Nurse practitioner or physician assistant

Responsibilities

• Join Wyoming Behavioral Institute as a NURSE PRACTITIONER (NP), FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER (FNP) or PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT - CERTIFIED (PA-C) Your passion, inspiration and talents are invaluable to us and our mission to serve others.
• Our facility can provide a place for you to thrive and continue your professional experience.
• Join us in working to change lives and transform the delivery of healthcare.
• Quality healthcare is our passion, improving lives is our reward.
• Wyoming Behavioral Institute, located in Casper, WY is an 85-bed psychiatric hospital providing excellent care to children, adolescents and adults.
• We take pride in being a cohesive, family-friendly, flexible, educational and welcoming work environment!
• Salary: $125,000 - $145,000 Salaried (based on license level, education & experience) Shift – Full-Time Salaried, Monday-Friday, some weekends (for supplemental compensation) General Summary: A salaried position responsible for practicing medicine with physician supervision including conducting examinations and writing prescriptions.
• Within physician–physician assistant (PA) relationship, PAs exercise autonomy in medical decision making and provide a broad range of diagnostic and therapeutic services.
• May practice in several primary care areas including family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, and obstetrics/gynecology as well as surgery and surgical subspecialties.
• May include responsibility for education, research, and administrative services.
• Will require provider to be credentialed to provide services within the hospital.
• Essential Job Responsibilities: Conducts physical exams, assesses health status, orders and interprets tests, prescribes medications, and treats illnesses including giving injections and suturing wounds.
• Consults with physicians as needed and refers to physicians for more complicated medical cases or cases that are not a routine part of an NP or PA’s scope of work.
• Monitors therapies and provides continuity of care.
• Documents History & Physical after assessing patients upon admission Triages patient calls and evaluates patient problems.
• Responds to emergencies including use of CPR.
• Counsels patient/family on preventive health care.