Pay: $100-125/hour
Schedule: 20-25 hours per week, flexible shifts but ideally 3x8s
Main hours of operation for administration are Monday through Friday 8AM-5PM but programs are also open on weekends, flexible on days/times
About the Role/Clinics:
- Two residential programs – one for men & one for women, each with 20 bed capacity
- Outpatient clinic – collectively sees 80-100 patients
- Residential programs and outpatient clinic are all located on the same campus
- Psych NP will have a case load of about 30 patients between both residential programs and outpatient clinic (likely 1 day per inpatient program & 1 day outpatient)
- No supervisory duties
Requirements:
- 2+ years of Psych NP experience
- NY State Licensed Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
- Active NP and RN registrations with NYSED
- Must be DEA certified to prescribe medication
- Must be enrolled in NYS Medicaid program
- Valid NPI number
- Experience with Medication Assistant Treatment strongly preferred
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for initial psychiatric evaluation
- Prescribes and monitors appropriate medications for patients within the facility
- Issues medication prescriptions in accordance with treatment guidelines
- Orders laboratory tests, interprets, and explains the test results to patients
- Documentation of patient visits and progress that are accurate and timely
- Consistent communication with clinical staff to endure continuum of care and appropriateness for level of care
- Responsible for the education of clients in the area of psychopharmacology, medication assisted therapies
- Provides patient education regarding medications, risks, benefits, and reasonable outcome expectations as well as issues related to their diagnoses
- Other duties as assigned
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