NURSE PRACTITIONER

Responsibilities Skywood Recovery Center is a residential treatment facility offering integrated treatment for addiction and mental health conditions. Skywood Recovery provides individual and group therapy, experiential therapy, equine and art therapy, and yoga. Located in Augusta, MI, the campus offers a restorative environment with opportunity to enjoy the outdoors. Essential Duties and Responsibilities Provides psychiatric evaluation and treatment services. Performs routine and psychiatric evaluations and psychopharmacologic treatment of patients at admission and ongoing, completing documentation of all evaluations and treatment visits on the day of the session and according to documentation requirements. Ensures timely meetings with patients and documentation of related notes. Practices according to industry standards for psychopharmacologic treatment. Communicates with attending physicians, psychiatrists, etc. regarding status and treatment of the patient. Participates in weekly staff and clinical meetings. After hour on-call schedule as needed. Current malpractice insurance required. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing. Considerable knowledge of contemporary treatment approaches to integrated care. Ability to demonstrate understanding of a variety of models and theories of addiction, MI, and related issues. Knowledge of philosophies, practices, policies and outcomes of models of treatment, recovery, relapse prevention, and continuing care for co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. Understanding of diverse cultures and gender specific issues and ability to incorporate needs of gender and culturally diverse groups into practice setting. Be in good standing with licensing board. Education and Experience Licensed NP with specialty in addiction medicine and/or psychiatry. Expertise treating patients with mental illness and chemical dependency. Board eligible or Board certified as a Nurse Practitioner. Benefits Challenging and rewarding work environment Career development opportunities within UHS and its Subsidiaries Competitive Compensation Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plan 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan Generous Paid Time Off Free Basic Life Insurance Equal Employment Opportunity All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success. #J-18808-Ljbffr Universal Health Services