PSYCHIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONER
Location: Cookeville, Tennessee
Description: Lifecare Family Services is looking of PSYCHIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONER right now, this position will be dwelled in Tennessee. More complete informations about this position opportunity please read the description below. LifeCare is a non-profit, faith-based agency that provides case management, therapy, and medical management to individuals and families throughout Middle Tennessee. We! strive to make each clients day their best day by providing care that meets the highest standards of integrity, quality and reliability. We are looking for compassionate caring individuals to serve our clients needs.
We are currently seeking a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner.
The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner will work in conjunction and in accordance with all the psychiatric standards prescribed under the State of Tennessee Mental Health PA guidelines.
Duties and Responsibilities include:
Perform complete initial psychiatric assessments on patients to determine DSM IV diagnosis and develop a plan of care including medication prescription if indicated.
Provide timely documentation of each encounter with a patient including symptoms addressed, need for current treatment, and rationale for any changes in treatment.
Work in collaboration with other treatment team members to ensure quality of care and consideration of services.
Seek immediate consultation with physician for the following: *Emergent conditions requiring prompt medical intervention or hospitalization
Maintain required level of continuing education and preferred development activities.
Attend all team meetings, supervision, clinical hours and share on call responsibilities assigned by Medical Director
Attend a weekly review meeting with the Psychiatrist/or RN as to the care and follow up of children and adolescents that need medical checks and/or monitoring of psychotropic medicine.
Provide follow up psychiatric care including monitoring of pharmacological modalities for assigned pa! tients.
Must be a licensed Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner by the State of Tennessee
Must have received training from an accredited Psychiatric Nursing Program with a minimum of a Master Degree as a Psychiatric Specialist
Must have a minimum of one year of experience with children and/or adults who present and are assessed with a DSM-IV diagnosis.
Must have current DEA number and have acquired experience in working with a family systemic model of care.
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If you were eligible to this position, please deliver us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to Lifecare Family Services.
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This position will be started on: Sun, 02 Jun 2013 09:37:29 GMT
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