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Job at a glance
Degree Required
MSN/MSRN
Position Type
Full-Time
Work Environment
Hospital
Inpatient
Visa Sponsorship
No
Job description
Job description
Job details:-
Job Title: Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Location: Southern Illinois
Hours: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm (Tuesday to Friday); 32 hours per week
OR 4 days per week, 10-hour shift. ( 40 hours per week)
Facility type: Adult Inpatient Mental Health
Pay rate: $85/hour on W2
Job Responsibilities
Admissions & Initial Evaluation: Conduct comprehensive psychiatric evaluations upon patient admission. Establish provisional diagnoses and complete all mandatory documentation, including suicide risk and elopement risk assessments.
Follow-up Care & Diagnostics: Re-evaluate patients at the 72-hour mark to provide a substantiated diagnosis.
Routine Patient Monitoring: Conduct formal patient check-ins at the 10-day milestone, followed by weekly assessments for the first two months of admission. Transition to monthly evaluations for patients residing at the facility beyond two months.
Acute Care Intervention: Provide additional, high-frequency evaluations and crisis interventions as clinical needs arise.
Qualifications
• Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner certified; full practice authority preferred.
• Current Illinois Medical license
• Current Illinois Controlled Substance certificate
• Current DEA certificate
• Experience working with psychiatric patients
Working Hours
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