Nurse Practitioner - Outpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Nurse Practitioner

Maimonides Medical Center•New York, NY

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About The Position

Maimonides Health is seeking an Outpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Nurse Practitioner. The Nurse Practitioner is a New York State–licensed registered nurse who provides primary health care under written policies approved by nursing and medical administration. In the psychiatric clinical area, the role includes clinical, educational, research, and performance-improvement responsibilities within the Nursing Department’s framework and philosophy. The Nurse Practitioner is accountable for nursing practice, advocates for patients, and supports patient rights. The position follows a Monday–Friday schedule: two days from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and three days from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Nurse Practitioner works with a collaborating physician and an interdisciplinary team to provide care, support continuity of care, and promote optimal patient outcomes. Care is delivered with consideration for patient growth and development and is appropriate to the ages of patients served.

Requirements

Valid New York PMHNP license.
Valid DEA license.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Experience working with and prescribing to adults with mental illness.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual.
Ideally, at least 2 years of experience working with patients with psychiatric illness.
Ideally, at least 2 years of experience working with children and families in an outpatient or similar setting.

Responsibilities

Develop and periodically review a collaborative practice agreement for the clinical area.
Assess clients’ and families’ health status through comprehensive health histories and physical examinations.
Initiate therapeutic and diagnostic procedures, consultations, and laboratory examinations; interpret findings and adjust the plan of care, including prescribing or altering medication regimens and ordering blood under the collaborative practice agreement and designated protocols.
Provide teaching and counseling on health promotion, maintenance, and disease prevention, and coordinate patient education consistent with patients’ biopsychosocial profiles.
Document findings and plans of care in patients’ medical records.
Consult with physicians as established in the collaborative practice agreement.
Initiate referrals to specialty services and foster continuity of care.
Initiate hospital admission and discharge after collaborative consultation with a physician.
Work collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team to promote optimal patient outcomes.
Deliver patient care with knowledge of patient growth and development and in a manner appropriate to the ages of patients served.
Demonstrate accountability for nursing practice.
Advocate for patients and support patient rights.
Serve as a resource to nurses and other health team members.
Participate in peer review.
Participate in approved medical and nursing research studies.
Participate in defining, maintaining, and interpreting standards of nursing practice.
Contribute to a positive image of professional nursing in the medical center and local community by implementing programs that recognize nursing as a profession.
Participate in departmental and interdisciplinary committees that influence or determine policies affecting nursing practice.
Perform duties in accordance with the agreement between the Nurse Practitioner and collaborating physician, endorsed by the Vice President, Hospital Operations and the department chair.
Maintain departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance, safety, environmental, and infection-control standards.