Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner - San Antonio, TX
Company: Deer Oaks
Location: San Antonio
Posted on: January 26, 2023
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Job Description:
Job Details
Level
Experienced
Job Location
0JC54 SAN ANTONIO - SAN ANTONIO, TX
Position Type
1.0
Education Level
Master's
Job Shift
8a - 5p
Job Category
Health Care
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner - San Antonio, TX
$7,500 Bonus
Deer Oaks Med Management Associates is a multi-site psychiatry
practice with service locations throughout the United States,
providing on-site psychiatric services in long-term care
facilities. Our team of psychiatrists and psychiatric nurse
practitioners provide comprehensive psychiatric evaluations,
medication management, and psychotherapy to the residents of our
long-term communities. Our practitioners provide these services
using an interdisciplinary, collaborative team approach to ensure
the combination of therapy techniques and medication are used for
the best patient outcomes.
We are hiring a full-time Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse
Practitioner in San Austin, TX area to work with patients with the
goal of reducing polypharmacy when appropriate, managing
psychiatric medications, and implementing Medicare compliant
gradual dose reduction strategies for psychotropic medications.
Our PMHNP's provide direct patient care; stabilize patients,
minimize complications, provide physical and psychological support,
facilitate restoration of maximal health potential, and evaluate
health risk factors. They perform diagnostic assessments, acquire
health histories, perform examinations, prescribe and manage
psychiatric medications, integrate psychotherapy when appropriate,
and manage patients in a nursing facility or assisted living
environment.
Specific duties include:
--- Appropriately document medical interventions, including initial
patient history, physical examination, review of current
medications, labs and other relevant information from the patient's
medical chart, clinical progress and interventions, and
collaboration with other applicable healthcare providers.
--- Obtain and accurately document all relevant health history,
with an emphasis on mental health history.
--- Perform comprehensive mental health assessment and psychiatric
evaluation, to include: mental status, current/past history of
violence, suicidal or self-harm behavior, substance use, trauma,
sexual behaviors, and social/developmental history.
If you have the experience, compassion, and drive to work in this
rewarding field, we would love to speak to you about how you can
make a difference in the lives of older adults in your
community!
Qualifications:
The following are requirements for this position:
Full-time availability: (Monday-Friday)
Beyond a great team environment, qualifying staff enjoy the
following benefits:
If you have an interest in this position, please apply
www.deeroaks.com, so we may begin the interview process. You may
also contact me, Jacques Vercautrin, directly at 210-569-8205 or
jvercautrin@deeroaks.com if you have any questions.
I look forward to speaking with you.
Jacques Vercautrin
Recruitment Manager
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