Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Summary

The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner is responsible for providing direct clinical services to patients on the inpatient chemical dependency unit and provide consultation related to chemical dependency.

• Participates in treatment planning activities.
• Provides direct patient care by completing History & Physical, psychiatric assessments, and ongoing daily assessments as needed.
• Ensures that patients meet established admission criteria and ensures a timely admission procedure as per regulatory requirements.
• Implements treatment regimen based on clinical evaluation and following best practices.
• Interviews and examines patients at appropriate intervals and revises medications if necessary.
• Works closely with the inpatient Nurse Manager, Medical Director, nursing, and counseling staff to address clinical needs and length of stay issues.
• Works collaboratively with the emergency department physicians, hospitalists, and psychiatrists.
• Participates in inpatient unit performance improvement initiatives.
• Educates patients and staff on Medication Assisted Treatment and Harm Reduction Models.
• Collaborates with community providers as appropriate for patient care.
• Completes daily documentation timely and within requirements for appropriate billing codes.
• Coordinates with insurance companies when needed, including peer reviews.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Experience: Minimum of 3 years of nursing experience in a psychiatric or chemical addiction setting, preferred.

Education: Master's Degree in Nursing with specialty in psychiatry and medicine.

Licenses /

Certifications:

Registered and licensed as a Nurse Practitioner by the NYS Education Department, BLS certified, DEA X-Waiver.

• Excellent interpersonal and human relations skills
• Demonstrated proficiency in utilizing an electronic medical record
• Ability to work collaboratively with all members of the health care team, patients, and families
• Excellent documentation skills and organizational skills
• Knowledge of regulatory and accrediting agency standards and requirements
• Knowledge of sound nursing practices
• Knowledge of psychiatric and substance abuse dynamics

Good Samaritan Hospital

Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, NY, is a 286-bed hospital providing emergency, medical, surgical, obstetrical/gynecological and acute-care services to residents of Rockland and southern Orange counties in New York; and northern Bergen County, NJ. The hospital is home to a recognized cardiovascular program, comprehensive cancer-treatment services, the area's leading Wound and Hyperbaric Institute and outstanding maternal/child services that includes a Children's Diagnostic Center.

Good Samaritan Hospital also provides social, psychiatric and substance-abuse services and its certified home-care agency supports residents of the Hudson Valley and beyond.