Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner-PMHNPJob CategoryProfessional
ScheduleFull time
Shift2 - Mid Shift
Hours for this role are 12:00 noon-8:30pm, Monday-Friday
SUMMARY:
In collaboration with a physician, provides comprehensive assessment of patient’s health status, evaluates assessment data, and makes treatment decisions.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Initiates patient admissions and collects health, illness psychosocial, and family history from patients; provides initial care of emergencies.
- Performs physical examinations, and orders appropriate diagnostic tests.
- Records patient’s health information, performs periodic health evaluations, and establishes/records care plans; evaluates care plans, monitors and records progress, and makes modifications accordingly.
- Determines normal and abnormal findings on patient history, physical examination, diagnostic tests; initiates referral and consultation when appropriate.
- Consults and collaborates with members of the health care team in the assessment and management of health care problems; functions as a liaison between physicians, nursing, technologists and area support staff.
- Prescribes, regulates, and adjusts medications including over the counter medications and treatments.
- Provides teaching and counseling aimed at prevention of illness and modification of risk factors to health, and maintenance of high-level wellness; instructs and supervises students and hospital personnel in methods and theories of diagnostic testing.
- Assumes responsibility for the on-going therapeutic management of stable long-term health problems in the chronically ill.
- Completes patient discharge summary.
- Assists in the development, implementation, and revision of nursing protocols and standards of care.
- Provides IT skills and familiarity, by using the basic functionality of the computer, Word, Excel, Outlook e-mail and attachment capabilities.
- Maintains compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Performs other evaluative and supportive duties, due to the advanced nature of training and the Licensed Independent Practitioner (LIP) status, as needed.
- Researches and provides advice on patient care processes, nursing processes, and larger-scale quality improvement projects.
- Adheres to and supports team members in exhibiting TMCH values of integrity, community, compassion, and dedication.
- Adheres to TMCH organizational and department-specific safety and confidentiality policies and standards.
- Performs related duties as assigned.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION: Master’s degree in Nursing or related area, or an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
EXPERIENCE:Five (5) years of related experience, preferably in an acute care setting. RN experience in this field would count towards the 5 years of experience!
LICENSURE OR CERTIFICATION: National certification as a Nurse Practitioner or must be National Certification as a Nurse Practitioner eligible, must become credentialed at TMC through the Professional Staffing Office prior to appointment. Must have and maintain a current Arizona state license as a Registered Nurse and Nurse Practitioner including prescriptive authority. Must obtain and maintain a current Federal Drug Enforcement Agency License for prescribing controlled substances. Additional certifications may be required based on delineation of privileges as outlined by Medical Staff.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- Knowledge of nursing care and assessment best practices.
- Knowledge of regulations and policies as it relates to patient evaluation, care and information.
- Skill in evaluating comprehensive health assessments and evaluating results to ensure the most appropriate treatment option.
- Skill in providing the best practice patient care.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
- Ability to write reports, correspondence, and procedure protocols.
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to inquiries or complaints from patients and/or their representatives, and the general public.
- Ability to work with concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions, and to apply mathematical operations to solve or analyze job-related situations.
- Ability to identify positive or negative variances from expected outcomes.
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
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