APRN-Psych- Outpatient Community Health

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Full Time Professional East Main, Bridgeport, CT, US

2 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $ To $ Annually

Join a Team That Makes a Difference at Optimus Health Care!

Are you passionate about providing high-quality, patient-centered care? Optimus Health Care—the largest provider of primary health care services in Fairfield County is looking for dedicated professionals to join our team! With multiple locations in Bridgeport, Stratford, and Stamford, our mission is to be a lifelong health care partner, dedicated to achieving optimal wellness for the communities we serve.

Optimus is currently looking for an experienced Psychiatric APRN to join our Behavioral Health team and provide care to our medically complex adult and adolescent patient population in an outpatient setting and in an Intensive Outpatient (IOP) setting. This position is Monday through Friday with no weekend or call responsibilities.

POSITION SUMMARY

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner is a member of the mental health care team in a health care system. The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner specializes in psychiatric/mental health providing mental health services. The responsibilities of a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner include but are not limited to conducting comprehensive assessment of personal, medical/ substance abuse and diagnosis, counseling, prescribe medication, ordering and interpreting diagnostic studies for people of all ages with mental illness or mental distress, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, psychosis, depression, or dementia.

In addition, the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner establishes and manages treatment plans to address the individual mental health care needs of a diverse population.

FUNCTIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides comprehensive assessment, plan development, implementation of plan of care and evaluation of effectiveness of interventions with revisions, as necessary.
• Initiate, monitors, alters medications and treatments according to approved protocols. Demonstrates thorough understanding of all requirements and practice standards relating to the prescription, administration of medications including compliance with organization policy and procedures, documentation, requirements, medication education.
• Monitors medication and initiates appropriate therapies for certain conditions and changes medications according to variations in a patient's response within established protocols.
• Observes and differentiates between signs and symptoms associated with normal human physiology and those indicative of pathological changes.
• Documents all relevant patient care issues in patients' progress notes and treatment plan all relevant patient care issues.
• Includes the use of seclusion and restraint when appropriate and alternative interventions, documentation requirements, disaster and fire procedures, infection control, risk management.
• It is sensitive to cultural diversity issues, treats patients as an individual, and considers the culture of the patients when providing care and treatment.
• Provides individualized care and treatment that is consistent with/sensitive to the age and life span developmental needs of each patient.
• Ensures progress note and treatment plan documentation is in specified format, problem oriented, corresponds to the therapeutic order
• Adheres to the established formulary for therapeutic regimens before using non-formulary procedures
• Supports standards of psychiatric care through adherence to existing policies and procedures
• Assumes responsibility and accountability for his/her individual judgments and actions

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