Nurse Practitioner-Psych

Freedom Magnolia•Magnolia, MS

About The Position

A local hospital in South Mississippi with psychiatric inpatient and outpatient services is hiring a Psychiatric Mental Health Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (PMH-APRN). The APRN provides care to individuals, families, groups, and communities by assessing mental health needs, developing nursing diagnoses and plans of care, implementing the nursing process, and evaluating its effectiveness. The APRN provides primary care services to the psychiatric-mental health population and assesses, diagnoses, and treats people with psychiatric disorders or the potential for such disorders. This includes using therapeutic skills such as prescribing medication and providing psychotherapy. The APRN manages assigned patients’ physical, psychiatric, and behavioral conditions and provides medical and psychiatric services within their scope of practice, education, training, and specialty. The role involves evaluating patients and prescribing treatments according to established practice guidelines, consulting medical staff when needed, and making care decisions to promote, maintain, and restore physical and mental health and prevent illness. The APRN also interprets age- and disability-specific information, ensures safe delivery of medications and treatments, and accurately documents diagnoses, management, symptoms, responses, and progress. The position requires maintaining professional nursing standards, licensure, and continuing education, and complying with applicable regulations, facility policies and procedures, and performance-improvement standards.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Nursing.
Licensed as a Nurse Practitioner with an earned degree in psychiatric-mental health nursing.
Licensed as a PMHNP to practice in the state.

Nice To Haves

One year of APRN experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Assess mental health needs of individuals, families, groups, and communities.
Develop nursing diagnoses and plans of care, implement the nursing process, and evaluate its effectiveness.
Provide primary care services to the psychiatric-mental health population.
Assess, diagnose, and treat individuals and families with psychiatric disorders or potential psychiatric disorders, including prescribing medication and administering psychotherapy.
Manage assigned patients’ physical, psychiatric, and behavioral conditions.
Provide medical and psychiatric services within the APRN’s scope of practice, education, training, and specialty.
Maintain professional nursing practice standards in accordance with facility policies, external governing and credentialing bodies, performance-improvement standards, and APRN standards.
Evaluate patients and prescribe treatments using established practice guidelines.
Use collaborative support from medical staff when needed and indicated by the patient’s condition.
Make care decisions to promote, maintain, and restore physical and mental health and prevent illness.
Interpret age- and disability-specific information relevant to the client population served.
Prescribe and provide for the safe delivery of medications and treatments in accordance with policies, procedures, and current national guidelines.
Accurately diagnose and manage patients’ conditions and document symptoms, responses, and progress.
Maintain professional development, continuing education, and licensure.
Perform duties in accordance with federal and state regulations, Freedoms Mission, policies and procedures, and performance-improvement standards.