment plans, prescribe medications, order and interpret results from laboratory tests, provide patient education, prepare medical records and refer patients in accordance with Joint Commission, Federal and State regulations, Oceans’ Mission, policies and procedures and Performance Improvement Standards.

Essential Functions:

• 1. Diagnosing, conducting, and prescribing medications for patients.
• 2. Responsible for providing emergency services, physician, and psycho-social examinations of their patients if applicable
• 3. Developing appropriate treatment plan and providing effective management of patient care with proper evaluation.
• 4. Consulting with patients and families having multiple and complex disorders; and working in a collaborative and integrative role with primary healthcare providers.
• 5. Performing invasive procedures.
• 6. Educating patients on positive health promoting lifestyle choices and diseases, injury and illness prevention.
• 7. Perform other duties as assigned.