Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Adelphi is seeking Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners (NP) to provide services for a facility in Irie county in NY. The ideal candidates will provide on-site psychiatric care and consultative services for individuals with developmental disabilities.

JOB QUICK FACTS

• Ref#: BD-395-03

• Profession: Nurse Practitioner (NP)

• Specialty: Psychiatry

• Location: West Seneca, NY

• Service Setting: Outpatient

• Coverage Type: Clinical

• Start Date: ASAP

• Contract length: Min 1 year; renewable up to 5 years

• Shift Schedule: 8-10 hrs per week (Hours can be complete on one day or split between two days ( Wednesday and Friday).)

REQUIREMENTS:

• Active NY license 

• BC/BE

• DEA

• Min. of 1 year experience in serving people with developmental disabilities

• Enrolled in Medicaid/Medicare

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide on-site psychiatric care and consultative services for Individuals with developmental disabilities.  

• Evaluate patients and advise on psychiatric treatment. 

• Provide psychiatric assessments based on observations and interactions with the patients. 

• Ensure the evaluations and assessments are clear and concise and convey all pertinent information.  

• Participate in the development of treatment plans and case management.  

• Provide electronic prescriptions for psychotropic drugs for patients as needed.

• Provide crisis intervention and prescribe pharmaceutical intervention as necessary. 

• Monitoring positive and negative effects of psychotropic medications prescribed. 

• Mediate admissions of patients to a psychiatric inpatient unit, if necessary. 

• Review prospective patient transfer.

• Provide in-service programs to increase the knowledge of staff providing care and treatment and attend any specified training that is deemed necessary.  

• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned