Outpatient Behavioral Health Nurse Practitioner

Duke Regional Hospital Duke Regional Hospital offers the personal touch and hometown feel of a community hospital while serving as an essential arm of internationally recognized Duke University Health System. Duke Regional has served Durham, Orange, Person, Granville and Alamance counties for more than 45 years. To be successful at caring for our community and have a strong reputation among patients who seek our care, we have 3,500 team members who work together to provide exceptional, compassionate and equitable healthcare 24/7. We are a place of learning and acceptance for team members just starting their careers, as well as an institution of family culture and professional development for employees who have served for decades in our hospital units.Duke Regional has 388 inpatient beds and offers a comprehensive range of medical, surgical and diagnostic services, including orthopedics, weight-loss surgery, women's services, and heart and vascular services. We also offer care at our Duke Rehabilitation Institute, Davis Ambulatory Surgical Center, Duke Ambulatory Surgery Center Arringdon, Health Services Center, and Duke Behavioral Health Center North Durham. In fiscal year 2021, Duke Regional Hospital admitted 16,422 patients, performed 18,152 surgeries and welcomed 2,673 babies into the world. U.S. News & World Report ranked Duke Regional Hospital as #9 in North Carolina and #4 in the Raleigh-Durham area for 2021-22. The Human Rights Campaign consistently names us a Healthcare Equality Leader, and we are a Joint Commission-accredited and Magnet-designated hospital.

Duke Nursing Highlights:

 

• Duke University Health System is designated as a Magnet organization
• Nurses from each hospital areconsistently recognized each year as North Carolina's Great 100 Nurses.
• Duke University Health System was awarded the American Board of Nursing Specialties Award for Nursing Certification Advocacy for being strong advocates of specialty nursing certification.
• Duke University Health System has 6000 + registered nurses
• Quality of Life: Living in the Triangle!
• Relocation Assistance (based on eligibility)

 

 

OUTPATIENT BEHAVORIAL HEALTH NURSE PRACTITIONER on DUKE REGIONAL CAMPUS

 

Job Location      Duke Behavioral Health North Durham (Outpatient facility on DRH Campus located at 3643 N. Roxboro Rd, Durham, NC  27704)

 

Job Summary

Provide medication management to patients seeking psychiatric care in an outpatient setting. Completes diagnostic evaluations and ongoing medication management for patients, orders and schedules appropriate laboratory studies and works within a multi-disciplinary environment.

 

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for behavioral health patients
• Prescribe necessary treatment and services for quality patient care
• Take patient histories, conduct physical examinations, and record the date in the patient's record
• Write progress notes; prepare patient workups and summaries noting pertinent positive and negative findings
• Obtain psychosocial history relevant to patient care
• Assume responsibility for developing therapeutic relationships with patients
• Order and schedule laboratory studies and diagnostic procedures
• Explain necessity, preparation as well as the nature and anticipated effects of scheduled diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to the patient.

 

Job Eligibility Requirements

Education           Graduate of accredited MSN or DNP Family Medicine or Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program. (Note: PAs are not being considered for this position.)

Certification        PMHNP or FNP

License                Current and uninhibited RN License issued by the NCBON with authorization to practice as NP

Experience          1+ year’s minimum experience as a PMHNP or FNP. 3 years of RN psych experience strongly preferred.

 

Job Hours

Day shift, 40 hours per week with some flexibility in scheduling

 

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