Nurse Practitioner: Child and Family Psychiatric Services

UMass Memorial Health•Southbridge, MA

44d•Hybrid

About The Position

As part of a large continuum of behavioral health services, this role focuses on providing treatment to children, adolescents, and their families across a broad spectrum of mental health needs. The Outpatient Nurse Practitioner will work within a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team that includes psychiatrists, advanced practice nurses, and therapists. In this position, the provider will: Conduct psychiatric evaluations and provide medication management Partner closely with families, schools, and care teams to support patient outcomes Participate in regular case reviews and team collaboration Work under the supervision of a psychiatrist in a highly integrated care model Have opportunities to engage across multiple clinical settings This organization offers strong support through in-service education, ongoing training, and supervision, along with very competitive compensation, a comprehensive benefits package, and dedicated continuing education time and allowance.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited graduate program in psychiatric nursing
Massachusetts censure as an advanced practice nurse
Board certified as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurses Association and recognized to practice in an expanded role by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing
Minimum of three years advanced clinical practice in psychiatric nursing.

Responsibilities

Ability to establish working relationships with other human service providers
Fully prepared to present a patient care case in court
Conducts Mental health evaluations on all medical floors/ emergency care cent as needed, and provides appropriate care interventions
Works with the treatment team to analyze and interpret observations of patient’s behavior with information gathered about patient
Complies with established departmental policies, procedures and objectives.
Attends variety of meetings, conferences, seminars as required or directed.
Demonstrates use of Quality Improvement in daily operations.
Complies with all health and safety regulations and requirements.
Respects diverse views and approaches, demonstrates Standards of Respect, and contributes to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism, tolerance, civility and acceptance toward all employees, patients and visitors.
Maintains, regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.
Performs other similar and related duties as required or directed.