Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner or Psychiatrist Seattle/Tukwila, WA ***$1,500 Sign On Bonus
Location: Tukwila, Washington
Description: Sound Mental Health is employing Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner or Psychiatrist Seattle/Tukwila, WA ***$1,500 Sign On Bonus right now, this career will be reside in Washington. More complete informations about this career opportunity kindly read the description below. We are seeking a Part Time
ARNP or Psychiatrist
(Seattle/Tukwila) to join our team
.
T his is an ideal position for someone that is looking for a lot of flexibility regarding hours and to work with a underprivileged population. The
ARNP or Psychiatrist
is a professional level position intended to provide psychiatric services in our agency through the prescribing and monitoring of medications, evaluation of psychiatric status, and consultation to non-medical staff. This is primarily a clinical position and incumbents will spend the majority of their time seeing patients, with the same productivity standards and same scheduling guidelines as physicians. Although knowledge of psychosocial issues in the treatment of all patients is desirable, the emphasis in this position is in the biomedical and medicolegal areas. This position requires a substantial level of independence and clinical leadership. The NP will do initial psychiatric evaluations as well as follow up on cases that have been seen by a staff physician. The position is supervised by th e Chief Medical Officer.
Essential Functions:
Independently evaluate patients for the purpose of determining a differential, psychiatric diagnosis and biopsychosocial case formulation. This evaluation will adhere to all the elements described in medical peer review.
Assess patients for psychiatric/psychotropic medication necessity.
Prescribe the psychiatric or psychotropic medications, which are within his/her licensing purview.
Coordinate with program manager in assigned programs to facilitate integration of medical issues with overall treatment planning
Screen patients for concurrent non-psychiatric medical conditions and refer for appropriate care.
Order all appropriate laboratory tests to determine a differential diagnosis and assure safe prescription of medications.
Assess for medication side effects and treat when appropriate, following guidelines set by accepted professional standards and any ot her applicable standards of care.
Qualifications:
At least 2 years previous experience prescribing psychotropic medications desired, preferably in community mental health setting
Requires a current nursing license in the State of Washington,
Current license to prescribe medicine in the State of Washington, and a current license as an Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner in Washington State and applicable DEA for WA State.
The ability to be reimbursed for services by Medicare and Medicaid is required.
Salary = DOQ
Send letter of interest, resume and salary history to: Sound, Attn: Alexis Owens, Job #18-095, 6400 Southcenter Blvd, Tukwila WA 98188, or fax to (206) 302-2210, or e-mail to
AlexisO@smh.org
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This career will be opened on: Fri, 11 May 2018 02:29:06 GMT