Summary

Provide compassionate evidence-based psychiatric care to adult patients with substance use disorders as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner. Complete a psychiatric evaluation for all patients and conduct follow-up consultations as needed. You will prescribe and manage appropriate medications for those patients who need them. You will work closely with a staff physician and other PMHMPs, as well as a multidisciplinary treatment of therapists, medical providers, nurses, and case managers.

Assess and treat mental health issues across our continuum of care to help patients safely stabilize and build a strong foundation for long-term recovery from addiction. The ideal candidate has broad direct care experience, and knowledge of addiction treatment. You should be efficient, flexible, and eager to embrace a team-based approach that models collaborative, solution-based problem solving, and authentic communication.

Responsibilities

Patient assessments

Prioritize patients with identified safety risk to assess danger to self or others.

Conduct a psychiatric evaluation of all the patients within established time frame.

Reconcile current psychiatric medications and determine which orders to continue modify or stop (often in consultation with patients outside provider).

Patient Care

Assess and diagnose mental health disorders.

Provide psychotherapy as appropriate.

Recommend strategies to manage acute or chronic mental health issues.

Prescribe psychotropic medication and provide patient education related to intended effects, possible side effects, and anticipated duration of use.

Offer guidance in the resolution of acute mental health or behavioral crisis.

Documentation

Meticulously document assessments and observations, interventions and response, and progress towards goals.

Create progress notes for each visit and consultation.

Enter medication and action orders within the EMR platform.

Communicate verbal orders clearly to RNs, ensure orders are read back, and sign orders within 24-hours after checking for accuracy.

Review results of Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) search.

Other duties as assigned.

Requirements, Preferences and Experience

Master's degree from an accredited nursing program.

Unrestricted current PMHNP license to practice in state of employment,

Must have prescriptive authorization and XCEA license is preferred.

Broad clinical experience requires, addiction treatment experience preferred.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

About Baptist Memorial Health Care

At Baptist, we owe our success to our colleagues, who have both technical expertise and a compassionate attitude. Every day they carry out Christ's three-fold ministry-healing, preaching and teaching. And, we reward their efforts with compensation and benefits packages that are highly competitive in the Mid-South health care community. For two consecutive years, Baptist has won a Best in Benefits award for offering the best benefit plans compared with their peer groups. Winners are chosen based on plan designs, premiums and the results of a Benefits Benchmarking Survey.

At Baptist, We Offer:

• Competitive salaries

• Paid vacation/time off

• Continuing education opportunities

• Generous retirement plan

• Health insurance, including dental and vision

• Sick leave

• Service awards

• Free parking

• Short-term disability

• Life insurance

• Health care and dependent care spending accounts

• Education assistance/continuing education

• Employee referral program

Job Summary:

Position: 20416 - RN-Nurse Practitioner

Facility: BMG - GME Clinic Memphis

Department: BMG Addiction Medicine

Category: Nurse Practitioner

Type: Clinical Nurse

Work Type: Full Time

Work Schedule: Days

Location: US:TN:Memphis

Located in the Memphis metro area REQNUMBER: 28066