APRN
Company: Element Care
Location: Brighton
Posted on: October 17, 2024
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Job Description:
The Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse (APRN) is responsible
for providing behavioral health services to clients at assigned
sites, including those in nursing home settings. The APRN delivers
behavioral health care to a caseload of clients referred by the
center's Primary Care clinicians and provides consultation to
Primary Care and the IDT regarding behavioral health issues. This
position is full time Monday thru Friday 8am to 4pm with no weekend
or holiday hours. Stipend paid for Russian and preferred Chinese
dialects.Performs psychiatric evaluations and provides
psychopharmacology management with psychotherapeutic support to
clients, as well as individual and group psychotherapy in selected
situations, and provides behavioral health consultation to other
disciplines.Acts as a role model for professional relationships,
effective communication and teamwork.Performs routine and urgent
psychiatric evaluations.Develops clinically appropriate behavioral
health treatment plans.Implements evidence based and best practice
psychiatric interventions. Monitors clients' response to
psychotropic medications and other interventions and adjusts plans,
as necessary.Documents interventions, medication plans and
rationale/response in the EHR.Provides behavioral health
consultation and support to the Interdisciplinary Team to increase
the ability of team members to integrate psychiatric
concepts/skills into the delivery of care.Participates in
Behavioral Health program projects to enhance clinical practice,
teamwork and program development.Covers for Behavioral Health
colleagues when needed.Ability to pass a fit test. Position
requires mask where seal is critical. Incumbent is required to not
have facial hair that interferes with a tight seal of the
respirator.Other duties as required.JOB SPECIFICATIONS:Master's
degree as psychiatric/mental health Clinical Nurse Specialist or
Nurse Practitioner or ANCC certification as NP with more than 5
years in psychiatric experience and prescribing
psychotropics.License to practice in the Commonwealth of MA as a
Registered Nurse/Advanced Practice Nurse with prescribing
authority.ANCC certification as a Psychiatric/Mental Health NP or
CNS. 2-5 years of experience in an advanced practice role with
prescriptive practice. Minimum of 1 year elder experience.Evidence
of competence in evaluation and treatment of older adults,
including psychopharmacology, psychotherapy, crisis evaluations and
consultation to caregivers. Benefits:Health insuranceDental
insuranceVision insurancePaid time offRetirement planSupplemental
benefitsEEO StatementElement Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment
without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin,
sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or on the basis of
disability.Element Care is committed to valuing diversity and
contributing to an inclusive working environment.
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Keywords: Element Care, Leominster , APRN, Other , Brighton, Massachusetts
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