Remote Nurse Practitioner Behavioral Health

Active PMHNP License Required in any of these states:
South Dakota, Minnesota, California or Texas.

General Hours of Work: Mix of days and nights, with weekend and holiday rotation

Department/Unit: Behavioral Health

Available Hours/FTE: 3, 12-hour shifts weekly/ 0.9 FTE (Full time); 2, 12-hour shifts per week/0.6 FTE (Part time); or 4, 12-hour shifts per month/0.3 FTE (Part time)

Reports To: Director of Behavioral Health

Avel eCare is seeking a dedicated Nurse Practitioner for our Behavioral Health team. This role assumes the responsibility for the provision of medical management of patients inAvele Care Behavioral  Heal thunder the direction and supervision of a physician.

Nurse Practitioners practice under the rules and regulations of the Nurse Practice Act of the states in which the practitioner is providing services.

• Works with the psychiatrist and other staff (RN, support specialist, MSWs) on shift in the acute assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of patient's presenting to emergency departments, medical inpatient units, and inpatient behavioral health/crisis stabilization units.
• Must be comfortable assessing patients for acute suicide and violence risk to recommend an appropriate level of care. This may require collaboration with family when indicated.
• Is responsible for placing direct admit orders for customers who request support for inpatient behavioral health/crisis stabilization units.
• Assists with rounding/evaluation when requested for patients in all environments supported by the service.
• Discusses patient cases with accepting psychiatric facility if requested by customer site.
• Assists in completing Crisis Response Plans with patients to support nursing staff.
• Recognizes and reacts appropriately to environmental safety factors related to patient care. Understands, applies, and supports practice policies, procedures, goals, and standards. Effectively provides patient instruction related to environmental care and safety standards. Always follows procedures, policies, and standards as outlined by Avele Care. Effectively contributes to the development and attainment of nurse practitioner practice goals. Effectively ensures that QA is compiled, reports are prepared for administrative and regulatory agencies.
• Maximizes opportunities in the clinical setting for education of staff, patients, and families.
• Participate in the evaluation of AveleCARE metrics, including performance against clinical aims.
• Works collaboratively with other health care professionals and agencies to provide, and where appropriate, coordinates services to individuals, families, and groups and to promote quality care for patients.
• Demonstrates clinical, interpersonal, communication and conflict resolution skills.
• Works to enhance unit collaboration tighten workflows and assure ongoing commitment to achieving high quality clinical standards. Assists clinical and administrative leaders in crafting remediation strategies when indicated.

• Graduate of an NLN accredited school of nursing or equivalent.
• Graduate of an accredited
  
  Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner(PMHNP) programis required.
• Master’sor Doctoratedegreerequired.

• An active Nurse Practitioner license in any of the following states is required:
  South Dakota, Minnesota, California, or Texas.
• APRN licensurerequired within the states that Avele Care acute inpatient services are providing service within 9 months of hire.
• Federal DEA and/or State DEA licensurerequired within the states that Avele Care behavioral health services are being provided within 9 months of hire.
• Anactive Federal and State DEA certification is required.
• Completion of state specific certification/education within the initial and renewal time periodsis.

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