Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner - Part Time

Advanced Correctional Healthcare; Camden (SC); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking healthcare provider dedicated to enhancing mental health services in correctional facilities. As a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, you'll evaluate and treat a diverse patient population, including adults and adolescents with mental health and substance abuse issues. This role emphasizes team-based integrated care, ensuring patients receive comprehensive support while optimizing their experience. With a commitment to professionalism and integrity, you'll play a crucial role in improving patient outcomes and satisfaction. If you're passionate about making a difference in the lives of others, this part-time opportunity offers a chance to contribute meaningfully in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Current state license in MD, DO, Nurse Practitioner, or PA.
• Experience in primary care or corrections.
• BLS certification required.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients with mental and behavioral disorders.
• Conduct psychiatric evaluations and develop treatment plans.
• Provide follow-up psychiatric care and medication management.

Skills

Psychiatric Evaluation

Medication Management

Patient Care Coordination

Mental Health Treatment

Substance Abuse Knowledge

Education

Graduate Degree

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Job Details

Job Location: Kershaw County Detention SC - Camden, SC

Position Type: Part Time

Education Level: Graduate Degree

Salary Range: $250.00 - $300.00 Hourly

Travel Percentage: None

Job Shift: Day

Job Category: Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant

Description

SUMMARY:

Our associates deliver a higher standard of business services to support medical care and behavioral health care. We maintain professionalism, integrity, and commitment as we solve problems and make lives easier.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• The Psychiatric Practitioner works with the treatment team to deliver care to patients.
• Evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients with mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders.
• Patient population: Adults + Adolescents; dual diagnosis, mental health, substance abuse.
• Provide follow-up psychiatric care to individual caseload: improve patient mental health outcomes, medication management, address comprehensive mental healthcare needs.
• Team-based integrated care: coordination with counselors to integrate psychiatry & counseling.
• Thematic focus on patient experience: optimizing for safety, patient satisfaction, and access to care.
• Conduct psychiatric evaluations, develop treatment plans, and evaluate treatment results.
• Perform problem-focused, individualized medical assessments within psychiatric parameters.
• Be physically on-site at assigned correctional facility(s) regularly.
• Examine patients as needed, staying on-site until all patients needing care are seen.
• Prescribe medication (including narcotics) and treatment within your prescriptive authority, mindful of adverse reactions, interactions, substance abuse issues, and other factors.
• Review patient medical records as appropriate.
• Sign off on orders as appropriate.

• Comply with the correctional facility’s policies and procedures unless doing so would be counter to common sense.
• If off-site care is more appropriate, work with medical staff to send the patient off-site or make appointments, understanding that this can be overruled by the Sheriff/Jailer.
• Attend a minimum of 1 ACH medical conference per year.
• Perform any other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Must possess a current state license in the state where services are provided (MD, DO, Nurse Practitioner, Physician’s Assistant, Psychiatry).
• Board Certified.
• Current DEA registration.
• Experience in primary care, corrections, or managed healthcare.
• Must be able to drive a motor vehicle.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification and hands-on training.

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