Nurse Practitioner Behavioral Health Service

Position: Nurse Practitioner Behavioral Health Service.
Job Details:

We are seeking an experienced Behavioral Health Advanced Practice Provider (APP), either Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA), to join the Department of Psychiatry at Health Alliance in Kingston, NY. The ideal candidate will have a track record of clinical accomplishments in the treatment of patients with serious mental illness. In this role the APP will provide emergency and consultative psychiatric services primarily to adult patients in crisis, but also to children and adolescents, including triage, diagnostic evaluations, prescribing, and care transitions as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities also include reviewing patients' medication records to determine the appropriateness of the existing medication regimen.

Qualifications:

* Candidates must be board certified as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant and possess, or be able to obtain, a New York State applicable professional license.

* Ideal candidates will have a minimum of 2 years of experience as a psychiatric provider but highly motivated new graduates will be considered.

* Must possess excellent communication skills and demonstrate an ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Other:

* Comprehensive salary and benefit package which includes malpractice coverage, CME Allowance, and 401k

* The highest standard of quality practice backed by comprehensive and collaborative support services

* Opportunities for continued professional development, mentoring and career advancement.

* Westchester Medical Center Advanced Physicians Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Facility Info:

Through major capital investments, WMCHealth has reimagined its HAHV hospital on Mary's Avenue in Kingston. In 2022, HAHV opened a newly constructed 25,000-square-foot emergency care center, a new, modern family birthing center, and a new intensive care unit equipped with today's latest technology. By 2025, the hospital will also be treating adults in a newly renovated 20-bed inpatient psychiatry unit, which will complement its existing psychiatric emergency program and its adult and adolescent partial hospitalization programs, and further expand treatment for mental illness in Ulster County.

In addition to its expanded hospital on Mary's Avenue in Kingston, HAHV also provides services at its nearby Broadway Campus, and operates Margaretville Hospital and Mountainside Residential Care Center in Margaretville. As Ulster County's largest employer, HAHV is committed to attracting the best-qualified medical and support staff; providing outstanding, responsive, coordinated, compassionate patient- and family-centered care; excelling in clinical outcomes and patient experiences;

and ensuring patient rights, privacy and respect are honored at all times, while improving the overall health and well-being of the diverse communities it serves. For more information, visit (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

About Us:

Kingston is located in the heart of the Hudson Valley,a region surrounded by beautiful mountains and offering an abundance of outdoor activities for residents and visitors alike. Designated as a National Heritage Area, the valley is steeped in history, natural beauty, culture and a burgeoning food and farmer's market scene. The Hudson Valley also boasts excellent public and private schools with a vibrant higher education culture, as the home to several notable institutions such as Vassar College, Marist College, SUNY New Paltz, Bard College and the Culinary Institute of America, among others.

WMCHealth is a 1,900-bed healthcare system headquartered in Valhalla, New York, with 10 hospitals on seven campuses spanning 6,200 square miles of the Hudson Valley. WMCHealth employs more than 12,000 people and has nearly 3,000 attending physicians. From Level 1, Level 2, and Pediatric Trauma Centers, the region's only acute care children's hospital, an academic medical center, several community hospitals, dozens of specialized institutes and centers, a state-of-the-art Telemedicine program, skilled nursing, assisted living facilities, homecare services and one of the largest mental health systems in New York State, today…