Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner - per diem

CHD Careers•Chicopee, MA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Center for Human Development (CHD) is seeking a Per diem Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and Family Nurse Practitioner to work in a team environment providing care to adults and adolescents in CHD’s Crisis Stabilization and Outpatient Clinic in Chicopee Massachusetts. This is an on-site position at our clinics. These programs treat individuals and families throughout the care continuum. Services include but are not limited to individual counseling, psychiatry, recovery coaching, case management, treatment for substance use disorders, and peer support.

Requirements

State certification as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner or Clinical Nurse Specialist
An unrestricted license to practice as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)
An unrestricted DEA registration
A state issued Mass Controlled Substance Registration
Registration with the Mass Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP)
No suspension/exclusion from participation in federal health care programs

Nice To Haves

Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) certification
X-Waiver

Responsibilities

Psychiatric evaluation(s), assessment, diagnosis and treatment of adults/adolescents, experiencing symptoms of behavioral health disorders in the short-term crisis stabilization unit.
Outpatient psychiatric care
Collaboration with other physicians, advance practice nurses, psychologists, social workers, nurses and other professionals
Provide clinical consultation, in person or remotely, to other member of the clinical team
Collaborate with guardians, relatives, and significant others of people served when clinically indicated
Counsel people served and their families when clinically indicated
Document evaluations, assessments, diagnosis and treatments in the electronic health records
Participate in individualized treatment plan designs
Order, review, and interpret laboratory and other diagnostic tests