Behavioral Health - Nurse Practitioner - Jefferson New Jersey

Jefferson Health Plans•Voorhees, NJ

13d•Onsite

About The Position

The advanced practice clinician (APC), Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, works in collaboration with, and is an integral member of, a multidisciplinary health care team. The APC provides comprehensive care in the Behavioral Health ambulatory practice setting including office based outpatient, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient levels of care.

Requirements

Master's Degree
National Board Certification as a Psychiatric - Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (CAQ-Psych Preferred) or with experience

Responsibilities

Performs complete psychiatric evaluations, including documentation in the electronic medical record.
Orders and collects data using appropriate assessment techniques, relevant supporting diagnostic information and diagnostic procedures where indicated.
The APP may serve as the first responder for both nursing and house staff in the event of patient status changes, orders, and in situations requiring procedural and resuscitative interventions.
Assesses for risks and contributing factors associated with the care of the acute and complex chronically ill patient including: medical comorbidities, medication side effects, and psychosocial determinants.
Collaborates with interdisciplinary health care team in making diagnoses of acute and complex chronic conditions.
Manages diagnostic tests through ordering, interpretation, performance, and supervision.
Formulates differential diagnoses by priority.
Diagnoses complications and orders appropriate interventions.
Identifies expected outcomes from diagnosis, and formulates and documents a plan of care to address complex acute and chronic health care needs.
Utilizes evidenced based practice guidelines and protocols in an individualized, dynamic plan of care that can be applied across the continuum.
Implements and modifies plan of care.
Prescribes diagnostic strategies and therapeutic interventions.
May perform advanced procedures and psychotherapeutic techniques consistent with privileges, training, and competency validation.
Documents/dictates key components of patient's progress via daily progress note, transfer, and discharge summary, and or clinic note where applicable.
Documentation is timely, meets acute care compliance standards and captures patient acuity.
Maintains ongoing communication and collaboration with interdisciplinary health care team and supervising/collaborating physician.
Facilitates and communicates with patient, family and staff to promote continuity of care across the inpatient and outpatient continuum of care.
Demonstrates Professional Practice behaviors including working relationships with department staff, care team, and preceptor/mentoring of students where applicable.
Seeks opportunities for active engagement in research, the analysis of evidenced based practice and engagement with Jefferson Health enterprise meetings.
Participates in specialty specific meetings as scheduled.
Maintains CEUs, licensure, certifications, and trainings as dictated by professional.

Benefits

medical (including prescription)
supplemental insurance
dental
vision
life and AD&D insurance
short- and long-term disability
flexible spending accounts
retirement plans
tuition assistance
voluntary benefits
access to group rates on insurance and discounts
tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service