Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Recovery Centers of America • Greenville, SC

20d • Onsite

About The Position

RCA's mission is to save one million lives from the disease of addiction. We offer evidence-based inpatient, outpatient, and medication-assisted treatment 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We tailor our treatment for each patient and offer specialized programs. As a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, you'll be a part of our exciting mission of helping millions of people jumpstart their recovery. Your medical expertise will aid in patient recovery, as you support and implement effective techniques while making a difference in the lives of patients, their families, and communities. This role is responsible for the care and needs of patients in a psychiatric unit. The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner may do the same things a psychiatrist does, including diagnosing mental illness and prescribing medication. May also act as a therapist, helping patients with depression, anxiety and suicidal individuals, and other conditions that can be remedied with counseling.

Requirements

• Master's, postgraduate, or doctoral degree from a psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner program accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) or the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) (formerly NLNAC | National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission.
• Current Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner certification from the ANCC.
• 2+ years' experience as an RN; 3 years' experience as a psychiatric nurse practitioner preferred.
• Valid NP license in the state in which the individual will practice.
• Active DEA (and CDS if required by state) license. For all full time NP, the DEA and CDS must match facility address. For part-time and PRN, DEA and CDS may not require the address to be the facility address.
• Up to date CPR or BLS certification strongly preferred (or must be completed during orientation period).
• Critical thinking skills and ability to formulate accurate medical/psychiatric assessment.
• Understanding of ASAM criteria and levels of care.
• Ability to safely prescribe medications and administer as needed.
• Competency in performing CLIA waived testing as needed.
• Proficiency in screening and assessing for suicide ideation and aggression.
• Ethics: Ethics is reflected in integrity, which includes elements of honesty, responsibility, credibility, and the ability to use ethical considerations to guide decisions and actions.
• Health Promotion, Health Protection, Disease Prevention, and Treatment: Provides direct mental health care services. Synthesizes theoretical, scientific, and clinical knowledge for the assessment and management of mental health and illness states.
• Nurse Practitioner/Patient Relationship: Demonstrates the personal, collegial, and collaborative approach that enhances the psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner's effectiveness of patient care.
• Cultural Competence: Provides culturally competent care, delivering patient care with respect to cultural and spiritual beliefs, and making health care resources available to patients from diverse cultures.

Responsibilities

• Assess, examine, diagnose, and treat patients with mental illness by conducting a comprehensive family assessment.
• Collects data from multiple sources using assessment techniques that are appropriate to the patient's language, culture, and development state, including screening evaluations, psychiatric rating scales, genograms, and other standardized instruments.
• Assesses the impact of acute and/or chronic illness, psychiatric disorders, and stressors on the family system.
• Performs initial history and physical examination, intermittent medical assessments as warranted.
• Involves patients, significant others, and interdisciplinary team members in data collection and analysis.
• Teach patients' families about the patients' condition, and how to react in certain scenarios.
• Develops a plan of care.
• May prescribe medications.
• Educate patients on medications for addiction treatment (MAT).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level