Nurse Practitioner Psychiatric - Bronx ATC

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Agency Addiction Services and Supports, Office of

Title Nurse Practitioner Psychiatric
- Bronx ATC

Occupational Category Health Care, Human/Social Services

Salary Grade Hourly

Bargaining Unit PS&T
- Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)

Salary Range From $55.20 to $55.20 Hourly

Appointment Type Temporary

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Workweek Variable

From 12 AM

To 12 AM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? No

County Bronx

Street Address Bronx Additiction Treatment Center

1500 Waters Place

City Bronx

State NY

Duties Description The responsibilities of the Nurse Practitioner include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Examine patients to determine the nature of the psychiatric complaint and the treatment to be prescribed;
• Author medication orders and clarify orders when required with nursing;
• Review preadmission psychiatric information to determine psychiatric appropriateness prior to admission;
• Establish the admitting diagnoses and final diagnoses upon discharge;
• Conduct psychiatric examinations, assessments and consultations;
• Respond to psychiatric emergencies,
• Assess and treat patients with co-occurring disorders;
• Function as a member of the treatment team.
• Provide educational lectures/groups to patients and or staff
• Perform other duties as assigned; completion of other tasks to meet ATC needs.
• NOTE:
  
  The incumbent will provide coverage at other ATCs as needed;
  The ATC uses a computerized patient record system.

Minimum Qualifications Certification and current registration as a Nurse Practitioner in Psychiatry by the New York State Education Department.

Candidates must be eligible and maintain eligibility for full and unconditional participation in the Medicaid and Medicare programs. Failure to maintain licensure, certification and/or Medicaid/Medicare eligibility will result in the termination of employment.

Additional Comments
* All Hourly positions with the NYS Office of Addiction Services & Supports (OASAS) are utilized on an "as needed" basis, and as such there is no guarantee of work hours or a set schedule. Any/all questions should be directed to recruitment.gov.

Background Investigation Requirements: Prospective appointees will be:
1) Checked against the Staff Exclusion List (SEL) maintained by the Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs. Prospective employees whose names appear on the SEL as having been found responsible for serious or repeated acts of abuse or neglect will be barred from appointment and may have their names removed from the eligible list(s) for the title(s) if applicable.
2) Investigated through a Criminal Background Check (CBC) that includes State and federal Criminal History Record Checks. All convictions must be reported; conviction of a felony or misdemeanor, or any falsified or omitted information on the prospective appointee’s employment application may bar appointment or result in removal after appointment. Each case will be determined on its own merits, consistent with the applicable provisions of State and federal laws, rules, and regulations.

Prospective employees will be fingerprinted in order to obtain a…