Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner - Brookline - ALITA CARE

Description:   The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner will work with professional and clinical staff...Job Summary:

The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner will work with a multidisciplinary professional and clinical staff and be active in fostering a therapeutic milieu as well as providing clinical guidance to patients and the multidisciplinary treatment team.

Essential Functions:

Practices the specialty of psychiatry within the scope of privileges in treating inpatients, partial hospital patients and outpatients.

Maintains active medical staff status.

Works collaboratively with other Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners, physicians, and clinical staff.

Interacts cooperatively with managed care companies.

Completes all documentation in the medical record according to Hospital guidelines.

Attends regularly scheduled Medical Staff meetings.

Participates in medical staff committees as appointed.

Supports the hospital's mission and vision statements and promotes the welfare of the hospital.

Performs any other duties that may be assigned by the Chief Medical Officer or the Chief Medical Officer and CEO

Participates in teaching nurse practitioner students, medical students and residents as assigned by the Chief Medical Officer.

Essential Competencies:

Has extensive knowledge of the principles and practice of psychiatry, and the diagnosis and treatment of the mentally ill and chemically dependent patients.

Able to work within the framework of hospital policies, procedures and the Medical Staff Bylaws, Rules, and Regulations.

Minimum Qualifications:

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing with an NP degree, currently licensed in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Exhibits proper certificates of malpractice insurance, Federal and State DEA and Mass Board of Registration in Medicine licensing, and successfully completes all appointment credentialing

Physical Criteria:

Must be able to walk short distances and climb stairways.

Reports to:  Chief Medical Officer

Supervises:  Supervises hospital staff as requested by Chief Medical Officer