Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Job Summary

Are you searching for a job that allows you to provide counseling as well as prescribed medication? Do you want to spend more than 15 minutes with your patients? If your answering yes and have thought about working in a private practice  we would love for you to become a respected member of our team! You will use compassion, dedication, and your expertise to build trust, and nurture rapport with our patients. As a valued nurse practitioner, you will have the opportunity to meet all aspects of patient care challenges with enthusiasm to develop positive patient relationships, because one of the primary goals of our company is keeping our patients happy and healthy.

Job Responsibilities

• Function autonomously to conduct patient histories as part of the intake process
• Order, perform, and analyze diagnostic and therapeutic tests concerning the needs of the patient, and follow up on a regular basis to ensure their needs are being adequately met.
• Prescribe appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities to ensure the health and comfort of all patients.
• Provide psychotherapy as is appropriate and educate patients  and families regarding their mental health symptoms
• Develop treatment plans based on scientific rationale, standards of care, and professional practice guidelines.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team members by making appropriate referrals and monitoring the effectiveness of all interventions.
• Facilitate the patient as well as the family decision-making process by providing educational tools for self-management of acute or chronic illnesses.
• Conduct  assessments and prescribe medications and pharmacologic treatments based on efficacy and cost, and serve as the patient's primary healthcare provider.
• Perform patient needs assessments
• Engage with patient to form plan of care
   

Job Skills & Qualifications

Required
 

• Master's degree, board certification, and licensure
• High level of attention to detail
• Empathy and compassion
• Punctuality and excellent attendance
• Outstanding observational and analytical skills to diagnose and treat patients effectively
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills
• DEA License
• RN and APRN in state of NH or in process of attaining both licenses in state of NH
• 2 years post grad preferred new grads will be considered with excellent references
   

Preferred

• Strong computer skills
• Ability to provide compassion and empathy

Company Description:

We are Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners providing psychiatric medication management for ages 16 and older in Bedford, NH and the surrounding communities. Our clinic offers a warm environment for patients seeking medication to treat psychiatric symptoms. We are happy to collaborate with your existing therapist or primary care provider.  Together we bring over 20 years of combined experience providing psychiatric services to individuals, families and communities.  As psychiatric nurse practitioners we prescribe medication in a way that provides high quality, patient centered psychiatric care using a nonjudgmental approach. Our providers focus on staying up-to-date with medical practices. In addition to medication management, our clinic also offers pharmagentic testing, referral to nutrition, wellness practices and experienced psychotherapists.