Nurse Practitioner

Nurse Practitioner, CONSULTATION-LIAISON

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly qualified and well-trained Nurse Practitioner to join the Department of Psychiatry at Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) , within the Division of Inpatient Psychiatry at the Behavioral Health Center in Valhalla, New York, in a Consultation-Liaison role. This Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner is an advanced practice nurse who provides expert psychiatric evaluation, diagnosis, and management for adult patients admitted to acute medical, surgical, and intensive care units. Working as a core member of an interdisciplinary C-L psychiatry team, the PMHNP serves as the critical bridge between physical and mental health care. This role focuses on optimizing patient outcomes by treating acute psychiatric symptoms, managing behavioral disturbances complicating medical care, and advising primary medical teams on complex psychopharmacology. The ideal candidate will have a track record of clinical accomplishments in the treatment of patients with serious mental illness, and will provide services to adults, including triage, diagnostic evaluations, follow-up care, prescribing, and individual counseling and group treatment as part of a multidisciplinary team. Responsibilities also include reviewing patients' medication records to determine the appropriateness of the existing medication regimen.

This is an employed position through WMC Advanced Physician Services, which is a subsidiary professional corporation of WMCHealth. Benefits are comprehensive and include (minimum work hours apply):

• Paid vacation time, CME, and malpractice insurance.
• An academic appointment to New York Medical College, if appropriate.
• Collaboration with and support of an integrated team of Behavioral Health professionals.

Training & Licensing:

Applicants must have a Master's degree in Nursing, Nurse Practitioner certification in Psychiatry, and a valid New York State license as a Nurse Practitioner.

Facility Information:

WMCHealth has been a leading provider of comprehensive behavioral health services for the Hudson Valley for more than 90 years. We offer a full spectrum of inpatient, outpatient, community, and emergency care for individuals and families. World-renowned medical services provided by Westchester Medical Center, Mid-Hudson Regional Hospital, and Health Alliance of the Hudson Valley (HAHV), combined with strong clinical leadership from the Department of Psychiatry at New York Medical College, keep WMCHealth at the forefront of meeting the needs of those affected by mental illness and substance abuse. For more information, visit www.WMCHealth.org .

The WMCHealth Behavioral Health Center (BHC) is a freestanding facility operating a 97-bed inpatient psychiatric program for children, adolescents and adults as well as comprehensive outpatient mental health services. In addition to receiving patients directly from WMC’s Emergency Medical Services Department, BHC is also a major transfer center for patients requiring psychiatric hospitalization from across the Lower Hudson Valley.

WMC Advanced Physician Services PC (APS) employs doctors and mid-level clinicians working in WMCHealth’s hospital-based and community-based clinical programs including at Mid-Hudson Regional.

Community Information:

Westchester County features a diversity of urban, suburban and rural areas. The County links the New York City metropolitan to the Lower Hudson Valley, a region surrounded by beautiful mountains and offering an abundance of outdoor activities for residents and visitors alike. Designated as a National Heritage Area, the valley is steeped in history, natural beauty, culture and a burgeoning food and farmer’s market scene. The Hudson Valley also boasts excellent public and private schools with a vibrant higher education culture, as the home to several notable institutions such as Vassar College, Marist College, SUNY New Paltz, Bard College and the Culinary Institute of America, among others.

About WMCHealth:

WMCHealth is a 1,700-bed healthcare system headquartered in Valhalla, New York, with ten hospitals on eight campuses spanning 6,200 square miles of the Hudson Valley. WMCHealth employs more than 12,000 people and has nearly 3,000 attending physicians. From Level 1, Level 2 and Pediatric Trauma Centers, the region’s only acute care children’s hospital, an academic medical center, several community hospitals, dozens of specialized institutes and centers, skilled nursing, assisted living facilities, homecare services and one of the largest mental health systems in New York State, today WMCHealth is the pre-eminent provider of integrated healthcare in the Hudson Valley.

