Psychiatric - Mental Health Nurse Practitioner at Integrity Locums summary:
The Psychiatric - Mental Health Nurse Practitioner provides comprehensive psychiatric care as part of a multidisciplinary team. Responsibilities include evaluating and managing acute and chronic psychiatric conditions, administering medications, and engaging in patient education. The role also involves legal documentation and participation in admission procedures, ensuring compliance with professional standards and patient rights.
- Coverage Needed:
- ASAP - ongoing
- Monday-Friday
- 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with a half hour for lunch
- Clinical Information:
- Performs duties in the expanded role of professional psychiatric nursing, providing psychiatric care and performing certain medial acts consistent with licensure and within policies & procedures established by the facility
- Identifies nursing and mental health related problems, plans, and implements nursing care to resolve identified problems, provides management and care of acute and chronic mental health problems, engages in the teaching of general health care, and follows professional ethics and standards in an outcome oriented management system, while maintaining sensitivity to the constitutional rights of patients
- Makes daily rounds on assigned units
- Evaluates and manages acute and chronic psychiatric conditions, order psychiatric interventions as clinically indicated; jointly rounds and manages psychiatric care and medication treatment with Psychiatrist as clinically indicated if under a collaborative agreement
- Monitors, initiates and/or alters appropriate medications, treatments and interventions for mental health and related health issues, including ordering and interpreting diagnostic testing according to identified clinical needs and in accordance with standards of care, polices, and procedures
- Participation in patient admission procedures, completing required documentation, including but not limited to psychiatric evaluation, admission orders, and an initial treatment plan. Performs annual, transfer, discharge psychiatric evaluation and documentation as required
- Monitors and obtains patients' / guardian advocate / plenary guardian / petition for court-ordered medication consent for psychotherapeutic medication or ECT or other indicated treatment
- Prepares petitions and clinical summaries for legal action as required, including seeking court orders for medication and assignment of guardian advocate and petition for guardianship, Initiates voluntary/involuntary placement proceedings. Testifies in scheduled hearings as required
- Required:
- DEA must remain in state to maintain privileges. Provider must be willing transfer and maintain DEA in state for the duration of privileges being active, or obtain a new in state DEA to remain in state for the duration of privileges being active
- Current Flu Vaccine
- Must be fully vaccinated for Covid 19
- Exemptions only allowed for religious or medical reasons, once approved by the facility.
- Active FL License
- Certification in CPR, MANDT, Infection Control, CustomerService
- Obtain all OSHA requirements annually
- Intervention with combative individuals may be required
- Must have Psych background and experience going into the court system
Keywords:
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, mental health care, psychiatric evaluation, patient management, medication administration, clinical documentation, patient education, DEA compliance, acute psychiatric conditions, psychotherapy