The Nurse Practitioner will manage the initial diagnostic evaluation, treatment planning, and progressive care for up to 8-9 patients daily until stabilization for discharge. Responsibilities include conducting new intake evaluations, reviewing collateral information, communicating with families and outpatient teams, and managing daily follow-ups and discharge processes.
Requirements summary
Candidates must possess ARNP/D-ARNP certification in psychiatry and be licensed in Washington State by the time of employment. A minimum of 1-3 years of clinical experience providing direct patient care, along with DEA, NPI, prescriptive authority, and current BLS certification, are required.
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Position Summary
Nurse Practitioner (NP) provider will be responsible for initial diagnostic evaluation and treatment plan and progressive care of the patients till they are stabilized for discharge back to recommended level of follow up care.Responsibilities
NP will be responsible for care of maximum of 8-9 pts a day
NP will be responsible each day for a maximum of two new intake evaluations and treatment plan for new patients each day. These evaluations will be attested by medication director at completion of each assessment documentation
NP will be responsible for treatment plan and reviewing all collateral information and communication with the families and outpatient teams for each patient day of or within the first 24-48 hours
NP will also be responsible for at least 1-3 discharges a day of any patients deemed appropriate for discharge or other circumstances i.e. parent or patient withdrawing from treatment and will be responsible for communicating the stature of discharge i.e. voluntary discharge, discharge against medical advice or administrative discharge
NP will be responsible for following up on all the remainder of their patients on their case load for the day and document the progress updates
All efforts to be made by NPs to reach out and communicate with families, care givers and outpatient teams at the start and during the treatment course up until discharge.
NP will put in admission orders or review and make corrections as per their evaluations, will order baseline and follow up laboratory blood work as deemed necessary and follow up on reports and communicate with patient and family.
NPs are expected to attend daily team rounding meetings on the unit in person Mon-Fri
NP’s will provide at least 1 to 2 nights of call coverage on pager depending on the weekend that they may be on call
NP’s will provide in person 24 coverage on Sat and Sun at least once every 5th week and will have the same responsibilities however the case load on the weekend will be a maximum of 12-13 patients and the rest of expectations for admissions, progress follow ups and discharges will remain the same as on weekdays
Benefits
Dental
Paid Time Off
Health Insurance
Retirement Benefits
NP’s will be responsible for collaborating with ancillary staff members involved in their patients care ie nursing, social workers and mental health technicians
NP’s will be responsible for keeping up with all licensure requirements and update on their workday profile
All annual mandatory trainings as directed by the system will have to be maintained and reported to MD
NP will be responsible for providing PTO requests at least 2-4 weeks in advance to Medical Director for approval and be responsible for formal request on UKG Requirements
Certification in psychiatric ARNP/D-ARNP
Licensed in WA state by time of employment
Minimum of 1-3 years clinical experience providing direct patient care
DEA, NPI and prescriptive authority
Current BLS for health care providers certification by the American Heart Association
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