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Wellpath Nurse Practitioner Psychiatric Hourly in Calico Rock, Arkansas
Why Wellpath
Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.
If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.
Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan.
We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.
About this role
The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner(Psych NP)providespsychiatric consultation, diagnostic, and treatment services to patients, including medication management and crisis intervention services, while adhering toestablishedpolicy and procedure and state guidelines. Theymaintaindocumentation required by state or facility guidelines todemonstratecompliance with supervision requirements.
What you bring to the table
Education
- Graduation from an accredited nurse practitioner program.
Experience
- Two (2) years of experience as a Nurse Practitioner. Psychiatric experience preferred and/or experience in a residential healthcare institution.
Licenses/Certifications
Certification as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner in the state of practice highly desired.
MustmaintainCPR certification, and any other certifications (such as First Aid) required by contract.
What you will do
Conducts comprehensive patient assessments, develops plans of care, and evaluates effectiveness of interventions, including medication management and crisis intervention services.
Maintains thorough documentation in compliance with organization policies and procedures, state guidelines, and best practices, including medication education, seclusion/restraint use, infection control, and risk management.
Provides individualized care sensitive to the age and developmental needs of eachpatient, andparticipates in on-call schedules and mandatory committees as required.
Adheres toestablishedformularies for therapeutic regimens andutilizesestablished procedures for admission, transfer, and specialty consultant referrals.
Assumes responsibility and accountability for individual judgments and actions, while supporting standards of psychiatric care andprovidinginput into committees and meetings asrequested.
Qualifications & Requirements
Education
- Graduation from an accredited nurse practitioner program.
Experience
- Two (2) years of experience as a Nurse Practitioner. Psychiatric experience preferred and/or experience in a residential healthcare institution.
Licenses/Certifications
Certification as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner in the state of practice highly desired.
MustmaintainCPR certification, and any other certifications (such as First Aid) required by contract.
We are an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer
We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
We encourage you to apply! If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.
Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description.
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Facility AR DOC North Central Unit
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Recruiter : Full Name: First Last Natasha Colson
Recruiter : Email NColson@Wellpath.us
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