Psychiatry Nurse Practitioner

Full-time coverage needed in Iowa inpatient behavioral health unit (20-22 shifts/month) Travel, lodging, malpractice coverage, and rental car provided.
Start date: 08/03/2026
Rates: Competitive
Shift schedule:

• Call is 1:3 during the day (8a-5p); 1:4 call at night (5p-8a); one weekend per month
  
  
• Round on adults and adolescents (ages 8-17) on BH units (three units in the same location for a total of 36 beds - 28 adult; 8 adolescent) with one other APP and a psychiatrist.
• Call is 1:3 during the day (8a-5p) which consists of taking calls from the ED for admissions and seeing consults (average of 2 per day).

• Number of Physicians: 4
  
  
• APPs: 39
  
  
• 36 bed inpatient practice for patients 8+
  
  
• Supervising Physician present during assignment: Yes, Psychiatrists supervise and co-sign notes of APPs
  
  
• Nursing Support: 1:5 nursing ratio on unit
  
  
• Behavioral health techs: 1:13
  
  

• Level III Trauma designation
• Average number of patients per day: 10-15
• EMR: Cerner (moving to Epic)
  
  
• Clinic Daily Volume: ADC: 14 adults; 4 adolescents
  
  
• Average Daily Hospital Practice Census: 18
  
  
• Disorders Treated: Psychotic Disorders, Substance-Related Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Personality Disorders, Delirium, Dementia, and Cognitive Disorders, Life Cycle and Adjustment Disorders, Childhood Disorders that Persist into Adolescent and Adulthood, Somatoform and Factitious Disorders