Advanced Practice Rn, 37.5hrs, Worcester, Community - UMass Memorial Health Care

UMass Memorial Health Care

Verified Company

Worcester, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

Everyone Is a Caregiver

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver - regardless of their title or responsibilities.

Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve.

We are more than 16,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other.

And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

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Major Responsibilities:

Provides psychiatric services to patients of the community behavioral health center as assigned.
Completes psychiatric assessments, medication consultations, and follow-up services consistent with the advanced practice agreement with the supervising M.D.
Provides each patient, in collaboration with the clinical team, a comprehensive assessment, diagnostic formulation, problem list, treatment plan, and ongoing patient care, further evaluation, consultation and collaboration as necessary to address the safety and treatment needs.
Provides medication assisted treatment to individuals with an opioid addiction.
Works collaboratively as a member of the patient-centered Adult Outpatient clinic's multi-disciplinary open access teams to coordinate the delivery of appropriate clinical and medical services.
Maintains all documentation for services provided, with review of information from other providers in the Electronic Medical Record (EMR).
Works in the Adult Outpatient Services clinics in Worcester, Leominster, and Fitchburg.
Prepares and maintains confidential client documentation, service records, staff activity logs (SALS)
Demonstrates knowledge base of adults with severe and persistent mental illness, chronic substance use conditions, and medical conditions.
Maintains current knowledge of psychiatric medications.
Accurately assesses client's presenting concerns.
Effectively communicates with clients, peers, and other professionals.
Timely and accurate documentation skills.
Performs other related job duties.

Standard Staffing Level Responsibilities:

Complies with established division and program policies, procedures, and objectives.
Attends variety of meetings, conferences, and trainings as required or directed.
Demonstrates use of quality improvement in daily operations.
Complies with all health and safety regulations and requirements.
Respects diverse views and approaches, demonstrates Standards of Respect, and contributes to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism, tolerance, civility and acceptance toward all employees, patients and visitors.
Maintains regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.
Maintains confidentiality.

All responsibilities are essential job functions.

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Position Qualifications:

License/Certification/Education:

Required:

Licensure as a Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing.
Current DPH and DEA certificates.
Has an active X Waiver or on track to obtain the waiver.
Meets all qualifications for the advanced practice of psychiatric nursing with prescribing privileges.

Experience/Skills:

Required:

Experience working with adults with severe and persistent mental illness, substance use disorders, and co-occurring developmental disabilities and/or medical conditions.
Must be able to pass a CORI background check.

Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.

Department-specific competencies, including age-specific competencies and their measurements, will be developed and maintained in the individual departments. The competencies will be maintained and attached to the departmental job description. Responsible managers will review competencies with position incumbents.

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Physical Demands and Environmental Conditions:

Must be able to move about the space periodically during the shift.
Must be able to hear, understand, and distinguish speech and/or other sounds (e.g., machinery alarms, medicals codes or alarms).
Must be able to see accurately both near and far.

The characteristics above are representative of those encountered while performing the essential functions of the position. Reasonable accommodations may be made if necessary in order to perform the essential functions

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We're striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health - for our patients, our community and each other.

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