Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

SUMMARY:Our associates deliver a higher standard of business services to support medical care and behavioral health care. We maintain professionalism, integrity, and commitment as we solve problems and make lives easier.ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.The Psychiatric Practitioner works with the treatment team to deliver care to patientsEvaluate, diagnose, and treat patients with mental, emotional, and behavioral disordersPatient population: Adults + Adolescents; dual diagnosis, mental health, substance abuseProvide follow up psychiatric care to individual case load: improve patient mental health outcomes, medication management, address comprehensive mental healthcare needsTeam-based integrated care: coordination with counselors to integrate psychiatry & counselingThematic focus on patient experience: optimizing for safety, patient satisfaction and access to careConduct psychiatric evaluations, develop treatment plans, and evaluate treatment resultsPerform problem-focused, individualized medical assessments within psychiatric parametersBe physically on-site at assigned correctional facility(s) on a regular basisExamine patients as needed. The expectation is that you stay on-site until all patients that need to be seen are seen.Prescribe medication (including narcotics) and treatment within your prescriptive authority, as appropriate in your professional medical judgement, and without regard to cost. When prescribing, you should be mindful of things such as, but not limited to, medication adverse reactions, medication interactions, substance abuse issues, mental health disorders, comorbidities, allergies, pain level, vital signs, contraindications, drug monitoring, etc. in the context of the individual patient. You should prescribe medication for the appropriate duration of time, as determined by your professional medical judgement.Review patient medical records, as appropriateSign off on orders, as appropriateComply with the correctional facility’s policies and procedures, unless doing so would be counter to common senseIf a determination is made that off-site care would be more appropriate for the patient, work with medical staff to send the patient off site or make appointments with the understanding that this can be overruled by the Sheriff/JailerEndeavor to attend a minimum of 1 ACH medical conference per yearAny and all other duties as assignedMust possess a current state license in the state in which services are to be provided (MD, DO, Nurse Practitioner, Physician’s Assistant, Psychiatry)Board CertifiedCurrent DEA registrationExperience in a primary care specialty, corrections, and/or managed health care deliveryMust be able to drive a motor vehicleBasic Life Support (BLS) certification; hands-on trainingBenefits (Benefits eligibility is determined by employment status):Referral program401(k) w/employer matchHealth insuranceVision insuranceDental insuranceProfessional DevelopmentPaid Time OffDisability Insurance #J-18808-Ljbffr