Lead Nurse Practitioner
The Oregon Health Authority has a fantastic opportunity for a Lead Nurse Practitioner with strong Inpatient Psychiatry experience to lead an excellent team and work to advance hospital operations.
This position falls under the Classification Nurse Practitioner.
WHAT YOU WILL DO!
As a Lead Nurse Practitioner, you will provide psychiatric and medical services to assigned patients. This will include (but is not limited to) diagnosis, mental status evaluation, pharmacological management, risk assessment, physical examination, laboratory, imaging and other discipline assessments as necessary.
In this role, you will lead the interdisciplinary treatment team. This will include coordination of interdisciplinary clinical formulation and biopsychosocial treatment plan goals, interventions, delivery and outcome assessment.
Additionally, as a Lead Worker, your responsibilities will include:
- Orienting new psychiatrists and PMHNPs to a complex, high-acuity hospital program that encompasses admission units, a PUI/COVID unit, and treatment beds for patients who require our highest level of care.
- Assigning and reassigning tasks to accomplish prescribed work efficiently.
- Giving direction to psychiatrists and PMHNPs concerning work procedures.
- Transmitting established standards of performance to psychiatrists and PMHNPs.
- Reviewing work of psychiatrists and PMHNP for conformance to standards and providing informal assessment of their performance to the Supervising Psychiatrist.
- This position will report to the program Supervising Psychiatrist and the Chief of Psychiatry.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
- Current licensure (Nurse Practitioner and Registered Nurse) by the Oregon State Board of Nursing.
- ANCC certification as a PMHNP.
- Completion of Tier 1 Collaborative Problem-Solving training (at minimum); completion of Tier 2 training or certification preferred.
- Ability to help psychiatry practitioners use CPS in their daily work.
- One (1) year or more of formal leadership experience.
- Three (3) or more years of experience working in a high-acuity inpatient psychiatric hospital setting as a PMHNP.
- Experience working as a PMHNP in an independent-practice state.
- Experience in promoting a culturally competent and diverse work environment.
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?
We offer a workplace that balances productivity with enjoyment; promote an atmosphere of mutual respect, dedication, and enthusiasm. You will collaborate in an open office with a team of bright individuals to work with and learn from. We offer full medical, vision and dental with paid sick leave, vacation, personal leave and ten paid holidays per year plus pension and retirement plans. If you're driven by the passion to do something meaningful that changes lives, the Oregon Health Authority is the place for you.