NURSE PRACTITIONER or PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT

UHS•Casper, WY

54d•Onsite

About The Position

Join Wyoming Behavioral Institute as a NURSE PRACTITIONER (NP), FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER (FNP) or PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT - CERTIFIED (PA-C). Your passion, inspiration and talents are invaluable to us and our mission to serve others. Our facility can provide a place for you to thrive and continue your professional experience. Join us in working to change lives and transform the delivery of healthcare. Quality healthcare is our passion, improving lives is our reward. Wyoming Behavioral Institute, located in Casper, WY is an 85-bed psychiatric hospital providing excellent care to children, adolescents and adults. We take pride in being a cohesive, family-friendly, flexible, educational and welcoming work environment!

Requirements

Graduation from an Accredited Nurse Practitioner (NP), Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), Physician Assistant program and licensed in the State of Wyoming with requisite Licensure
Must have prescriptive authority in the state of Wyoming
Must have knowledge of developmental tasks of children, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients and apply knowledge in assessment and planning of care.
Must be 21 years of age or older and able to pass a background check and drug screen.

Nice To Haves

Prefer two (2) years of progressive experience in therapeutic or clinical treatment, acute care, psychiatric acute care, residential care, partial care or equivalent.

Responsibilities

Conducts physical exams, assesses health status, orders and interprets tests, prescribes medications, and treats illnesses including giving injections and suturing wounds.
Consults with physicians as needed and refers to physicians for more complicated medical cases or cases that are not a routine part of an NP or PA’s scope of work.
Monitors therapies and provides continuity of care.
Documents History & Physical after assessing patients upon admission
Triages patient calls and evaluates patient problems.
Responds to emergencies including use of CPR.
Counsels patient/family on preventive health care.
Documents patient information and care in medical record and may maintain department statistical database for research purposes.
Practicing medicine with physician supervision including conducting examinations and writing prescriptions.
Exercise autonomy in medical decision making and provide a broad range of diagnostic and therapeutic services.
May practice in several primary care areas including family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, and obstetrics/gynecology as well as surgery and surgical subspecialties.
May include responsibility for education, research, and administrative services.
Provider to be credentialed to provide services within the hospital.