Psychiatric APP (NP/PA) – Center for Healthy Aging / Geriatrics Per Diem

Beth Israel Lahey Health; Danvers (MA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 102,000; Full time

Job summary

Beth Israel Lahey Health’s Center for Healthy Aging seeks a per diem Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our dynamic team based mainly at the Lahey Outpatient Center in Danvers, with occasional coverage at Addison Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester.

The ideal candidate will have experience with aging and geriatric medicine, provide comprehensive geriatric psychiatric evaluations and psychopharmacology management, and collaborate closely with our LICSW team and geriatric

Qualifications

• Graduate of a Master's Program in Nursing.
• Physician Assistant program.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct geriatric patient mental health care services including comprehensive geriatric psych evaluations and psychopharm management.
• Diagnosis, treatment and medication management for treatment of patients with behavioral health issues and comorbid issues including dementia.
• Teaching patients and their caregivers how to manage illnesses and provide supportive care.
• Must be comfortable and enjoy working with behavioral health patients and the geriatric population and be a team player.
• Work closely with the LICSW team who do the initial behavioral health intakes and are often following patients in individual therapy.

Skills

Geriatric mental health

Psychiatric evaluations

Psychopharmacology management

Caregiver education

Team collaboration

Education

Master's in Nursing

PA program

Job description

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you're making a difference in people's lives.

Job Description:

The Center for Healthy Aging provides experienced compassionate care for seniors aged 65 and over. The Center is a multi-disciplinary, outpatient clinic providing both geriatric medicine consults and geriatric behavioral health.

The Center for Healthy Aging is searching for a per diem Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join our team, primarily based at the Lahey Outpatient Center in Danvers with coverage as needed at Addison Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester. The team includes a geriatrician, geriatric psychiatrist, adult psychiatrist, psychiatric nurse practitioners, social workers (LICSW), and clinical support team. The candidate will report to the medical director/ geriatric psychiatrist for clinical supervision; and will report to the Administrative Director for non-clinical issues. Ideal candidate has some experience with issues of aging and in geriatric medicine and geriatric syndromes including different forms of dementia.

What you will do:

• Provide direct geriatric patient mental health care services including comprehensive geriatric psych evaluations and psychopharm management.

• Diagnosis, treatment and medication management for treatment of patients with behavioral health issues and comorbid issues including dementia.

• Teaching patients and their caregivers how to manage illnesses and provide supportive care.

• Must be comfortable and enjoy working with behavioral health patients and the geriatric population and be a team player.

• Work closely with the LICSW team who do the initial behavioral health intakes and are often following patients in individual therapy.

Education:

• Graduate of a Master's Program in Nursing

• Physician Assistant program

Certification/License:

• Current NP or PA license in the state of Massachusetts

Schedule: Per Diem

Pay Range:

$54.70 - $74.40

The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

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