Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner - PMHNP - Any State License

Psychiatric Nurse PractitionerWe are seeking a PMHNP/Psych NP to provide med management for Indian Health Services in Albuquerque, NM. Work Shift: 8 hours – usually 8:00am – 4:30pm, Monday through Friday, except all Federal Holidays.Contract Length: 5 years can be done in 3 month incrementsCompensation: 80-$100/hr but negotiable plus travel, housing, etc.Start Date: 10/01/2023Position DescriptionMajor Duties and Responsibilities:Evaluate, diagnose and manage outpatients with Psychiatric illnesses.Provide consultation in the clinic on a daily basis for patients from other service units and related clinics.Perform and assist with evaluation, diagnosis and treatment: If the patient has a mental health diagnosis requiring continued treatment, the provider/contractor must perform a full history and physical and present all treatment options to the patient. A careful explanation of risk and complications related to the treatment must be presented an informed consent must be obtained and documented by the provider if necessary.Perform necessary staff administrative tasks: The provider will provide clear documentation of all patient visits and treatments and provide the bill office in providing accurate diagnostic and procedural codes for each patient's chart.Schedule of deliverables or reporting requirements: All medical records are to be completed in an appropriate amount of time.Contractors shall provide direct outpatient psychiatric care/ services to pediatric, geriatric, adolescent and adult patients.Provide comprehensive therapeutic and preventative health services to individual patients, family members and patient groups in an outpatient setting; assess and diagnoses needs and sets up a plan of action to meet identified needs by providing health services to individuals and families.Applies medical professional skills in all phases of healthcare services within their scope of practice. Makes decisions concerning medical needs of patients with physicians and designated consultants; these decisions as well reflect a focus and regard on nursing care needs.Identifies and manages specific illnesses, identifies and manages preventive aspects of these same illnesses.RequirementsMust be a US citizen or green card holderMust possess and maintain a current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registration or certification as a Nurse Practitioner from a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.Evidence of certification for the specialty in which the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner will perform services.Full Time employment within the past 12 months; no less than 50% of time of Nurse Practitioner's clinical experience must have been in the specialty.BLSComfortability working with all agesNurse Practitioner will be responsible for making sure all charting is updated as required.Comfortability work with multicultural patients and interpreters as necessary for non-English speaking patients.