Job Title: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)
Location: Junction City OR 97448
Duration: 6 months to long term
Shift: 8am - 5pm
Hours: 40 hr./week
Job Description:
- Act as the primary medical/clinical leader of the OSH Interdisciplinary Treatment Team and provide psychiatric and medical care to patients under his/her care. Be responsible for the admission and discharge of patients to the unit assigned, psychiatric and physical examinations, formulation of diagnoses and treatment plans, and performing clinical treatments directly as well as monitoring clinic treatments performed by others.
- Specific duties include performing psychiatric, physical, and neurological examinations, writing orders for patient care, conducting meetings of the unit Treatment Team to prepare individual patient Treatment Plans, and providing clinical advice and recommendations to service teams that implement them. Collaborate with the Unit Director to provide advice and recommendations to the Treatment Team in formulating and implementing plans for the cooperation of the unit therapeutic environment and provide direct service to patients such as group and individual counseling.
- Complete the medical record in accordance with requirements of OSH policies and procedures, rules and regulations, and prepare correspondence communicating findings from patient evaluations to OSH administration, judges, Psychiatric Security Review Board, and attorneys. Serve on medical staff committees, participate in peer review, quality assurance, and utilization review activities, assist with training and continuing education to OSH staff, maintain qualifications to perform techniques of basic life support (CPR), and attend medical staff meetings.
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