Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Open Door Family Medical Center, Inc.; New York (NY); In loco; USD 120.000 - 160.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Open Door Family Medical Center, Inc. is seeking a Board-certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner to lead psychiatric and medical assessments within a multidisciplinary team in New York.

The NP will supervise nursing staff, coordinate care across neonatal to geriatric patients, and ensure compliance with NYS guidelines. You will prescribe medications, monitor treatment plans, and collaborate with the FACT team to address complex mental health needs while maintaining high-quality care and patient

Competenze

• Board-certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, licensed in New York State as a Registered Professional Nurse with experience in forensic psychiatric issues or working with justice-involved individuals.
• Proven ability to manage complex mental health conditions and provide both psychiatric and medical assessments.
• Experience in multidisciplinary team settings, with strong collaborative skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate both in writing and orally
• CPR Certification
• Ability to work with the electronic health record and computer

Mansioni

• Work collaboratively with the Clinical Coordinator to provide medical support to the FACT team.
• Comprehensive Clinical Treatment: manage psychiatric assessment, diagnosis, and ongoing medical treatment, including prescribing medications.
• Supervise the nursing team to ensure NYS guidelines compliance and review charts.
• Assess, plan, direct, and evaluate nursing care by patient age.
• Perform and record screening tests across all ages; administer medications and perform lab tests as ordered.
• Review medication lists and communicate patient status to the provider before visits.
• Maintain emergency equipment and oxygen; manage medical waste processes.
• Monitor dashboards, recall participants to address care gaps, and participate in pre-visit planning.

Conoscenze

Psychiatric care

Team collaboration

Clinical assessment

Communication skills

CPR Certification

Electronic health records

Forensic psychiatry experience

Formazione

Nurse Practitioner – Psychiatric (NY licensed)

Descrizione del lavoro

Performs nursing duties in accordance with NYS Education Practice Guidelines. The NP will supervise the nursing team to promote and restore

patient’s health as he/she provides, delegates, evaluates and coordinates comprehensive nursing care through the use of the nursing process for participants of all ages, gender, cultures, and background; provide physical and psycho-social support to participants and family members. The NP provides care to participants of neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric age groups. The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner will report to the designation above depending on the specific site assigned with indirect report to the Clinical Coordinator.

Duties and Responsibilities:

PATIENT CARE SERVICES

• Work collaboratively with the Clinical Coordinator to provide medical support to the FACT team.
• Comprehensive Clinical Treatment: The Nurse Practitioner will be responsible for the psychiatric assessment, diagnosis, and ongoing medical treatment of participants, including prescribing and managing medications.
• Supervise the nursing team to ensure that they are compliant with NYS Education Practice Guidelines, review charts, client care, etc.
• Assess, plans, directs, and evaluate nursing care as determined by the patient’s age

related physical, psychosocial, and cultural needs

• Performs and records screening tests (blood pressure, temperature, pulse, weight, EKG, vision, hearing) to participants of neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric age groups
• Administers medications, treatments, and intravenous solutions; perform lab/diagnostic testing and therapeutic procedures as per standing orders/ or written order by the clinician. Safely stores and maintains inventory of medications, immunizations in accordance with the CDC and NYS Vaccine Program
• Reviews medication patient’s medication list, communicates patient status, and needs to the provider prior to the patient visit for all participants, highlighting the chronic disease and high-risk participants
• Maintains emergency equipment and oxygen tanks
• Collects and performs CLIA laboratory procedures including but not limited to rapid strep test, urinalysis, pregnancy screening, hemoglobin A1C, and blood glucose monitoring pregnancy tests. Records and reports results appropriately, calibrates, instrument maintenances and cleans following manufacturer’s instructions. Completes appropriate paperwork or electronic documentation necessary.
• Performs monofilament diabetic foot assessment and records results
• Oversees the process for reconciliation of medical waste manifests

CARE COORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION

• Collaboration with Team: The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner will work closely with the Clinical Coordinator to ensure the overall treatment plan aligns with the participant's mental health and criminogenic needs.
• The NP collaborates with the team; delegates follow up of patient care to the RN and LPN by ensuring that laboratory reports, consultant reports and diagnostic reports, discharge and ER visits are up to date in the participants file before the next visit.
• Monitor’s the Relevant Dashboard and implements outreach process to recall participants to address care gaps; participates in pre-visit planning and daily team huddles
• Reinforces health education and counseling: including, general health maintenance; birth control; pregnancy, newborn, and pediatric care; nutrition; STD prevention and treatment; HIV testing and counseling; alcohol, drug, and domestic abuse awareness; and smoking cessation
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives as part of the practice care team

SUPPORTING ROLE

• Participates in training, orientation, competency assessment and education of new employees
• Communicates clearly, concisely, and accurately, creating a working climate that provides growth and job satisfaction of personnel. Demonstrates clinical competency
• Serves as a resource person to other staff in one’s own clinical expertise
• Maintains infection control and safety practices in accordance with CDC, OSHA Standards.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Board-certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, licensed in New York State as a Registered Professional Nurse with experience in forensic psychiatric issues or working with justice-involved individuals.
• Proven ability to manage complex mental health conditions and provide both psychiatric and medical assessments.
• Experience in multidisciplinary team settings, with strong collaborative skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate both in writing and orally
• CPR Certification
• Ability to work with the electronic health record and computer