Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Job Description
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Duties & Responsibilities
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Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPR, DEA, BLS, ANCC, CRNP, CDS, US, ARNP, PMHNP, NP
Education for Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the psychiatric nurse practitioner job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Master's and Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, Education, Health, Graduate, Science, Department of Education, Nursing Education, Psychiatry, Medical, Communication
Skills for Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Desired skills for psychiatric nurse practitioner include:
Desired experience for psychiatric nurse practitioner includes:
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Examples
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Job Description
- Escort consumers, when indicated, on appointments with community based treatment providers
- Oversees the direct implementation of nursing care to ensure that it is carried out in accordance with the plan of nursing intervention and overall treatment/service plan and to ascertain if the needs of the client require modification of the plan
- Conduct in-reach to hospitals and residences, engaging consumers and assessing for medical and psychiatric support needs in the community
- Conduct home visits to consumers who have transitioned to the community
- Provides health education/teaching for clients and their families
- Provides information and conducts group discussions on various health topics
- Provide psychiatric assessment
- Provide clarification of clinical diagnosis
- Recommend treatment options
- Review patient's progress
- Attend and provide feedback in case conferences
- Prescribe psychotropic medication as appropriate for client care
- Counsel other appropriate staff, , caseworkers, milieu staff, psychologists, nurses relative to individual, group and family therapy
- Recommend discharge and aftercare planning
- Provide client education on mental health issues and strategies for recovery
- Sign and abide by the provisions of at least one Collaborative Practice Agreement with a Psychiatrist
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Job Description
- Evaluate, diagnose, and assess patient conditions
- Assume responsibility for the development and realization of an individual ongoing care plan for all patients
- Collaborate with all members of the healthcare team
- Promote evidenced-based care within a healing culture for the patient population served and their families
- Function as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
- Contribute to the team
- Apply psychiatric and related treatment acquired through training
- Provide services within organizational programs
- Utilizing specialized knowledge and skills in performing Family Practice or Adult Medicine health assessments
- Writing prescriptions for medications without the co-signature of a physician, utilizing her/his own NYS license and DEA number
- Identify those characteristics that would be of help in the development of the clinical treatment plan
- Follow-up psychiatric consultations on residents referred by the clinical staff for special problems, behavioral and or psychiatric
- Complete the psychiatric evaluation required for application for OVR
- Develop and administer a program of clinical staff training oriented to the relationship of psychiatric problems and behavioral disorders to the clinical rehabilitation process
- Prepare discharge summary identifying status and recommended discharge plan
- Perform admission history and physicals on all new clients and for documenting, according to policy, in the Medical Record past medical history, physical findings, diagnoses, treatment plan, written orders, and prescriptions if indicated
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Job Description
- Provide care and supervise the transfer of clients to the emergency room as warranted
- Provide input to the incident review committee and training committee
- Participate in conferences
- Provide emergency first aid/CPR assistance when needed
- Complete related duties as assigned
- Provide treatment of patients who need a significant level of mental healthcare but are unable to attend regularly scheduled appointments
- Participate in providing a unique combination of open access scheduling and integration within the medical clinic
- Perform psychiatric assessments at intake, for housing, and as needed
- Diagnose psychiatric disorders
- Provide medication management according to standard practice
- Write prescriptions for psychotropic medications as allowed by state regulations and collaborative practice agreements
- Administer psychotropic injections
- Monitor the use and status of medical and pharmaceutical supplies
- Consult Medical Director and/or medical literature when unusual or complex cases are encountered
- Review records provided by outside medical providers (such as primary care physicians), and update electronic health record accordingly
- Order diagnostic tests as appropriate, review results, and adjust treatment accordingly
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Job Description
- Intervention and support for patients awaiting enrollment in the mental health program
- Treatment of patients who need a significant level of mental healthcare but are unable to attend regularly scheduled appointments
- Scheduling and integration within the medical clinic, where mental health issues are most often identified
- Provide input into the incident review committee and training committee outside conferences
- Perform diagnoses
- Participate in the multidisciplinary treatment process
- Provide psychiatric care, including admission evaluations, follow-ups, and urgent and emergent consultations to individuals with mental health needs
- Participate in the creation of an individualized treatment plan after discussing the case with the mental health care team, collecting and reviewing psychosocial data, medical history, nursing assessment, and other pertinent information
- Evaluate patients for the need for a higher level of care, including hospitalization
- Provide patient education, specifically around issues related to medications and treatment adherence, and aftercare services
- 6+ months of experience as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP)
- Registered Advanced Practice Nurse with State of Colorado upon hire
- Full prescriptive authority in the state of Colorado upon hire
- National certification as an Advance Practice Nurse (such as ANCC)
- Strong medical diagnostic and therapeutic skills in psychiatry practice
- Integrate nursing and medical concepts in planning care for medically complicated psychiatric patients
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Job Description
- Counsel patients using advanced psychotherapeutic techniques, including in group settings, if needed
- Participate in team meetings with the treatment staff, on a daily basis if working on a mental observation unit and on a weekly basis if working in one of the clinics
- Provide clinical supervision for psychiatric nurse practitioner trainees as needed, including appropriate direct supervision and documentation of evaluation and feedback
- Diagnose psychiatric disorders according to the DSM 5
- Evaluate need for consumer hospitalization or other emergency medical care
- Provide the best in quality care in our inpatient unit
- Practice with an outstanding staff dedicated to making a difference in people's lives
- Follow-up care with patients that includes medical management
- Compensation package includes a lucrative hourly rate
- Must a valid Ohio Nurse Practitioner License
- Licensed to practice as a Nurse Practitioner in the State of Arizona (an APRN license in the state of AZ is required)
- Graduation from an approved school of nursing (at least a bachelor’s degree) and completion of an approved adult or psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Program
- At least one year of psychiatric Nurse Practitioner work experience
- Familiarity and comfort in treating ADHD other psychiatric issues
- Bilingual (Spanish, Mandarin or Arabic preferred)
- Current Advance Cardiac Life Support Certification