PMHNP-Nurse Practitioner

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other duties may be assigned.

· Facilitate admission, participates in rounds, and helps to formulate the treatment plan.

· Aggressively work toward improving patient and family satisfaction

· Coordinate care in conjunction with attending physician and the interdisciplinary Psychiatric team

· Prepare patient for discharge and smooth transition to home care

· Improve communication and coordination with primary care physician, ancillary services and Psychiatrist.

· Provides formal and informal nursing education on a regular basis

· Applies knowledge of growth and development over the life-span. Applies the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served on his/her assigned unit. Assesses data reflective of each patient’s status and interprets information needed in order to identify each patient’s age requirements relative to his/her age-specific healthcare needs.

· Maintains personal growth and development through in-services, educational programs, and workshops.

· Performs a variety of clinical interventions as required and within scope of practice and credentialing

· Performs a variety of service and administrative tasks that are shareable by all so that the needs of the customers and fellow team members are met in a timely manner.

· Adheres to job-specific Patient Safety goals outlined in job description.