Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner - Adult Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)

Yale New Haven Health•Stamford, CT

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Greenwich Hospital's Department of Psychiatry is seeking an experienced Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) to support the Adult Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) located at 2015 West Main Street. The Adult IOP serves patients with high-acuity behavioral health needs who are transitioning from inpatient psychiatric hospitalization to a less restrictive level of care. This role is integral to the interdisciplinary treatment team and is responsible for providing comprehensive psychiatric evaluation, medication management, and ongoing clinical support to patients participating in the program. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with psychiatrists, therapists, nursing staff, and other behavioral health professionals to promote stabilization, recovery, and successful community reintegration.

Requirements

Active Connecticut APRN license.
Certification as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) or equivalent psychiatric APRN certification.
Minimum of 1-2 years of independent clinical practice experience in behavioral health or psychiatry.
Demonstrated experience with psychiatric assessment, diagnosis, and medication management.
Strong communication, collaboration, and clinical decision-making skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization, inpatient psychiatry, or other acute behavioral health settings.
Experience caring for patients transitioning from inpatient psychiatric hospitalization to outpatient treatment.

Responsibilities

Provide psychiatric assessments and ongoing evaluation of adult behavioral health patients enrolled in the IOP.
Manage psychotropic medications, including prescribing, monitoring effectiveness, and adjusting treatment plans as clinically appropriate.
Develop and implement individualized treatment plans in collaboration with the multidisciplinary care team.
Monitor patient progress, symptom management, and treatment outcomes.
Provide patient and family education regarding diagnoses, medications, and treatment recommendations.
Coordinate care with inpatient psychiatric units, outpatient providers, primary care clinicians, and community resources.
Ensure timely and accurate documentation in accordance with regulatory, organizational, and departmental standards.
Participate in program development, quality initiatives, and interdisciplinary case reviews.
The Physician Assistant (PA) or the Nurse Practitioner (NP) provides assessment, triage, and therapeutic management of patient/family needs throughout the disease process as an integral part of an interdisciplinary team.
The NP/PA, whether the practice setting is the inpatient, ambulatory, or outpatient settings, provides optimal patient care, from diagnostic to prognostic matters.
This individual works in collaboration with the attending supervising/collaborating physician(s) in accordance with state law and hospital regulations, hospital policy, protocols and clinical pathways and may provide autonomous team based care.
Obtains medical histories, performs physical examinations, reviews/orders diagnostic/therapeutic tests and radiologic results, formulates and manages patient treatment plans.
The NP/PA may perform procedures, prescribe treatment and medications in accordance with institutional and state guidelines, as well as, when necessary for scope within specialty or professional competency standards.
In some clinical specialties, the NP/PA may have autonomous practice managing certain patient populations.
The NP/PA may also function as first or second assistant on operative cases (as long as within position scope and job educational prerequisites are in place), using fine motor skills and manual dexterity.
Other clinical job duties may be applied in accordance with departmental and operational goals, training related to profession and practice necessitated guidelines and responsibilities, inclusive but not limited to responding to emergency situations within the YNHHS parameters
The NP/PA will educate patients/families on care and recommended or available resources.
In collaboration with the supervising/collaborating MD, this may be inclusive of admitting instructions, treatment plan, actual and potential side effects of treatments/medications, and discharge plan.
The NP/PA, as part of a multidisciplinary team, provides psychosocial support to patients, their family members, and significant others in a caring, ethical, and professional manner.
The NP/PA ensures appropriate documentation within the accordance of hospital and regulatory requirements and protects information of all forms, whether computer-based, paper, film, voice, or other media from unauthorized access modification, destruction, or intentional or accidental disclosure.
The NP/PA is expected to demonstrate a high standard of moral and ethical behavior, professionalism, compassion, and commitment to patient care.
Ensures compliance with patient related healthcare regulatory requirements, standards and recommendations.
The NP/PA continuously engages in projects that maintain and advance professional competency.
The NP/PA serves as a clinical resource for new house staff and may provide service specific orientation pertinent to clinical education
Consistently demonstrates high reliability organizational behaviors through reporting safety events as well as near misses.
The NP/PA continuously engages in projects that maintain and advance professional competency.
Maintains all employee requirements determined by hospital policy.
The NP/PA may serve as a clinical preceptor for NP/PA students and other health care professionals and may serve as a mentor to pre-PA/NP candidates.
The NP/PA may collaborate on research, quality assurance and performance improvement projects, and assist with the formation of protocols that will be applied to clinical practice or further their educational and clinical expertise.