GENERAL PSYCHIATRY NURSE PRACTITIONER BWH

About the position

The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner would be embedded in Adult Outpatient Psychiatry and the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, working closely with our psychiatry department to serve the mental health needs of our patient population through a trauma-informed approach. The Nurse Practitioner would work collaboratively with Social Workers, Licensed Mental Health Clinicians, Psychiatrists, Nurse Practitioners, Medical Assistants, and Community Resource Specialists to provide comprehensive care to patients with emotional, behavioral, and cognitive difficulties.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct care, counseling, and teaching to a select patient population.
• Performs physical examinations and provides preventive health measures appropriate to patient needs.
• Orders, interprets, and evaluates appropriate laboratory and diagnostic tests to assess patients’ clinical problems and health care needs.
• Arranges for appropriate plan of care and follow-up based on outcome of diagnostic, laboratory, and physical assessment findings.
• Performs laboratory tests appropriate for specific patient population.
• Orders medications and writes prescriptions according to organizational and regulatory policies and procedures.
• Records pertinent patient care findings in the medical record.
• Sets priorities for appropriate and efficient management of patient care that reflects cost effective management of time, available human resources, supplies and equipment.
• Maintains interdisciplinary approach to planning and communicating patient care information by discussing patient data with appropriate physicians and other health care professionals.
• Incorporates the concepts of health maintenance, prevention, and promotion into daily practice through patient education and counseling.
• Demonstrates awareness of community resources and assists staff, patients, and families to effectively utilize them.
• Assists in the development, implementation and revision of nurse practitioner practice guidelines and monitoring requirements for prescription writing in collaboration with prescribing providers and Nursing Leadership.
• Evaluates outcomes of own patients’ care and makes necessary revisions in care plans.
• Seeks and provides consultative services as required.
• Participates in departmental and organization quality improvement programs.
• Utilizes quality improvement data and research findings to enhance patient care.
• Demonstrates appropriate collaborative and consultative relationships with other providers within the institution and community.
• Serves on Nursing and Hospital Committees and assumes responsibility for disseminating and communicating information to staff.
• Participates in setting productivity metrics and in cost effective management of personnel, time, supplies, and equipment in his/her area.
• Collaborates with the Practice Manager/Nursing Leadership in the recommendation of appropriate staffing patterns for their clinical areas.
• Participates in the selection process of new employees in group or team practice as requested.
• Provides input into evaluation of other staff as appropriate.
• Acts as preceptor for nurse practitioner students and other staff as requested.
• Participates in orientation of new staff.
• Participates in departmental and organizational continuing education programs.
• Identifies own learning needs and updates clinical knowledge and skills through formal and informal education and review of current literature.
• Educates lay and/or professional groups through lectures, papers, publications, and educational materials.
• Develops annual objectives and reviews with Nursing Leadership and the clinic leadership time of performance review and at appropriate intervals.
• Assists in determining, evaluating, and/or implementing clinical area goals and objectives.
• Maintains interdisciplinary approach for planning and communicating information for patient care and operation of practice.
• Maintains current knowledge of legislation that may affect the health care delivery system.
• Participates in nursing research at a level consistent with educational background and experience.
• Maintains understanding of current research of others in related clinical areas through review of relevant publications.
• Participates in grant writing as appropriate.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Nursing (MSN) (or) DNP (or) PhD in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing required.
• Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) certification required.
• Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in Massachusetts required.
• Current authorization to practice as a Nurse Practitioner in Massachusetts required.
• Certification by a nationally recognized accrediting body approved by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing.
• Prescriptive privileges in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts required.
• Current APRN License to practice in Massachusetts Required.
• DEA license and a Massachusetts Controlled Substance Registration number required.
• Minimum two years of Psychiatric nursing experience as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Required.
• Current experience as a ILP independently managing a panel of patients, strongly preferred.
• Current experience with general psychiatry ambulatory patient population as ILP, preferred.
• Clinical experience working with adults and their families in various settings preferred.
• Experience leading a patient population care delivery model using clinical guidelines and protocols.
• Ability to work with various information systems, including electronic medical records like Epic.