Nurse Practitioner Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Master's degree in Nursing
• Board certification as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
• Current Tennessee RN license
• Current Tennessee APRN license with certificate of fitness to prescribe
• Eligible for DEA license

Responsibilities

• Performs and documents in the medical record a complete history and physical examination.
• Orders and collects data using appropriate assessment techniques, relevant supporting diagnostic information and diagnostic procedures where indicated.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary health care team in making accurate and diagnoses of acute and complex chronic conditions.
• Manages diagnostic tests through ordering, interpretation, performance, and supervision.
• Formulates differential diagnoses by priority.
• Identifies expected outcomes from diagnosis, formulates and documents a plan of care to address acute and complex, chronic health care needs.
• Utilizes evidenced-based practice guidelines or protocols in an individualized, dynamic plan of care that can be applied across the continuum.
• Prescribes diagnostic strategies and therapeutic interventions both pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic and surgical (as needed) to achieve expected outcomes.
• Manages further diagnostic tests through ordering, performance and interpretation.
• Maintains ongoing communication and collaboration with interdisciplinary health care team members.
• Facilitates communication with patient, family and staff to promote continuity of care across the inpatient and outpatient continuum of care.
• Documents key components of patient's progress via daily progress note, transfer, and discharge summary and/or clinic note, where applicable. Documentation will be timely and must meet compliance standards while accurately capturing patient acuity and/or complexity.
• Seeks opportunities for the analysis of evidenced based practice.
• Attends Grand Rounds, MM & I presentations and other education opportunities as available.
• Maintains continuing education to maintain licensure and certification requirements.
• Actively participates in required professional development fellowship curriculum.

Benefits

• Affordable High Quality Health Plan Options
• Dental and /or vision plan
• 403 (b) retirement plan
• Paid Time off (flex PTO)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Adoption assistance (maximums applied)
• Short-Long term disability
• Subsidized backup childcare