Psychiatric Advanced Practice Provider

About the role

Brief Description Empowering people to achieve their greatest potential, Westbrook Health Services, Inc. is the industry leader in providing comprehensive care to individuals with mental health, developmental, substance use disorder, and addiction challenges. We are currently looking for a PSYCHIATRIC NURSE PRACTIONER OR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT to join our growing team!

Essential Duties

• Provide all aspects of patient psychiatric healthcare, including diagnosis, and treatment of a variety of psychiatric and common medical conditions.
• Provide direct psychiatric services through initial comprehensive evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of patients, including prescribing and administering medications as needed.
• Maintain complete, accurate, timely and confidential documents in appropriate electronic health records for review by a supervisor.
• Provide consultation and emergency interventions as necessary.
• Establishes therapeutic relationships with patients to add psychiatric expertise to the medical management plan and mitigate any negative impact that behavioral conditions can have on patient overall health and well-being.
• Handle psychiatric emergencies as needed, including being on-call for additional compensation.
• Communicate with the patient’s primary care provider regarding changes in conditions or potential medication changes.
• Collaborate with supervisor in regards to particularly complex behavioral/mental conditions.
• Maintain partnership with supervisor through regular communication, care plan development, medication management, etc.
• Participate in quality assurance, educational, and professional meetings as assigned.
• Actively participate in regular multi-disciplinary team meetings to assure behavioral health issues considered and addressed for all high risk patients.

Requirements

• Psychiatric-Mental Health Certification from Accredited Institution preferred
• Master’s degree or higher in Advanced Practice Registered Nursing (APRN) OR a Masters of Medical Sciences from an Accredited Physician Assistant program
• Current state Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant license, valid and in good standing
• Nationally certified as a Nurse Practitioner (CRNP) or Physician Assistant with prescriptive authority.
• Experience in outpatient mental health and/or substance use disorder facilities
• Knowledge of current standards, principles, and practices of psychiatric care
• Three years of experience as an advanced practitioner
• Knowledge of developmental and health issues of emerging adults
• Knowledge of psychotropic medication indications, contraindications, dosing, and side effects
• Knowledge of current and emerging trends in technologies, techniques, methods, issues, and approaches in mental health and substance use disorder
• Knowledge of state and federal rules and regulations as they apply to the practice of medicine in mental health
• Knowledge of legal and ethical standards for the delivery of psychiatric care
• Knowledge of medical terminology
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work well with a team
• CPR Certified (or willing to get certification)

Preferred

• Familiarity with the management of behavioral concerns in patients with developmental delays, cognitive impairment, and/or neurodevelopmental disorders
• Familiarity with the assessment of self-harm and suicidality, and when appropriate, the need for a higher level of care
• Familiarity with psychotropic medication therapy and the corresponding evidence base

Benefits

The professionals at Westbrook Health Services believe in promoting the well-being of individuals and families struggling with a wide range of challenges. Our staff meets the needs of over 7,000 people annually. Experienced and compassionate, we empower people to achieve wellness with the guidance of our knowledgeable and experienced staff.

Wealthy of benefits including:

• A comprehensive, low-cost benefits package to all full-time employees that includes medical, dental, vision, life, short and long-term disability, critical illness, accident, and pet insurance coverage options.
• Paid time-off, paid holidays, and paid training provide a healthy work life balance.

We Westbrook provides Equal Employment Opportunity to all employees and applicants. Employment decisions are made based upon an individual’s skills and qualifications without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, age, national origin, citizenship, disability as defined in the law, veteran status, sexual orientation, pregnancy and related conditions, genetic information, gender identity or any status or characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local laws. Westbrook also prohibits unlawful discrimination based upon the perception of those characteristics or any association with a person who is perceived to have any of those characteristics. Discrimination based on any of these factors is totally inconsistent with our philosophy of doing business and will not be tolerated at any time.