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Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
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What they do
A Psychiatry Nurse Practitioner provides mental health and nursing care to patients with psychiatric disorders, medical organic brain disorders or substance abuse problems. Diagnoses mental illness, develops treatment plans and prescribes medications. Teaches patient's family about the patient's condition. Works at hospitals with dedicated mental health unit, fully dedicated psychiatric hospital or in independent practice working from nursing homes and physicians' offices.
$133,131 / year median in Michigan
+15% projected growth
Job Description
SIGN ON BONUS OF
$1,000 OFFERED- Benefits
- Employee will be furnished with reception staff, a comfortable room for practice
- including furniture and other decorations, liability insurance, billing and coding supervision, billing services, enrollment, participation and credentialing with major insurance companies, intakes and referrals to fill practice, and other requirements as needed to practice.
THIS IS A TURN KEY PRACTICE
- We can fill a full time caseload in less than 2 weeks
NO WAITING MONTHS TO BE AT FULL INCOME POTENTIAL
- W-2 Employment
- no worries about paying your own taxes and pay 9.
LESS TAX
over a contractual position. Keep more of your hard earned money in your pocket. 1099Employment Options Benefits:
Flexible scheduling!PART TIME ROLE!
Qualifications and Skills- Candidate must meet best practices and benchmarks for continued treatment and revenue production for nurse practitioners in our geographic area.
- Must have computer skills competent enough to complete electronic medical records and treatment plans.
- Candidate must have excellent clinical skills and be able to treat all DSM 5 mental health disorders in a manner consistent with ethical and proven therapy and medical techniques.
Schedule:
Monday toFriday Education:
Degree in Advanced Practice Nursing in a course of study from an accredited college or university that allows for prescriptive privileges upon obtaining appropriate licensure.Experience:
Clinical experience preferred Psychiatric experience preferredLicenses/Certifications:
- Must be currently licensed by the appropriate state licensing board to practice as an Advanced Practice Nurse.
- Certification as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner in the state of practice required.
- Must maintain CPR certification, and any other certifications (such as First Aid) required by contract.
- Maintains continuing education requirements for continued medical practice in the State.
Duties:
- Reports to assigned facility at designated hour to examine referred patients.
- Conducts on-site psychiatric medication review clinics and referral clinics
- Ensures progress note and treatment plan documentation is in specified format, problem oriented, corresponds to the therapeutic order and is legible.
- Ensures all documentation is dated, timed, legible, problem oriented and signed.
- Adheres to the established formulary for therapeutic regimens before using non-formulary procedure.
- Utilize available in-house resource personnel for treatment of resolution of identified problems before using off-site referral, if possible.
- Provides emergency treatment on-site and responds appropriately in urgent or emergency situations.
- Supports standards of psychiatric care through adherence to existing policies and procedures
- Assumes responsibility and accountability for his/her individual judgments and actions.
- Reports any doubts or questions regarding the lack of appropriate referrals, nursing, or medical intervention necessary for the realization of established patient goals
- Prescribes a planned regimen of total patient care, which is adequate, problem-oriented, and appropriate to the needs of the patient.
- Keeps patient information confidential and respects patient's rights to privacy, in accordance with accepted confidentiality practices for incarcerated individuals.
- Must be able to apply principles of critical thinking to a variety of practical and emergent situations and accurately follow standardized procedures that may call for deviations.
- Must be able to apply sound judgment beyond a specific set of instructions and apply knowledge to different factual situations.
EOE/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disability Employer Pay:
$120,000.00- $160,000.