UHS·Bartlett, Tennessee
The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner provides professional care to child, adolescent, and adult populations under the supervision of a psychiatrist. Key duties include completing psychiatric evaluations within 24 hours, rounding on patients, and managing on-call duties for nights and weekends.
The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner provides professional care to both Child and Adolescent and Adult populations. Working under the supervision of a Lakeside psychiatrist, the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner completes psychiatric evaluations within 24 hours as assigned by the attending physician. The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner rounds regularly on patients as assigned, creating proper documentation for the patient file. This position may regularly take call on nights and weekends to provide orders for patient care.
Graduate of an accredited nurse practitioner program.
Must maintain appropriate clinical privileges commensurate with the NP specialty and license scope. Maintains an appropriate collaborative or similar agreement with a Lakeside supervising physician in accordance with State law.
Must possess knowledge of general and psychiatric nursing processes, therapeutic relationships and processes, age specific growth and development, limit setting, crisis and behavior management and CPR training.
For more information, please visit our website at: www.lakesidebhs.com. Lakeside is part of one of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. UHS has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues were $11.6 billion in 2020. In 2021, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; in 2020, ranked #281 on the Fortune 500; and listed #330 in Forbes ranking of U.S.’ Largest Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has 89,000 employees and through its subsidiaries operates 26 acute care hospitals, 334 behavioral health facilities, 39 outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located in 38 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. EEO Statement All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success. Notice At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skillset and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries. We take pride in creating a highly efficient and best in class candidate experience. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. The recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc. If you are suspicious of a job posting or job-related email mentioning
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Market context
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner roles in Tennessee are often competitive because employers look for advanced psychiatric training, board certification, and active DEA registration, along with solid clinical experience. This role stands out for candidates who can work independently while supporting medication management and behavioral health care. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits here to save time, then confirm your PMH-NP credentials, DEA status, and experience match before applying.