Advanced Practice Provider:Psychiatry Inpatient; West & Manamana -Main Campus Rotating

Overview

Advanced Practice Provider - Psychiatry Inpatient (West & Manamana
-Main Campus Rotating)

The Queen’s Health System is a non-profit healthcare organization with four hospitals, over 70 specialty health care locations, and labs throughout the Pacific region, including Hawai'i. Queen's is the state's largest employer, with over 10,000 caregivers, medical staff and leadership. Queen's is accredited by The Joint Commission and Magnet status from the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Behavioral Health Services at The Queen’s Medical Center provides comprehensive, compassionate, evidence-based psychiatric care to children, adolescents, and adults throughout Hawaii and the Pacific Rim.

Behavioral Health Psychiatry

Our Behavioral Health Psychiatry treatment team is dedicated to treating the patient, family and each other with dignity and respect, recognizing the value of each person’s uniqueness as contributing to the healing process.

• An Advanced Practice Provider (APP) is a medical provider who treats, diagnoses, prescribes, and/or performs or assists in surgical procedures. APPs are licensed healthcare professionals, credentialed and privileged through the Medical Staff Office. APPs work collaboratively with physicians and the care team in all areas of the hospital and clinics to create a seamless environment of care. APPs are highly knowledgeable and serve as an essential part of the development and implementation of patients' care.
  
  The APP develops protocols for care, and may serve as a health care researcher, interdisciplinary consultant, and patient advocate.
• If licensed as APRN: functions as an expert practitioner with educator consultant, researcher and leadership role components; may work autonomously or in collaboration with other professionals to enhance nursing practice and patient care. Provides health care that includes services to individuals and families, emphasizing health promotion, disease prevention, and diagnosis and management of acute and chronic diseases. Direct care services may include patient history, physical examinations, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, procedures, patient and family education, and managing social, economic and ethical issues;
  
  indirect care includes setting standards for nursing practice.
• If licensed as PA: under physician supervision, functions as an expert practitioner; provides health care including health promotion, disease prevention, and management of acute and chronic disease. Direct care services may include history, physical exams, ordering and interpreting diagnostics, procedures, education, and management of social, economic, and ethical issues within scope.

• Finger dexterity, seeing, hearing, speaking
• Continuous: sitting, static gripping
• Frequent: walking
• Occasional: standing, stooping/bending, climbing stairs, walking on uneven ground, lifting 1–5 pounds, reaching and gripping

• Not substantially subjected to adverse environmental conditions
• May be exposed to communicable disease, body fluids, and chemicals
• May be required to deal with hostile patients and/or families

A. Education/Certification and Licensure

• Current Hawaii State license as an APRN or Physician Assistant in good standing
• If licensed as an APRN, prescriptive authority for non-controlled substances is required
• Prescriptive authority for controlled substances is required (DEA/NPD)
• If licensed as an APRN, current board certification in one of the following:
  Adult Psychiatric & Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (APMHNP);
  Family Psychiatric & Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (FPMHNP);
  Psychiatric Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist (PMHCNS);
  Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP);
  Adult Psychiatric-Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist (PMHCNS-BC)
• Credentialing and privileging required
• Current BLS certification

• B. Experience
• Two (2) years nursing experience or successful completion of an APRN Fellowship Program for any APRN position
• One (1) year of clinical experience working as an APRN or Physician Assistant preferred

Base salary begins at $ year

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Vet