Psychiatric - Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Company: Adelphi Medical Staffing, LLC
Location: New York
Posted on: October 23, 2024

Job Description:

Adelphi is seeking Nurse Practitioners(NP) - Psychiatry to provide services for a facility in Irie county in NY. The ideal candidates will provide on-site psychiatric care and consultative services for individuals with developmental disabilities. Job Quick Facts

• Ref#: BD-395-03
• Profession: Nurse Practitioner (NP)
• Specialty: Psychiatry
• Location: West Seneca, NY
• Service Setting: Outpatient
• Coverage Type: Clinical
• Start Date: TBD
• Contract length: 5 years
• Shift Schedule: M-F; 8a - 4:30p Requirements:
  • Active NY license
  • BE/BC
  • DEA
  • A minimum of 1 year experience in serving people with developmental disabilities
  • Enrolled in Medicaid/Medicare Responsibilities:
    • Provide on-site psychiatric care and consultative services for Individuals with developmental disabilities.
    • Evaluate patients and advise on psychiatric treatment.
    • Provide psychiatric assessments based on observations and interactions with the patients.
    • Ensure the evaluations and assessments are clear and concise and convey all pertinent information.
    • Participate in the development of treatment plans and case management.
    • Provide electronic prescriptions for psychotropic drugs for patients as needed.
    • Provide crisis intervention and prescribe pharmaceutical intervention as necessary.
    • Monitoring positive and negative effects of psychotropic medications prescribed.
    • Mediate admissions of patients to a psychiatric inpatient unit, if necessary.
    • Review prospective patient transfer.
    • Provide in-service programs to increase the knowledge of staff providing care and treatment and attend any specified training that is deemed necessary.
    • Other duties and responsibilities as assigned

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