Essen Health Care is currently seeking a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Department of Behavioral Health at Essen has immediate opening for part- time and full time Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner. Responsible for providing direct patient care in outpatient as well as Nursing home facilities. Opportunity to collaborate with multidisciplinary team at Essen. All sites have strong participation with Essen Health home care coordination, with potential innovative pilot projects.

The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner works in collaboration with the Essen Psychiatrist and oversees and offers compassionate, patient centered, evidence-based psychiatric care.

The selected candidates will be responsible for providing quality oversite services for the Patient Care Center, but not limited to the following:

• Evaluate patients medical and psychiatric conditions under the supervision of Psychiatrist
• Develop and implement treatment plans, including prescription of psychotropic medications
• Evaluate patients by interviewing patient, family and other persons by conducting physical examinations; observing behaviors and reviewing medical history and related documents
• Interpreting psychological test and ordering laboratory test and evaluating results
• Diagnose patient with correct psychological, emotional, or behavioral disorder
• Collaborate with supervising Psychiatrist about patient care.
• Develop treatment plans by determining nature and extent of cognitive, emotional, developmental, social, and behavior disorders and establishing treatment goals and methodologies
• Maintain interdisciplinary treatment by reviewing treatment plans and progress
• Assure quality and safe service for patients and staff by enforcing policies, procedures, standard, rules, Joint Commission for Accreditation of Health Care Organizations requirements, and legal regulations.
• Participate in Utilization reviews and remaining available for emergency consultations
• Analyze the best medications or therapy treatment to help patient maximize quality of life
• Maintain historical records by documenting symptom, medications, and treatment events in patient records
• Counsel patient and listen to their reactions to treatment
• Educate patient, patient’s family, significant others, and relevant parties of patient’s progress, treatment, and future goals.

The successful candidates will have the following Qualifications:

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing
• Master’s degree in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
• Board Certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner with unrestricted license to practice in NYS
• Proficient computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite

Essen Health Care is a growing community healthcare network provides high quality, compassionate, and accessible medical care to some of the most vulnerable and under-served residents of New York State. Guided by a ‘population health’ model of care, Essen has five integrated clinical divisions offering services in primary & specialty offices, urgent care centers, and nursing homes, as well as house calls for home bound patients; all clinical services are also offered via telehealth. Our Care Management division supports patient-centered care through care coordination, complex care management and helping address health-related social needs.

Founded in 1999, Essen provides care in all five boroughs of New York City, with a primary focus in the Bronx. Staffed by over 300 primary and specialty care physicians and advanced clinicians, Essen Health Care is one of the largest, most comprehensive private medical groups in New York City. Essen maintains a Clinical Information Services team that maintains our enterprise-wide electronic medical record system, data repository, clinical analytics and population health capabilities. Our Community Services teams creates and sustains relationship with community organizations and agencies and health plans.

Essen is dedicated to ensuring the quality of care for all patients and has been designated ‘Level 3 Patient Centered Medical Home’ by the National Committee for Quality Assurance. Essen has won awards for its patient care innovations and recently launched Intention Health Ventures to develop and commercialize our technology innovations.

ESSEN HEALTH CARE IS PROUD TO BE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Essen Health care is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we seek candidates who desire to work in and serve an ethnically diverse population.