APRN
Company: Element Care
Location: Brighton
Posted on: October 17, 2024
Job Description:
The Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse (APRN) is responsible
for providing behavioral health services to clients at assigned
sites, including those in nursing home settings. The APRN delivers
behavioral health care to a caseload of clients referred by the
center's Primary Care clinicians and provides consultation to
Primary Care and the IDT regarding behavioral health issues. This
position is full time Monday thru Friday 8am to 4pm with no weekend
or holiday hours. Stipend paid for Russian and preferred Chinese
dialects.
- Performs psychiatric evaluations and provides
psychopharmacology management with psychotherapeutic support to
clients, as well as individual and group psychotherapy in selected
situations, and provides behavioral health consultation to other
disciplines.
- Acts as a role model for professional relationships, effective
communication and teamwork.
- Performs routine and urgent psychiatric evaluations.
- Develops clinically appropriate behavioral health treatment
plans.
- Implements evidence based and best practice psychiatric
interventions.
- Monitors clients' response to psychotropic medications and
other interventions and adjusts plans, as necessary.
- Documents interventions, medication plans and
rationale/response in the EHR.
- Provides behavioral health consultation and support to the
Interdisciplinary Team to increase the ability of team members to
integrate psychiatric concepts/skills into the delivery of
care.
- Participates in Behavioral Health program projects to enhance
clinical practice, teamwork and program development.
- Covers for Behavioral Health colleagues when needed.
- Ability to pass a fit test. Position requires mask where seal
is critical. Incumbent is required to not have facial hair that
interferes with a tight seal of the respirator.
- Other duties as required.JOB SPECIFICATIONS:
- Master's degree as psychiatric/mental health Clinical Nurse
Specialist or Nurse Practitioner or ANCC certification as NP with
more than 5 years in psychiatric experience and prescribing
psychotropics.
- License to practice in the Commonwealth of MA as a Registered
Nurse/Advanced Practice Nurse with prescribing authority.
- ANCC certification as a Psychiatric/Mental Health NP or
CNS.
- 2-5 years of experience in an advanced practice role with
prescriptive practice.
- Minimum of 1 year elder experience.
- Evidence of competence in evaluation and treatment of older
adults, including psychopharmacology, psychotherapy, crisis
evaluations and consultation to caregivers. Benefits:
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Supplemental benefits
EEO StatementElement Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment
without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin,
sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or on the basis of
disability.Element Care is committed to valuing diversity and
contributing to an inclusive working environment.
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Keywords: Element Care, Arlington , APRN, Other , Brighton, Massachusetts
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