Nurse Practitioner - Psychiatric Mental Health 5399

Vantage Search Group•San Diego, CA

12d•Onsite

About The Position

The Nurse Practitioner - Psychiatric Mental Health provides comprehensive psychiatric care and treatment, including assessment, consultation, and medication management, to patients in the Naval Medical Center San Diego’s Directorate for Behavioral Health. The role includes conducting psychiatric intakes and evaluations and prescribing medications. The Nurse Practitioner works collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary behavioral health team and interdisciplinary team, with an emphasis on collaboration and consultation. The position may involve educating medical students and psychiatry residents, as well as providing clinical supervision to other health care professionals and trainees, such as psychology interns. The role also requires timely communication with patients’ Commands regarding behavioral health issues when disclosure is required by Department of Defense Instructions, and maintaining appropriate records in a computerized record-keeping and coding system. The schedule is Monday through Friday between 6:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Shifts are normally scheduled for 10 hours, for seven days on and seven days off, and include an uncompensated 30- to 60-minute meal break.

Requirements

Master’s or doctoral degree.
At least 3 years of recent clinical experience as a Psychiatric-Behavioral Health Nurse Practitioner within the last 5 years.
Active, unrestricted Nurse Practitioner license in any state.
Board certification as an Adult Psychiatric-Behavioral Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC).
Maintain current BLS Healthcare Provider certification from AHA or ARC.
Ability to pass a Government background check/security clearance.
Applicants selected for employment must submit to a background check and pre-employment drug test.

Responsibilities

Provide comprehensive psychiatric care and treatment, including assessment, consultation, and medication management.
Conduct psychiatric intakes and evaluations and prescribe medications.
Serve as a collaborative member of a multidisciplinary behavioral health team.
Work as part of an interdisciplinary team, focusing on collaboration and consultation.
Communicate timely information to a patient’s Command on behavioral health issues when disclosure is required by Department of Defense Instructions.
Maintain appropriate records using a computerized record-keeping and coding system.
May participate in medical student and psychiatry resident education.
May provide clinical supervision to health care professionals and trainees, such as psychology interns.