Psych Nurse Practitioner | Bronx
New York, New York, United States
Job Summary
Occupation
Nurse Practitioner
Specialty
Psychiatric-Mental Health
Salary
$100
– $115
• yearly
Degree Required
DNP
MSN/MSRN
Position Type
Full-Time
Work Environment
Clinic/Private Practice
Location
Bronx, New York, United States
Visa Sponsorship
No
Job Description
Last Update:
1/15/25
A recognized healthcare center is currently seeking a licensed Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) for a promising opportunity at one of their facilities in the Bronx. In this role, the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner will be responsible for providing general medical care and treatment to patients at the outpatient facility.
About the Opportunity:
- Schedule: Monday to Friday
- Hours: 9am to 5pm
- EMR: SigmaCare
Responsibilities:
- Examines, diagnoses, treats and evaluates clients and their families who are referred for psychiatric services.
- Administers and interprets projective tests.
- Confers with client's relatives regarding illness and treatment.
- Delivers a written comprehensive and diagnostic evaluation on all clients referred for psychiatric services.
- Provides continuing psychiatric care of patients and makes appropriate dis-positional recommendations.
- Monitors the medical condition of patients by providing treatment and/or referrals as appropriate.
- Prescribes and manages the medication profile of each client according to generally accepted psychiatric standards and in accordance with all codes, rules and regulations.
- Provides and delivers all documentation in a timely manner and in legible form and with legible signature as required by the standards of the CCBHC program.
- Participates in, whenever possible in workshops, and coordinates a multidisciplinary team of mental health professionals to develop treatment regimes that meet client care needs.
- As a member of the Clinic treatment team, participates in, reviews, and signs off on, all treatment plans.
- When necessary, supervises, approves, and provides ongoing psychiatric consultation to clinical staff members regarding their treatment of individual patients.
- Participates in medical staff efforts, including psychiatric peer review, to systematically review, evaluate and plan psychiatric and medical services.
- Prepares and maintains psychiatric records and reports and completes all required clinical and billing documentation and responds to all requests for treatment information in a timely manner.
- Conducts physical examinations; observing behaviors, reviewing medical history and related documents; selecting, administering, and interpreting psychological tests; ordering laboratory tests and evaluating results.
- Assures quality and safe service for patients and staff by enforcing policies, procedures, standards, rules; participating in utilization reviews; remaining available for emergency consultations.
- Performs other duties as required.
Qualifications:
- Current New York State licensed Nurse Practitioner
- Minimum of one (1) year of experience working with dually diagnosed substance abuse and psychiatric patients
- Ability to foster and maintain a positive working relationship in a multidisciplinary team
- Ability to prioritize and to be detail-oriented, multi-task and must strive in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent verbal and written communication and documentation skills.
- Ability to make critical clinical decisions independently; ability to process information quickly
- Strong medical/clinical understanding of the business of health care
- Bilingual (English and Spanish) preferred