How to Apply

For more information about this opportunity, contact Jasmine Campos, Advanced Clinical Recruiter for WMCHealth at (914) 493-3774 or by email at jasmine.campos@WMCHealth.org

Job Summary : The Nurse Practitioner is a licensed professional provider who functions in collaboration with an attending with an attending physician in a variety of practice settings at WMCHealth. Provides exceptional direct diagnostic and therapeutic patient care to the highest standards of the organization as part of a multidisciplinary team. Cultivates a patient centric environment that focuses on the whole individual inclusive of physical, psychosocial, spiritual and functional needs of the patient, family, and significant others. Serves as the focal professional for the continuity of care in patient care within scope of practice standards, as well as specialty specific standards to address and resolve problems that may arise.

Responsibilities

Clinical Care:

The Nurse Practitioner (NP) provides assessment, triage, and therapeutic management of patient/family needs throughout the disease process as an integral part of an interdisciplinary team. The NP, whether the practice setting is the inpatient, ambulatory, or outpatient settings, provides optimal patient care, from diagnostic to prognostic matters. This individual works in collaboration with the attending supervising/collaborating physician(s) in accordance with state law and hospital regulations, hospital policy, protocols and clinical pathways and may provide autonomous team based care.

Obtains medical histories, performs physical examinations, reviews/orders diagnostic/therapeutic tests and radiologic results, formulates and manages patient treatment plans. The NP may perform procedures, prescribes treatment and medications in accordance with institutional and state guidelines, as well as, when necessary for scope within specialty or professional competency standards. In some clinical specialties, the NP may have autonomous or independent practice managing certain patient populations.

The NP may also function as first or second assistant on operative cases (as long as within position scope and job educational prerequisites are in place), using fine motor skills and manual dexterity.

Other clinical job duties may be applied in accordance with departmental and operational goals, training related to profession and practice necessitated guidelines and responsibilities, inclusive but not limited to responding to emergency situations within the WMCHealth parameters.

Patient Education & Psychosocial Support:

The NP will educate patients/families on care and recommended or available resources. In collaboration with the supervising/collaborating MD, this may be inclusive of admitting instructions, treatment plan, actual and potential side effects of treatments/medications, and discharge plan. The NP, as part of a multidisciplinary team, provides psychosocial support to patients, their family members, and significant others in a caring, ethical, and professional manner.

Information Management:

The NP ensures appropriate documentation within the accordance of hospital and regulatory requirements and protects information of all forms, whether computer-based, paper, film, voice, or other media from unauthorized access modification, destruction, or intentional or accidental disclosure.

Quality Management:

The NP is expected to demonstrate a high standard of moral and ethical behavior, professionalism, compassion, and commitment to patient care.

Ensures compliance with patient related healthcare regulatory requirements, standards and recommendations.

Professional Development

The NP continuously engages in projects that maintain and advance professional competency.

The NP serves as a clinical resource for new house staff and may provide service specific orientation pertinent to clinical education

Consistently demonstrates high reliability organizational behaviors through reporting safety events as well as near misses.

Maintains all employee requirements determined by hospital policy.

The NP may serve as a clinical preceptor for NP students and other health care professionals and may serve as a mentor to pre-NP candidates.

The NP/ may collaborate on research, quality assurance projects, and assist with the formation of protocols that will be applied to clinical practice or further their educational and clinical expertise .

Qualifications/Requirements:

Experience: clinical working experience as an NP within the given specialty/service line preffered, but none required

Education: Graduate from an accredited Nurse Practitioner Program

Licenses / Certifications:

New York State Registered Nurse License

New York State Nurse Practitioner License

Board specialty certification, as appropriate for position profile

ACLS/BLS Certified, when indicated for position profile

DEA License, when indicated for position profile

PALS, when indicated for pediatric care

NRP Certification, when indicated for neonatal care

Other: The ability to solve complex problems is typically a valued skill for NPs and PAs, as are critical-thinking and the ability to react quickly when a patient's condition changes. Considerable independent judgment utilized within scope of practice parameters.

Special Requirements: Responsible, in collaboration with the attending physician, for medical management of the patient. NP/PA are licensed health professionals, and accountable for their practice within their scope of licensures, as well as, within scope of the collaborative practice arrangements. Accountable to patients, families, peers, colleagues for clinical practice that upholds the mission, philosophy, objectives and policies of Patient Care Services and WMCHealth. Consistently demonstrates the values of integrity, patient centered, respect, accountability, and compassion