Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Newport Academy • Per Diem • Seymour, CT, US • 24m ago

About Us

Newport Healthcare is a nationwide behavioral healthcare organization dedicated to transforming young lives through evidence-based care. To that end, we have assembled the best teen and young adult mental health treatment staff in the country, and we want you to join us. While our experts guide our clients to sustainable healing, our job is to support our valued staff members, and we do that through offering industry-competitive salaries, career growth and skills expansion, student loan repayment and tuition reimbursement, and a company commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, among other advantages. Be part of a team that's dedicated to providing compassionate care based in authentic connection, mutual respect, and unconditional love—and experience the rewards of making a difference in the lives of young people and their families each and every day.

Empowering Lives. Restoring Families.®

Responsibilities

The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) - dual certified in Psychiatric & Family Medicine is an essential team member responsible for providing and ensuring the highest standards of safety, and continuity of care. Responsible for direct services with children, adolescents, or young adults and their families including but not limited to evaluation/assessment; medication therapies; psychotherapy and counseling; parent/client education; record keeping; collaboration with other professionals, team members as well as related community services.

Essential Duties:

Functions as an effective member of the mental health team; oversees Psychiatric and Medical care of assigned clients and manages a regular caseload.
Evaluates and manages assigned clients through direct care encounters weekly, and as needed. Direct care encounters may include prescription and management of medication, order and interpretation of labs, order of consultations or referrals, and education to clients and families.
Ensure weekly follow-up appointments are performed and documented timely (within 24 hours of appointment).
Timely completion of documentation including assessments, treatment plans, progress and group notes, discharge summary, according to established standards; provide utilization reviews for clients.
Ensures that a Psychiatric Evaluation is performed and documented timely.
Provides continuity of care by connecting to other providers upon admission to obtain history and collateral information.
Attends and participates in required treatment teams, staff meetings, and training.
Shares in the on-call duty responsibilities (Residential programs only).
Completes discharge recommendation assessments, recommendation for aftercare, and connection with provider who will follow up with client upon discharge, as part of collaborative discharge summaries.
Assists with providing cross-coverage to Psychiatry team when needed.
Maintains excellent communications with other members of the clinical team, outpatient providers, and family members.
If required by state law, performs services within a supervisory or collaborative environment, including maintaining requirements of Physician Supervision Agreements or Physician Collaboration Agreements.
Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Master’s Degree in nursing from an accredited institution is required and Board Certification in Psychiatric & Family Medicine
Licensed as a Nurse Practitioner in the state in which you are applying to provide services.
Current DEA license.
Minimum two (2) years of experience working with adolescents or young adults, as applicable, is required.
Experience working with clients in a residential or psychiatric treatment environment preferred.

Newport Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Newport Healthcare provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Newport Healthcare is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity, including providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with a disability. Applicants with a physical or mental disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process please email accommodations@newportacademy.com for assistance.

For more information on Equal Opportunity, please click here Equal Employment Opportunity Posters

Additional Details

Excellent Part Time Opportunity for a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner to provide services for Adolescents in new Residential Treatment Program.

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