Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner - Middletown, CT, United States - Hartford Healthcare (HHC)

Description

Job Schedule:
Full Time


Job Shift:
Shift 1


Shift Details:
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant – Behavioral Health – Outpatient Adult

Every day, almost 30,000 Hartford HealthCare employees come to work with one thing in common: We invite you to become part of Connecticut's most comprehensive healthcare network.

Rushford Center, one of Connecticut's leading providers of addiction and mental health services, is nationally recognized for delivering outstanding prevention, treatment and recovery programs.

Rushford offers a wide range of programs including Acute Care and Evaluation, Residential Addiction Treatment, Individual, Group & Family Therapy, Intensive Outpatient programs and Community Support Programs.

Through the passion of Rushford's specialists, they continue to treat every patient with care, compassion and respect, while providing affordable and accessible services.

Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Role Scope

• Evaluate and manage psychiatric disorders
• Coordinate appropriate follow up care, referrals, and case management
• Performs crisis intervention and medication management
• Orders and performs diagnostic tests and therapeutic procedures, and provides patient notification and follow up care
• Solicits medical management consult or input when appropriate
• Telepsychiatry opportunities when clinically appropriate

At Hartford HealthCare newly graduated and experienced providers are provided with the support and mentorship they need to succeed through on the job, classroom, and procedural training.

Supportive and flexible environment

• In-depth training for candidates without behavioral health experience
• Matching 401k, tiered medical, dental, and vision plans
• Reimbursement for CME, professional society membership, licensure, and malpractice
• Access to Hartford HealthCare's Office of Advanced Practice - an internal organization committed to the growth and development of our Advanced Practitioners
• Leadership development opportunities through Hartford HealthCare's Professional Leadership Development Institute

Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant / Nurse Practitioner Master's program preferred
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Board Certification preferred
We take great care of careers.
With locations around the state, Hartford HealthCare offers exciting opportunities for career development and growth.

Here, you are part of an organization on the cutting edge – helping to bring new technologies, breakthrough treatments and community education to countless men, women and children.