Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Behavioral Health
About The Position
The Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant identifies and manages psychiatric problems for patients within the applicable scope of practice. The role provides patient care in a psychiatric setting, including taking psychiatric histories, developing therapeutic care plans, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, planning discharges, and documenting care accurately. The role also coordinates care with patients, families, community health services, and the interdisciplinary team, and involves a physician in decisions outside the practitioner’s knowledge or scope. The position requires professional development through continuing education, independent reading, and other professional activities. Employees must comply with applicable ethical, legal, privacy, information-security, and company conduct requirements, including HIPAA policies. Other duties may be assigned or required.
Requirements
- For the Nurse Practitioner pathway: a master’s degree in Nursing and graduation from an accredited Nurse Practitioner program with specialization in the area of practice, or four to ten years of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- State licensure as a Nurse Practitioner (CRNP).
- For the Physician Assistant pathway: a master’s degree in Physician Assistant Studies and a current Pennsylvania Physician Assistant license.
- For the Physician Assistant pathway: PA-C certification or board eligibility, with ongoing successful NCCPA recertification as a PA-C within 90 days of hire.
- CPR certification from the American Heart Association.
- Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate, Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate, and Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
- For the Physician Assistant pathway: Drug Enforcement Agency licensure within 60 days of hire.
- For the Nurse Practitioner pathway: Prescriptive Authority within 60 days of hire; incumbents in the role as of November 1, 2022 had until November 1, 2023 to obtain it.
- For the Nurse Practitioner pathway: Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner qualification within two years.
Nice To Haves
- Doctorate degree for a Certified Nurse Practitioner (CRNP).
- Experience with psychiatric patients.
Responsibilities
- Record patients’ psychiatric histories, develop therapeutic care plans, order diagnostic tests, interpret test results, plan discharges, and document medical records accurately in a psychiatric setting.
- Communicate the plan of care and involve a physician in clinical decision-making for matters outside the practitioner’s knowledge or scope of practice.
- Communicate and coordinate patient care with patients, families, community health services, and the interdisciplinary team.
- Demonstrate professional commitment through continuing education programs, independent reading, and other professional activities.
- Perform other duties as assigned or required.
- Comply with applicable ethical and legal standards, company policies, HIPAA privacy requirements, information-security guidelines, and the company Code of Business Conduct.
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Job Type
Full-time
