VMG Nurse Practitioner - Psychiatry Patient Assessment Service
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterAbout the role
Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of diverse individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health recognizes that diversity is essential for excellence and innovation. We are committed to an inclusive environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your diversity of culture, thinking, learning, and leading is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.
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Psychiatry - Child-AdolescentJob Summary:
JOB SUMMARYThe specialty Nurse Practitioner (NP) in the Psychiatric Assessment Service (PAS) works in collaboration with a multidisciplinary health care team in the Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital and Vanderbilt University Hospital Emergency Department. All work is performed in a team-based approach to care.
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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
The NP functions, in collaboration with the PAS physician, Registered Nurses, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, and Mental Health Specialists, to evaluate and treat patients who have walked into the space for assessment or have been transferred from the ED. The NP is responsible for Medical Screening Exams, diagnosis and treatment of the acute psychiatric patient, management of non-emergent medical conditions, and discharging as needed to the appropriate level of care or transferring as appropriate to the designated facility for continued care. The NP should have strong communication skills and be able to coordinate effectively with an interdisciplinary team located in the PAS and Emergency Department.
The NP should have a strong foundation in evidence-based practice and education, a responsibility for ensuring adherence to diagnostic and therapeutic algorithms and protocols, and ensure an environment of safe quality care for a wide range of care needs. The NP demonstrates an advanced level of psychiatric, medical, and nursing knowledge, clinical competence, sound judgment, professional communication skills, timely and compliant documentation, and personal initiative to sustain professional development.
Please note that this position is primarily for evening and weekend hours.
Basic Qualifications: This position requires a Master's degree in Nursing. Experience in an acute psychiatric care setting, preferably Emergency Psychiatry, is recommended.
License Required: Current Tennessee RN and APN license with certificate of fitness to prescribe and PMHNP certification required.
Must be eligible for DEA license.
TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES
Our Nursing Philosophy:
We believe highly skilled and specialized nursing care is essential to Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s mission of quality in patient care, education and research. We believe nursing is an applied art and science focused on helping people, families and communities reach excellent health and well-being.
As a Vanderbilt University Medical Center employee, you make a difference to our patients and their families by bringing compassion and care to those in need of hope and healing. Please see our current employee benefits offered:
- Affordable High Quality Health Plan Options
- Dental and /or vision plan
- 403 (b) retirement plan
- Paid Time off (flex PTO)
- Tuition Reimbursement and adoption assistance (maximums applied)
- Short-Long term disability
- Subsidized backup childcare
- And many more... Ask us about our current inpatient nursing supplemental Pay Program!
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