Nurse Practitioner-Psych

About the role

Local Hospital located in South Mississippi with Psychiatric Inpatient and Outpatient services is hiring a Psychiatric Mental Health PMH-APRN (APRN) to work with individuals, families, groups, and communities, assessing mental health needs.

Responsibilities

• Develops a nursing diagnosis and plan of care, implements the nursing process, and evaluates it for effectiveness.
• Offers primary care services to the psychiatric‑mental health population.
• Assesses, diagnoses, and treats individuals and families with psychiatric disorders or the potential for such disorders using the full scope of therapeutic skills, including prescription of medication and administration of psychotherapy.
• Assumes responsibility for the management of the assigned patient's physical, psychiatric, and behavioral conditions.
• Provides medical and psychiatric services to patients within the scope of practice for the APRN and within the APRN's education, training and specialty.
• Maintains standards of professional nursing practice in accordance with facility policy and procedures, other external governing and credentialing bodies, performance improvement standards, and APRN standards.
• Evaluates patients and prescribes treatments utilizing established practice guidelines.
• Utilizes the collaborative support of the medical staff when needed and when indicated by a patient's condition.
• Applies decision making on care issues related to the patient’s condition which will promote, maintain, and restore physical and mental health, and prevent illness.
• Interprets age/disability specific information in response to client population served.
• Prescribes and provides for the safe delivery of medication and treatments in accordance with the policies, procedures, and national guidelines of current practice.
• Responsible for thorough, accurate diagnosing, management, and documentation of the patient’s symptoms, responses and progress.
• Assumes responsibility for professional development, continuing education and maintaining licensure.
• All duties to be done in accordance with Federal and State regulations, Freedoms Mission, policies and procedures and PI Standards.

Requirements

• Minimum of a Master’s Degree in Nursing.
• Licensed as a Nurse Practitioner with a degree in psychiatric‑mental health nursing.
• Licensed as a PMHNP to practice in the state.
• One‑year APRN experience preferred.