Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Part Time

Description Get to know Thompson!

Thompson was founded in 1886 as an orphanage and has grown into an organization operating across the Carolinas, Florida Tennessee and Kentucky. Thompson’s continuum of care encompasses three domains: prevention, mental health services and foster care. All Thompson programs are trauma-informed and evidence-based/evidence-informed with the intention of building resilience in our clients (ages 0-18) and their families, both virtually and in person. Our values are Excellence, Innovation, Commitment, Caring and Integrity.

What will you do as a Nurse Practitioner?

The Nurse Practitioner provides client medical and/or psychiatric treatment services in consultation with and supervision from the supervising Medical Director/Psychiatrist, and/or other care providers to ensure client medical and/or psychiatric needs are met in accordance with the treatment plan and agency policies and procedures.

As a Nurse Practitioner you will work a part time schedule, 10-20 hours per week

As Nurse Practitioner you will have the following responsibilities

• Learn and utilize the organization’s systems, processes and procedures as instructed. Display a high degree of being open to coaching/feedback regarding performance and areas of improvement. Contribute to a positive team culture through your actions, attitude, and communication. Consistently deliver excellent customer service to your clients/customers. Conduct yourself in the highest standards of ethics and integrity while displaying emotional intelligence in your day-to-day work with customers, peers, and leadership. Represent the organization internally and externally through your communication and conduct. Display trauma informed practices and principles in your interactions with customers, with peers and with leadership. Residential Client Admissions - The Family or Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner will assist in the diagnostic process by evaluating clients with a concentration on past medical and psychiatric history, current physical and psychiatric status, and the agency’s ability to provide medical and psychiatric needs while in placement. Providing and documenting appropriate residential medical care, including but not limited to: Compile medical history. Admission/annual physical examinations, Management of acute and chronic illnesses, Orders for speech or occupational therapy. Ensuring immunizations are up to date, providing orders for vaccines when lapsed. Order and oversee processing of laboratory studies as medically indicated. Referrals for off-campus healthcare as needed. Provide orders for restrictive interventions and assess consumers following restrictive interventions as per TCFF policy and procedures. Provide orders for self-harm watches as per TCFF policy and procedure. Collaborate with the Medical Director in the coordination between MH/SA services being delivered with primary physical or psychiatric healthcare providers What does this position offer?