MUSCP - Advanced Practice Provider (APP - NP/PA)- Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences: Dpod Clinic (Night Shift Only)

Job Description Summary

Full time NP/PA working with the psychiatry team embedded in the Emergency Department to provide psychiatric consults and management of psychiatric patients who present to the MUSC ED, under the supervision of a psychiatrist.  Will work as part of a multidisciplinary team and work with a team of ED based psychiatrists as part of the Mental Health ICCE, within the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences.

Entity

University Medical Associates (UMA) Only Employees and Financials

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type​

Regular

Cost Center

CC005437 COM PSYCH HOSP DPOD CC

Pay Rate Type

Salary

Pay Grade

Health-33

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Work Shift

Job Description

Entity/Organization: MUSCP - (MUSC Physicians)

Job Purpose: Full time NP/PA working with the psychiatry team embedded in the Emergency Department to provide psychiatric consults and management of psychiatric patients who present to the MUSC ED, under the supervision of a psychiatrist.  Will work as part of a multidisciplinary team and work with a team of ED based psychiatrists as part of the Mental Health ICCE, within the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences.

Fair Labor Standards Act Status: Salaried - Exempt

Hours per week: 14, 10-hour shifts per month with 1 additional 10 hour shift each quarter.

Scheduled Work Hours/Shift:  The standard scheduled shifts are: 7AM to 5PM, 1PM to 11PM and 10PM to 8AM with 14 shifts per month required for full-time positions. The weekender APP will work greater than 50% weekends with some nights and holidays required. There are four additional 10-hour shifts built into the schedule per year, one per quarter. This includes coverage of the psychiatry D-POD area as well as the adult EmPATH unit.

Patient Population Age Range: 0-Death

Required Minimum Training and Education: Completion of an accredited Physician Assistant program and currently licensed or eligible for licensure as a Physician Assistant. Or completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner Program and currently licensed or eligible as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, as identified below. 

• Physician Assistant

        or

• APRN License Type/Certification:
  • PMHNP (Psychiatric Mental Health NP): (All ages) population foci may be adult only or across the lifespan (must check educational background) care of the psychiatric patient.

Preferred Training: Physician Assistant (PA) or if APRN, License Type/Certification identified below:

• Physician Assistant

         or

• APRN
  • PMHNP (Psychiatric Mental Health NP): (All ages) population foci may be adult only or across the lifespan (must check educational background) care of the psychiatric patient.

Preferred experience: Minimum of one year of mental health provider experience as an APRN or PA.

Degree of Supervision: Physician Assistant or Advanced Practice Registered Nurse will be assigned a Primary Supervising/Collaborating Physician employed by MUSC and will report directly to this physician.

Required Licensure, Certifications, Registrations: Currently licensed (or eligible) in the state of South Carolina as a Physician Assistant by the South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners or as an PMHNP with the SC Board of Nursing. Requires certification in Basic Life Support (BLS). If BLS is not current, provider must enroll and have received certificate by start date. DHEC and DEA license applications must be submitted prior to first day.

Job Duties: Provides direct care to patients through the following activities:

• Perform comprehensive mental health evaluations to determine the appropriate level of care for the patient.  Will include management of psychotropic medications and all care needs

• Takes comprehensive history and performs physical examinations
• Evaluates and treats based on history, mental status examination, physical examination, radiological, laboratory, and other diagnostic test results pursuant to the practice agreement or scope of practice guideline
• Performs the following therapeutic procedures in accordance with procedural privileges, skill and proficiency as approved by the Clinical Division Chief