Adelphi is seeking Nurse Practitioners(NP) - Psychiatry to provide services for a facility in Irie county in NY. The ideal candidates will provide on-site psychiatric care and consultative services for individuals with developmental disabilities. Job Quick Facts
- Ref#: BD-395-03
- Profession: Nurse Practitioner (NP)
- Specialty: Psychiatry
- Location: West Seneca, NY
- Service Setting: Outpatient
- Coverage Type: Clinical
- Start Date: TBD
- Contract length: 5 years
- Shift Schedule: M-F; 8a - 4:30p
Requirements:
- Active NY license
- BE/BC
- DEA
- A minimum of 1 year experience in serving people with developmental disabilities
- Enrolled in Medicaid/Medicare
Responsibilities:
- Provide on-site psychiatric care and consultative services for Individuals with developmental disabilities.
- Evaluate patients and advise on psychiatric treatment.
- Provide psychiatric assessments based on observations and interactions with the patients.
- Ensure the evaluations and assessments are clear and concise and convey all pertinent information.
- Participate in the development of treatment plans and case management.
- Provide electronic prescriptions for psychotropic drugs for patients as needed.
- Provide crisis intervention and prescribe pharmaceutical intervention as necessary.
- Monitoring positive and negative effects of psychotropic medications prescribed.
- Mediate admissions of patients to a psychiatric inpatient unit, if necessary.
- Review prospective patient transfer.
- Provide in-service programs to increase the knowledge of staff providing care and treatment and attend any specified training that is deemed necessary.
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned