Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Job Title:

Nurse Practitioner, Psychiatry

Job Summary:

As a Nurse Practitioner in Psychiatry, you will work collaboratively with physicians to provide care to new or established patients. Your autonomy will be demonstrated through patient evaluation, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up care.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assess and establish a presumptive diagnosis and implement treatment plans for your patient population.
• Makes accurate and complete entries into the electronic medical record; orders and interprets diagnostic testing and consults as appropriate and prescribes appropriate medical therapy utilizing evidenced-based practice.
• Prescribes, adjusts, or discontinues medications or therapies as appropriate.
• Evaluates and reports to collaborating physician any circumstances or approaches to medical management or test results that present a significant risk to patient's health or well-being.
• Communicates with collaborative physician, patient, PCP, and referring staff through telephone or other means of correspondence.

Requirements:

• Master's Degree-Nurse Practitioner (Required)
• Certification(s) and License(s) Basic Life Support Certification - Default Issuing Body; Licensed Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) - RN_State of Pennsylvania; Certified Nurse Practitioner - American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Our Purpose & Values:

At Geisinger Health System, our purpose is to care for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family, and our communities. We strive to treat everyone with kindness, treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence, share our knowledge with the best and brightest, constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, and provide a safe environment for our patients and members.