
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Per Diem Weekends
$1 - $1,000,000 / year
Position Summary/ Department Summary:
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Per Diem
Key Responsibilities:
Education:
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Per Diem
Key Responsibilities:
- Providing individualized care for patients. Includes conducting thorough psychiatric assessments, including risk assessment and reviewing past medical history
- Performing medication reconciliation, reviewing prior medication trials, and prescribing medications as appropriate, ensuring safety and efficacy in the emergency setting
- Coordinates with social work team to conduct treatment planning and recommendations for level of care decision making
- Recommending observation levels, creating and implementing agitation plans, and obtaining collateral information for patients boarding in the emergency department.
- Attending morning rounds, as representative of the ED Psychiatry team, with the medical team and charge nurse to review and coordinate plans for patients boarding in the emergency department.
- Attend EPS team meetings
- Supporting the nursing staff, the medical team and the Behavioral Response Team in treating ED patients with acute agitation and unsafe behaviors using both pharmacological and non-pharmacological de-escalation techniques
- Collaborating with supervising physician and social work to ensure appropriate disposition and continuity of care as well as contacting collaterals upon discharge/transfer
- Maintaining accurate and timely documentation
- Ensuring compliance with ethical principles, confidentiality laws and regulations governing psychiatric healthcare
- Working Saturday and Sunday mornings, working between 4-6 hour shifts depending on season (peak season is winter)
Education:
- A Master of Science Degree in Nursing (MSN)
- At least 1 year of professional experience performing psychiatric evaluations and psychopharmacology services as a NP
- Massachusetts licensure as Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse.
- ANCC certification as a Psychiatric NP
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