Carrier Clinic Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Psych APN Per Diem
Hackensack Meridian Health
**Overview**
**The On Call APN performs rounding on Carrier Clinic units during weekend coverage. They provide psychiatric and medical care to patients**
**and residents of Carrier Clinic. Conforms to performance improvement standards of patient care as established through Carrier Policies and**
**Procedures. Provides professional representation of Carrier to other health professionals, community agencies, and the lay public.** **Psychiatry experience prescribing meds for at least 1 year required.**
**Responsibilities**
**1.Provide psychiatric and medical treatment to inpatients on the unit to which they are assigned**
**2.Follows all EMTALA regulations and the Facility requirements concerning EMTALA**
**3.Completion of a daily progress note including mental health status and diagnosis**
**4.Completion of medication orders, status,laboratory tests,diets,etc. as needed**
**5.Completes all documentation/orders as required with timeliness and quality including delinquencies and incident reporting**
**6.Documentation of unusual incidents**
**7.Progress note documentation for patients requiring special monitoring, e.g. suicide precautions, seclusion or restraints**
**8.Reviews laboratory results and documents timely**
**9.Consultation/liaison with Nursing Supervisor, as needed**
**10.Responds to nursing requests as needed**
**11.Assures that all Medical Clearances are completed in a timely and efficient manner when covering Access shifts.**
**12.Responds to Utlization Management Documentation requests efficiently and timely**
**13.Adherence to performance improvement protocols including clinical pathways**
**14.Returning all patient and family phone calls as needed on a timely basis**
**15.Required to respond to calls/pages**
**16.Adheres to timekeeping and payroll policies**
**17.Reliable and on time to all scheduled rounding coverage**
**18.Other duties and/or projects as assigned**
**19.Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior**
**Qualifications**
**Graduate of an approved APN Program**
**Interacts well with patients,visitors and Facility staff, responding promptly to inquiries with tact and sensitivity**
**Demonstrates a courteous, cooperative,pleasant and positive attitude**
**Maintains strict standards of confidentiality**
**Excellent written and verbal communication skills**
**Proficient computer skills that may include but are not limited to Microsoft Office and/or Google Suite platforms**
**APN License**
**Adult Psychiatric and Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist Certification or Adult Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner**
**Certification**
**AHA Basic Health Care Life Support HCP Certification or completed in the first 90 days of employment**
**Psychiatry experience prescribing meds for at least 1 year required.**
**Job ID** _2024-149117_
**Department** _CC Physician Services_
**Site** _HMH Carrier Clinic Inc_
**Job Location** _US-NJ-Belle Mead_
**Position Type** _Per Diem_
**Standard Hours Per Week** _4_
**Shift** _Day_
**Shift Hours** _varies_
**Weekend Work** _Weekends as Needed_
**On Call Work** _No On-Call Required_
**Holiday Work** _As Needed_
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