Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Needed for Locum Tenens Coverage at Outpatient Clinic in Johnston, Rh

Job Description

Job Description

This Job at a Glance

• Job Reference Id: ORD-219040-NP-RI
• Title: NP
• Dates Needed: ASAP - Ongoing
• Shift Type: Day Shift
• Assignment Type: Outpatient
• Call Required: No
• Board Certification Required: Yes
• Job Duration: Locums

This facility is one of Rhode Island's larger nonprofit behavioral health organizations and a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC). It is part of a larger affiliated health system and delivers comprehensive mental health, substance use, crisis, and recovery services for adults and families throughout the state. The facility maintains established clinical protocols to support continuity of outpatient psychiatric care within a community-oriented setting.

Johnston, Rhode Island offers a range of outdoor and leisure activities suited to diverse interests. The area features destinations such as Verde Vineyards, Johnston Memorial Park, Salisbury Farms, and Dame Farm, along with family-oriented attractions and local markets including The Hen House farmers market and Pezza Farm and Garden Center. Clinicians on assignment in Johnston will find accessible regional amenities and recreational opportunities throughout the surrounding area.

The psychiatric nurse practitioner will provide full-time outpatient psychiatric services for adult patients at a community behavioral health facility, working 40 hours per week during day shifts on-site. Clinical responsibilities include conducting initial psychiatric evaluations allocated at 1 hour per visit and providing medication management during follow-up appointments of 15-20 minutes. The clinician will manage general psychiatry cases for an adult patient population within an established outpatient care framework. Board certification and prescriptive authority are required for this assignment, and no call coverage is required.

• Case Load/PPD: Variable
• Patient Population: Adults
• Location Type: On-Site
• Prescriptive Authority Required: Yes
• Government: No
• Shift Hours: Full time (40 hours)
• Cases Treated: General psychiatry; adult outpatient psychiatric conditions
• Average Length of Stay: Not applicable
• Census: Not applicable
• Med Checks/Follow-up per day: 15-20 minutes per medication management follow-up visit
• Initial Evaluation Time: 1 hour per initial evaluation

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