**Nurse Practitioner Psych** **Job Details** **Job Location** Ronkonkoma Residential - Ronkonkoma, NY **Position Type** Per Diem **Education Level** Graduate Degree **Salary Range** $60.00 - $72.00 Hourly **Travel Percentage** None **Job Shift** Morning **Job Category** Health Care **Description** **SUMMARY** Nurse Practitioner reports to the Medical Director/Director of Medical Services. All assigned duties must be within the scope of practice of the supervising physician and appropriate as per the education, training, and experience of the nurse practitioner to provide high quality care to substance use disorder patients. **ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES** include the following. Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned. + Meet the medical assessment and treatment needs of each resident + Provides safety assessment for withdrawal symptoms or other potentially life-threatening behavior or conditions within 24 hours of admissions + Notifies on call physician of immediate crisis + Provide peer to peer reviews to managed care companies and other healthcare entities + Conclude a medical assessment within 7 days of admission and a full history and physical, when necessary, within 21/45 days of admission + Conduct a medical assessment of physical and mental health conditions and medical treatment to stabilize and then enable the resident to manage chronic health and mental health conditions including treatment of physical health conditions that are routine + Documenting in the Medical Record using Welligent, past medical history, physical findings, diagnoses, treatment plan, written orders, and prescriptions if indicated + Ensure timely and accurate clinical documentation to support submission of claims to financial entities + Will provide coverage at Phoenix House locations based on need either in person in person or virtually + Ensure that all necessary follow up, either with outside clinics, Physician, or NP is both ordered and obtained + Responsible to evaluate for follow up or sick call, any patient who has been triaged by a facility nurse + Will provide care and supervise the transfer of patients to the emergency room as warranted **COMPETENCIES (KSAs)** + Ethical Practices + Judgment + Relationship Management + Time Management + Empathy + Professional Boundaries + Global and Cultural Awareness + Critical Evaluation + Problem Solving + Decision Making + Communication + Teamwork + Crisis Management + Technical Capacity Phoenix House is an Equal Opportunity Employer providing equality of opportunity to all who are protected against discrimination by law, regulation or executive order, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. EEO is the Law: Applicants and employees are protected under Federal law from discrimination. Click https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf to learn more.