East Tennessee State University

East Tennessee State University

PRN Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, University Health Center

TN, United States · Contract

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About the role

  • The PRN Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) provides advanced psychiatric care in accordance with the Tennessee Nurse Practice Act.
  • include prescribing and managing psychotropic medications, delivering psychotherapeutic treatments, and maintaining thorough documentation.
  • This is a temporary position working 15 - 22.5 hours per week and has the potential to become a permanent position.

Responsibilities

  • Documents needed to apply:
  • Aligned with the institution's mission, we value efforts to engage in teaching, scholarship, creative activities, and service that involve community partners and address significant societal needs in our region and beyond.
  • Documents accurately all services, including electronic or hard copy patient charts, encounter forms, coding.
  • Collaborates with psychiatrist, clinic staff, social workers, clinic director, and preceptor as needed to provide care.
  • Participates in quality assurance activities by evaluating own performance and identifying and implementing actions for continuous quality improvement.
  • Participates in professional development to maintain certification and improve and update practice.

Requirements

  • Experience as specified for each position.
  • Non-exempt positions are required to be posted for a minimum of five (5) calendar days. The closing date for this posting is subject to change without notice to applicants.
  • An official transcript will be required upon hire. Copies and/or unofficial transcripts will be acceptable for application purposes only.
  • The Department of Undergraduate Programs is home to over 45 full-time faculty and 700 students across five (5) tracks including the Traditional BSN, Accelerated BSN (Johnson City, Kingsport, Sevierville), LPN-BSN, and RN-BSN/Dual Degree.
  • It is not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required.

Nice to have

  • Two (2) years of experience in advanced practice nursing (PMHNP, FNP, ANP, PNP or other specialty as required for position.)
  • Physical Demands
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, climb, reach, and balance.
  • The employee may occasionally lift, carry, push, pull, and/or move more than 100 pounds.
  • The employee must be able to perceive and respond to sounds and alarms
  • communicate effectively with others
  • The employee may stand, walk, and/or sit in various settings for up to 7.5 hours at a time in addition to the preparation and closure of a clinical shift.
  • Rapid mobility may also be required on occasion.

Compensation

  • Hourly Rate: $50.00
  • East Tennessee State University (ETSU) is an institution with over 14,000 diverse students highly ranked graduate and undergraduate programs.

Benefits

  • Provides Advanced Practice Psychiatric Mental Health Care in compliance with the TN Nurse Practice Act.
  • Provides initial psychiatric evaluation, med checks and psychiatric consults and provides treatment of psychiatric/behavioral health disorders.
  • Provides screening and health promotion.
  • Provides patient and family education.

Company info

  • College of Nursing Overview The College of Nursing is part of the University's Academic Health Sciences Center, which also includes the James H.

Equal opportunity

  • ETSU is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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