Nurse Practitioner - Mental Health

Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Be legendary North Dakota

Huge hills appear around the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, home to approximately 8,500 Sioux people and spreading across the state line with a total of 2.3 million acres. Along with fantastic roadside views, connections to Sioux traditions, and the travels of Lewis and Clark, the main draw to the reservation is its namesake Standing Rock, which stands in the town of Fort Yates, along the riverfront near the tribal headquarters. In the correct angle of sunlight, the stone resembles a seated woman wearing a shawl. South of Fort Yates, the scenery and the driving (or riding) are magnificent. Flawless blacktop winds through valleys and up ambitious swooping hills of grazing land. You'll be confronted by one gorgeous landscape after another, especially at dusk, when the intense Western sun illuminates the bands of sunflower fields, turns the dry and grassy hills a reddish shade of ocher, and casts angular shadows beneath the darting sandpipers, who whisk their brown-and-white forms along the roadway, buzzing the lone care on the road in an extended game of highway tag. Explore more of the breathtaking area of Fort Yates here.

The closest airport to Fort Yates, North Dakota is approximately 3 hours away and is called the Bismarck Airport. The airport supports the following airlines: Allegiant, American Airlines, Delta, and United.

The Fort Yates Hospital, located near the Missouri River on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation at Fort Yates, North Dakota is a fully accredited 12-bed hospital staffed by Physicians and Nurse Practitioners. The hospital provides comprehensive primary care based on the Primary Care Medical Home model. The Emergency Department offers 24/7 care and is designated as a Level IV trauma center. Additional services include inpatient care, dental services, behavior health, optometry, nutritional counseling, and telehealth. The McLaughlin Health Center provides comprehensive primary care based on the Primary Care Medical Home model. Additional services include an outpatient clinic, dental services, behavioral health, nutritional counseling, and telehealth.

Fort Yates Outpatient Clinic, 10 Standing Rock Ave, Fort Yates, ND

McLaughlin Health Center, 701 6th Street East, McLaughlin, SD

Mental Health Nurse Practitioner - Responsibilities (listed are included but not limited to):

• The Mental Health Nurse Practitioner shall assess plans and provide comprehensive and therapeutic psychiatric care to patients and their families. Specifically, to provide specialized psychiatric services including clinical assessments and diagnosis to individuals with mental illness and prescribing medications and treatments.
• Will take a complete health and psychiatric history from the patient and/or family member. Will review medical history as recorded in patient's chart and consult with primary care physician as needed.
• The Mental Health Nurse Practitioner will order and interpret findings of relevant laboratory and diagnostic tests; will interpret test results and analyze all collected data, discriminates between normal and abnormal findings to identify all stages of serious physical, emotional or mental problems, and prioritize health care needs.
• Will perform mental status examinations, recognize the major categories of psychiatric disorders, provide diagnosis, determine the appropriate level of care, and document these findings clearly in the electronic health record daily using SOAP format, and in compliance with hospital policies and procedures, and consistent with professional standards of practice.
• Will formulate and implement a plan of care which may involve various treatment modalities, prescribing medications, consultation with other health care providers, and referrals. Identifies and manages both acute and chronic mental health and substance use disorders by established standards of medical care and approved clinical privileges.

Mental Health Nurse Practitioner - Requirements:

• Degree/Education: Master's or doctoral degree in nursing. Graduate from an academic program, within the nursing specialty field of study that is accredited by a regional or national nursing accrediting agency recognized by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), or the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).
• Certifications: Shall hold and maintain BLS and ACLS certification. Must be through the American Heart Association or client guidelines. Certified in the specialty as a Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), or the recognized national nursing certification organization for the specialty area of practice of psychiatry as appropriate.
• Experience: Must have at least 5 years' experience working in a mental health clinic.
• Board Certification: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner.
• Licensure: Maintain an active, valid, current, and unrestricted license (with no limitations, stipulations, or pending adverse actions) to practice nursing as a Nurse Practitioner from any state or territory of the United States or the District of Columbia.

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