Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner - Part-time - Downers Grove

Meadows of Wickenburg; Chicago (IL); Presencial; USD 85 000 - 121 000; Tempo parcial

Resumo da oferta

Meadows of Wickenburg is seeking a Part-Time Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner to provide psychiatric services at MBH Outpatient Center Chicago - Downers Grove, IL. The role involves comprehensive evaluations, medication management, and collaboration with the treatment team to optimize patient care.

Responsibilities include completing psychiatric evaluations within 72 hours of admission, documenting in progress notes within 24 hours, and participating in team meetings to guide treatment decisions.

Qualificações

• Graduation from an approved Nurse Practitioner Program.
• Licensed with the Arizona Board of Nursing.
• Must have a DEA number.
• CPR and CPI certified.
• Three years experience in chemical dependency or eating disorders preferred.
• Two years experience with patient population served required.
• Meets active staff credentialing.

Responsabilidades

• Completes a Psychiatric Evaluation on all assigned patients within 72 hours of admission (including submitting dictation / documentation).
• Prescribe medication appropriate to the patient within the policies and practices of the Company.
• Attends treatment team meetings and provides consultation regarding medications and psychiatric issues.
• Communicate risks, benefits and side effects of psychiatric medication to patients and documents such education in the progress notes.
• Takes call Monday through Friday for psychiatric issues involving assigned patients.
• Takes weekend call for all patients in accordance with the current call schedule.

Conhecimentos

CPR CPI certified

DEA number

Formação académica

Nurse Practitioner program

Arizona Board of Nursing license

Two years experience with patient population served

Three years experience in chemical dependency or eating disorders preferred

Meets active staff credentialing

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Job Details: Job Location: MBH Outpatient Center Chicago - Downers Grove, IL 60515, Position Type: Part Time, Salary Range: $75.00 - $75.00 Hourly, Job Category: Health Care, As the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner you will provide psychiatric services to assigned patients. Provide quality patient care in a supportive and empathetic manner to ensure a safe environment. Comfortable with ages served per program needs.

Essential Duties

• Completes a Psychiatric Evaluation on all assigned patients within 72 hours of admission (including submitting dictation / documentation).
• Evaluate patients clinical and medical appropriateness for transfer and /or discharge.
• Completes psychiatric assessment and mental status assessments of patients as requested.
• Documents all meetings with patients in process notes within 24 hours of meeting.
• Completes all documentation, maintaining compliance with the Companys policies and procedures.
• Consults with patients in support and interpretation of the treatment plan and treatment team decisions.
• Prescribe medication appropriate to the patient within the policies and practices of the Company.
• Works with the treatment team to minimize the use of psychotropic medication with a focus on removing patients from controlled or addictive medication if clinically appropriate.
• Reviews all non-psychiatric medical orders and prescriptions and consults with prescribers as required.
• Communicate risks, benefits and side effects of psychiatric medication to patients and documents such education in the progress notes.
• Attends treatment team meetings and provides consultation regarding medications and psychiatric issues.
• Determines a psychiatric diagnosis per DSM-V or subsequent publication and documents the diagnosis in the patients medical record within 24 hours of admission.
• Clarifies diagnosis on an on-going basis, specifically addressing rule outs and other diagnosis in treatment team meetings.
• Takes call Monday through Friday for psychiatric issues involving assigned patients.
• Takes weekend call for all patients in accordance with the current call schedule.
• May provide emergency psychiatric consultation by telephone seven days per week, twenty-four hours per day, except during periods of scheduled time off.
• Responds to calls promptly and appropriately.
• May complete insurance appeal letters in coordination with Patient Finance.
• May conduct Doc-to-Doc reviews with insurance representatives in accordance with the insurance companys timeline requirements.
• Works with Medical Records on Return to Work forms and letters, disability forms and letters and FMLA paperwork for assigned patients.
• Ability to converse in English with others to give, take and process information; extensive use of telephone.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of information, multi-task, coordinate projects and record/transcribe general and specific meeting minutes.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Communicate with other staff to relay concerns and observations involving patient safety

Qualifications

• Graduation from an approved Nurse Practitioner Program
• Licensed with the Arizona Board of Nursing
• Must have a DEA number.
• CPR and CPI certified.
• Three years experience in chemical dependency or eating disorders preferred.
• Two years experience with patient population served required.
• Meets active staff credentialing.