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Nurse Practitioner

Westchester Medical Center•Valhalla, NY
•Onsite

About The Position

WMCHealth is seeking a qualified Nurse Practitioner to join the Department of Psychiatry, Division of Inpatient Psychiatry, at the Behavioral Health Center in Valhalla, New York. In this Consultation-Liaison role, the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner provides psychiatric evaluation, diagnosis, and management for adult patients admitted to acute medical, surgical, and intensive care units. As a core member of an interdisciplinary consultation-liaison psychiatry team, the practitioner connects physical and mental health care and helps optimize patient outcomes. The role includes treating acute psychiatric symptoms, managing behavioral disturbances that complicate medical care, and advising primary medical teams on complex psychopharmacology. The practitioner provides services to adults, including triage, diagnostic evaluations, follow-up care, prescribing, individual counseling, and group treatment as part of a multidisciplinary team. Responsibilities also include reviewing patient medication records to assess the appropriateness of existing medication regimens. This is an employed position through WMC Advanced Physician Services, a subsidiary professional corporation of WMCHealth. The Behavioral Health Center is a freestanding facility with a 97-bed inpatient psychiatric program for children, adolescents, and adults, as well as comprehensive outpatient mental health services.

Requirements

  • Master's degree in Nursing.
  • Nurse Practitioner certification in Psychiatry.
  • Valid New York State license as a Nurse Practitioner.

Nice To Haves

  • A track record of clinical accomplishments in treating patients with serious mental illness.

Responsibilities

  • Provide psychiatric evaluation, diagnosis, and management for adult patients admitted to acute medical, surgical, and intensive care units.
  • Treat acute psychiatric symptoms and manage behavioral disturbances that complicate medical care.
  • Advise primary medical teams on complex psychopharmacology.
  • Provide triage, diagnostic evaluations, and follow-up care for adults.
  • Prescribe medications and provide individual counseling and group treatment as part of a multidisciplinary team.
  • Review patient medication records to determine whether existing medication regimens are appropriate.

Benefits

  • Paid vacation time.
  • CME.
  • Malpractice insurance.
  • An academic appointment to New York Medical College, if appropriate.
  • Collaboration with and support of an integrated team of Behavioral Health professionals.

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