Nurse Practitioner - Psychiatry

Psychiatry APP at Porter - Denver, CO
Annual compensation 0-2 YOE $154,134 - 3+YOE $167,324

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides independent advanced practice nursing care including but not limited to completions of assessment, diagnosis, development of treatment plan including outcome identification, patient/family education, and implementation and evaluation of the treatment
• Performs patient rounding with an interdisciplinary team and participates in case
• Performs comprehensive physical, psychological, social, spiritual, and cultural assessments through observation, interview, review of medical records and clinical data inclusive of imaging and lab results.
• Evaluates patient's response and intervenes to ensure optimal patient outcomes
• Will assess, diagnose and treat patients on both the Adult and Geriatric Psychiatric units. 
• Will lead a multidisciplinary team and is responsible for the overall case of assigned patients. The APP's case log will vary and could be up to 15 patients.
• Some call and weekend coverage responsibilities
• Additionally, the PNP will conduct consults for all 5 RMR facilities. Other opportunities to see patients on an outpatient basis are available, including Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS).

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties. Employee may perform other related duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Organizational
• Verbal Interpersonal
• Customer Relations
• Grammar/Spelling
• Read/Comprehend written instructions
• Follow verbal instructions
• Keyboarding (manual)
• Computer (visual)

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS PREFERRED

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Education:
  • Bachelor's degree, Nursing- Required
  • Master's degree, Nursing- Required

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE PREFERRED:

• Education:
  • Board certified as an Advanced Practice Nurse in a minimum of one of the following applicable professional clinical specialties: Palliative Medicine, Family Medicine, Adult/Gerontological Medicine, Internal Medicine, Hospital Medicine, or Acute Care Medicine (Preferred)
• Experience:
  • 3-5 years' experience in Critical Care setting as RN or NP (Preferred)
  • 3-5 years' experience in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Acute Care Medicine or Hospital Medicine as an NP (Preferred)
  • 1 year in management/leadership (Preferred)
  • 1 year experience working as part of an interdisciplinary team (Preferred)

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION REQUIRED:

• Basic Life Support- American Heart Association (Required)
• Registered as Advanced Practice Nurse (Required)
• Registered on the State of Colorado Advanced Practice Registry (Required)

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION PREFERRED:

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support- American Heart Association (Preferred)