Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner - PMHNP

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Location:

Cushing, OK

Valley Hope of Cushing has been delivering residential addiction treatment and recovery support since 1974. The campus, located near Tulsa and Stillwater, offers a tranquil environment and a historic mansion, creating a unique place for employees and patients alike.

• Provides medical services to the Valley Hope Residential facility and to Valley Hope IOP as needed. At the Residential facility, this will include a history and physical along with physical and mental health care management and Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT). The provider must be certified to prescribe buprenorphine (Suboxone). The provider must be available via phone (on call) daily, when not present physically at the facility.
  
  The provider will meet with facility leadership and/or Medical Director at a minimum of every two months to offer suggestions, share concerns, and note progress.
• Ensures proper and adequate treatment is provided during emergencies by nursing staff and that established policies and procedures for all medical emergencies are consistently followed (i.e., seizures, suicidal thoughts/attempts, overdoses, code blue, Delirium Tremens, etc.).
• Participates in facility performance improvement activities and leads efforts specific to medical/nursing services and improving nursing care quality. Collaborates with facility management staff to identify and implement improvement activities across the facility.
• Assists Director of Nursing with the security, control, and administration of drugs, medications, treatments, and tests as allowed by law.
• Maintains appropriate standards of patient confidentiality; ensures nursing staff adheres to all policies and procedures regarding patient information protection and HIPAA/42 CFR.
• Oversees and assists with medical/nursing tasks and activities required to maintain compliance with Joint Commission as well as any other regulatory bodies.
• Assists the efforts to build the skills and competencies of the nursing staff as needed to meet minimum requirements as specified by customary standards of nursing practice, external accrediting agency guidelines, and internal organizational guidelines.
• Ensures effective communications between the medical department and all of facility departments including nursing, clinical, and support-service department.
• Provides education to patients and/or families about preventive care, medical issues, and use of prescribed medical treatments and/or medications pertinent to the patient’s condition.
• Develops treatment plans; participates in case conferences and consults with physicians, clinicians, other professional staff, clients, and families and coordinates with other service providers in developing, monitoring, and adjusting a comprehensive, individualized treatment plan.
• Assists the facility Safety Officer with the coordination, development, implementation, and monitoring of plans for safety management activities; this includes security management, hazardous materials and waste management, emergency preparedness, life safety management, medical equipment management, utility systems management, space allocation management, and infection control programs.
• Maintains and demonstrates a current working knowledge of nursing procedures and substance abuse treatments in accordance with company policy and State and Federal guidelines.
• Maintains and coordinates with facility team the use of MAT Therapy and follow up care post treatment.
• Maintains a current working knowledge of trends within substance abuse treatment industry and with State and Federal regulatory requirements and guidelines.
• Provider agrees to carry appropriate liability insurance and will provide evidence of this coverage in the form of a copy of the certificate of insurance at the time this Agreement is executed. The provider will provide to VHA a copy of the certificate of insurance at any time the Provider’s insurance coverage(s) change(s) or renews. The provider will carry the minimum amount of personal malpractice liability insurance…