About the job Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Job description
A private practice in Northbrook, IL is looking for a PMHNP.
The Nurse Practitioner will be working together he practice together with two successful mental health professionals where he/she will be managing a lot of patients on a full-time basis.
Since our practice has a steady pipeline of clients/patients, we are looking for a NP who wants to join an established practice where he/she will:

• Provides psychiatric health services, education, counseling and emotional support.

• Refers patients for inpatient care, in collaboration with the psychiatrist, as necessary.

• Issues medication prescriptions in accordance with treatment guidelines.

• Orders laboratory tests, interprets and explains the test results to patients.

• Provides patient education regarding medications, risks, benefits and reasonable outcome expectations.

• Communicates with patients and engages in follow-up as necessary.