Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Inpatient

Southwest Behavioral & Health Services • Phoenix, AZ

8h • Hybrid

About The Position

Under the general supervision of the Chief Medical Officer, this position has primary responsibility for the medical and psychiatric functions in an outpatient or inpatient crisis unit setting. The role involves providing general psychiatric services including engagement, assessment, differential diagnosis, treatment planning, medication management, family meetings, supportive psychotherapy, patient education, risk assessment, and discharge planning. The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner is also responsible for ensuring that all psychiatric services comply with licensing and funding requirements as defined by the Covered Services Guide.

Requirements

• Minimum requirement consists of a 21-year age
• Completion of an accredited NP program with Psychiatric Mental Health Certification through the ANCC is required.
• One of more years’ experience in the delivery of mental health treatment of adults.
• Licensed by the State of Arizona; valid DEA certificate required.

Responsibilities

• Provides psychiatric initial assessments, medication monitoring, and continuity of care facilitation for site clients.
• Conducts daily morning check-in with applicable care coordinator’s, RN’s, and any other member of the treatment team that Employee is instructed to report to.
• Completes tasks daily such as paperwork, Telemed fill-in, and responds to site outreach while working on-site or from remote workspace.
• Provides Telemed assistance for outpatient and inpatient clinics, conducts admissions and participates in facility staffing needs as required.
• Attends all SBH meetings/trainings, including but not limited to CMO meetings, BHMP meetings, staffing’s for clients, trainings for CME, EHR trainings, etc. during assigned shift or on a non-scheduled work day as needed.
• Completes all paperwork, including but not limited to labs, service plans, admissions, EKGs, H&Ps, psych evaluations, etc. requiring a BHMP signature daily during Employee’s scheduled shift per P&P.
• Complies with and completes all medication prescription consent documentation required, when prescribing a new medication to a patient.
• Provides on-call support as needed to respond and/or assist with crisis situations.
• To ensure compliance & adequate services, additional job duties may be required to meet the needs of the program and or department.

Benefits

• 5 weeks of PTO your 1st year of employment, with increased accruals after 5 and 10 years of service!
• 10 paid holidays
• Low-cost medical and vision insurance and 100% company paid dental, short term disability, long term disability and life insurance for employees
• Paid CME leave and CME reimbursement
• We will help you save for retirement – 40% company match up to a 10% deferral into your SB&H retirement account!
• Career Development – Benefit from our culture of internal promotion!
• We help you with your higher education goals – Reduce your tuition costs with our tuition reimbursement program & discount degree programs!
• Employee Assistance Program, Health & Wellness and much more!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees