Psychiatric - Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Job Title: Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Location: Salem, OR 97301
Duration: 6 Months to long term
Schedule: Standard Shift( 8am -5pm)

Job Responsibilities:
• Act as the primary medical/clinical leader of the Interdisciplinary Treatment Team and provide psychiatric and medical care to patients under his/her care.
• Be responsible for the admission and discharge of patients to the unit assigned, psychiatric and physical examinations, formulation of diagnoses and treatment plans, and performing clinical treatments directly as well as monitoring clinic treatments performed by others.
• Specific duties include performing psychiatric, physical, and neurological examinations, writing orders for patient care, conducting meetings of the unit Treatment Team to prepare individual patient Treatment Plans and provide clinical advice and recommendations to service teams that implement them.
• Collaborate with the Unit Director to provide advice and recommendations to the Treatment Team in formulating and implementing plans for operation of the unit therapeutic environment and will provide direct Service to patients such as group and individual counselling.
• Specific duties include performing psychiatric, physical, and neurological examinations, writing orders for patient care, conducting meetings of the unit Treatment Team to prepare individual patient Treatment Plans and provide clinical advice and recommendations to service teams that implement them.
• Complete the medical record in accordance with requirements of policies and procedures, rules and regulations, and prepare correspondence communicating findings from patient.
• Serve on medical staff committees, participate in peer review, quality assurance, and utilization review activities, assist with training and continuing education to maintain qualifications to perform techniques of basic life support (CPR), and attend medical staff meetings.
• Document each completed consultation and evaluation on a form provided by Client.
• Practitioner shall include in each evaluation an opinion regarding the referred patients' ability to give informed consent to specific significant procedures including, but not limited to, psychoactive medications, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), invasive medical procedures, and HIV testing.

Required Documents:
• Active OR NP License .
• Active BLS/CPR.