Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner; MMC NO Behavioral

Job : 1139859

Location: Barnabas Health Medical Group, MMC NO Behavioral (Outpatient practice), New Jersey

Profession: Nurse Practitioner

Specialty: Behavioral Health

Job Title: Advanced Practice Nurse

Status: Full‑Time

Shift: Day

Pay Range: $ - $ Annual

Looking for a Psychiatric Advanced Practice Nurse to join our dynamic Behavioral Health Team at the Center for Behavioral Wellness (Outpatient practice). The APN provides psychiatric services for patients within a psychosocial milieu, maintains an individual level of knowledge and experience, and assumes responsibility for advancing knowledge utilizing available resource persons and programs.

• Current NJ APN license
• NP certification
• CDS required
• DEA required
• RN required
• BLS required

• Day Shift
• 40 hours
• 4–5 days per week

• Comprehensive psychiatric evaluations, intakes, consults, and case‑load management with complete clinical documentation.
• Knowledge of the patient population served and adherence to ethical standards as defined by the ANA code of ethics.
• Ensures safety and applies evidence‑based practice principles, maintaining awareness of one’s own knowledge and experience, and contributing to the growth of the patient care team through communication and resource utilization.
• Provides advanced nursing care based on graduate education and extensive experience with behavioral health patients and families.
• Collaborates with physicians, clinicians, case managers and other health care professionals.
• Conforms to guidelines set by the NJ Board of Nursing, NJSA 13:37, regulating nurses in advanced practice as Nurse Practitioners.
• Executes duties independently following established procedures and methods, referring questionable situations to a physician.
• Provides behavioral health care through assessment, diagnosis, treatment, clinical judgment and management to restore, maintain and improve patient health status.