Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Virtual
Job Locations: US-WA-Port Townsend
About Us:
Newport Healthcare is a nationwide behavioral healthcare organization dedicated to transforming young lives through evidence-based care. We have assembled the best teen and young adult mental health treatment staff in the country, and we want you to join us. We offer industry-competitive salaries, career growth, skills expansion, student loan repayment, and tuition reimbursement, along with a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Be part of a team dedicated to providing compassionate care based on authentic connection, mutual respect, and unconditional love.
Empowering Lives. Restoring Families.
Responsibilities:
Position Summary: The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse is responsible for direct services with children, adolescents, and their families including but not limited to evaluation/assessment; medication therapies and medical management; psychotherapy and counseling; parent/consumer education; record keeping; and collaboration with other professionals and community services.
Essential Duties:
- Evaluate and manage clients through direct care encounters weekly and as needed, including prescription and management of medication, order and interpretation of labs, consultations or referrals, and education to clients and families.
- Update treatment plan weekly.
- Timely completion of documentation according to established standards.
- Round collaboratively with Psychiatrists regarding shared cases and treatment teams weekly and as needed.
- Assist with providing cross-coverage to Psychiatry team cases.
- Assist with patient admissions including initial evaluations and assessment documentation.
- Provide collateral/liaison contact to patient families and outpatient providers.
- Assist with utilization reviews for clients.
- Complete discharge recommendation assessments as part of collaborative discharge summaries.
- Ability to work in a collaborative environment including maintaining requirements of Physician Collaborative Agreements.
Qualifications:
- Master's Degree in nursing from an accredited institution.
- Licensed as a nurse practitioner in the state of Washington.
- Current DEA license.
- Minimum two years' experience working with adolescents in a residential environment preferred.
Newport Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity, including providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with a disability. Applicants with a physical or mental disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process please email accommodations@newportacademy.com for assistance.
Additional Details:
Excellent opportunity for a Psychiatric NP, located in WA, to provide virtual-remote based services in Residential Program for Adolescents in Port Townsend.
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