Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner New

RCA is looking for a part-time Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner to join our newest location in Mount Dora, Florida. If you're looking for a fulfilling, life-changing job, come join our mission of helping millions of people jumpstart their recovery. Your medical expertise will aid in patient recovery, as you support and implement effective techniques while making a difference in the lives of patients, their families, and communities.

Position Overview

The Psych NP is responsible for the care and needs of patients in a psychiatric unit. The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner may do the same things a psychiatrist does, including diagnosing mental illness and prescribing medication. They may also act as a therapist, helping patients with depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation, and other conditions that can be remedied with counseling.

Specific Duties And Responsibilities

• Assess, examine, diagnose, and treat patients with mental illness by conducting a comprehensive family assessment.
• Collects data from multiple sources using assessment techniques that are appropriate to the patient's language, culture, and development state, including screening evaluations, psychiatric rating scales, genograms, and other standardized instruments.
• Assesses the impact of acute and/or chronic illness, psychiatric disorders, and stressors on the family system.
• Performs initial history and physical examination, intermittent medical assessments as warranted.
• Involves patients, significant others, and interdisciplinary team members in data collection and analysis.
• Teach patients' families about the patients' condition, and how to react in certain scenarios.
• Develops a plan of care.
• May prescribe medications.
• Educate patients on medications for addiction treatment (MAT).
  
  

Qualifications

• Master's, postgraduate, or doctoral degree from a psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner program accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) or the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) (formerly NLNAC | National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission.
• Current Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner certification from the ANCC.
• 2+ years' experience as an RN; 3 years' experience as a psychiatric nurse practitioner preferred.
• Valid NP license in the state in which the individual will practice.
• Active DEA (and CDS if required by state) license. For all full time NP, the DEA and CDS must match facility address. For part-time and PRN, DEA and CDS may not require the address to be the facility address.
• Up to date CPR or BLS certification strongly preferred (or must be completed during orientation period).
• Critical thinking skills and ability to formulate accurate medical/psychiatric assessment.
• Understanding of ASAM criteria and levels of care.
• Ability to safely prescribe medications and administer as needed.
• Competency in performing CLIA waived testing as needed.
• Proficiency in screening and assessing for suicide ideation and aggression.
• Ethics: Ethics is reflected in integrity, which includes elements of honesty, responsibility, credibility, and the ability to use ethical considerations to guide decisions and actions.
• Health Promotion, Health Protection, Disease Prevention, and Treatment: Provides direct mental health care services. Synthesizes theoretical, scientific, and clinical knowledge for the assessment and management of mental health and illness states.
• Nurse Practitioner/Patient Relationship: Demonstrates the personal, collegial, and collaborative approach that enhances the psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner's effectiveness of patient care.
• Cultural Competence: Provides culturally competent care, delivering patient care with respect to cultural and spiritual beliefs, and making health care resources available to patients from diverse cultures.