Advanced Practice Nurse

08-May-2023

Psychiatry

81331BR

University Job Title

Nurse Practitioner

Bargaining Unit

None - Not included in the union (Yale Union Group)

Compensation Grade

Clinical & Research

Compensation Grade Profile

Nurse Practitioner (26)

Wage Ranges

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Searchable Job Family

Clinical

Total # of hours to be worked:

27.5

Work Week

Flexible or Non-Standard (for anything other than Standard)

Work Location

Medical School Campus

Worksite Address

95-97 Circular Avenue
Hamden, CT 06514

Position Focus:

The primary role of the Board Certified Child/Adolescent Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (APRN, PMHNP-BC) in Yale's Juvenile Justice Program is to provide: comprehensive initial and ongoing psychiatric assessments of children/adolescents, psychiatric leadership to clinical and facility staff, essential continuity of care between primary care and psychiatry, and psychiatric services that are in accordance with NCCHC and ACA accreditation requirements in the State of Connecticut Detention Centers and the Regions treatment program in Hartford and Bridgeport.

Essential Duties

1. Examines patients to collect information about their physical condition and establishes a clinical diagnosis. 2. Conducts physicals, provides treatment, formulates a health care plan and counsels patients on various health practices. 3. Encourages compliance with treatments plan through education, assessment of patient understanding and regular patient monitoring. 4. Provides reasonable and prudent medical care, practices appropriate management, and uses sound clinical judgment based on best practice standards and evidenced based medicine. 5. Obtains, compiles, and records patient medical data, including health history, progress notes and results of physical examination. 6. Provides preventive health practices to patients to maintain and improve health and prevent illness. 7. Coordinates patient care including ordering of laboratory tests and radiographic studies. 8. Interprets diagnostic test results for deviations from normal. 9. Prescribes therapy or medication as necessary. 10. May perform other duties as assigned.

Required Education and Experience

Master’s Degree from an accredited Advanced Nurse Practitioner program or graduation from a Physician Assistant (PA) Training Program accredited by the American Medical Association Council on Medical Education.

Required Skill/Ability 1:

Providing comprehensive psychiatric assessments to all youth following facility admission/intake, including diagnostic evaluations that are consistent with the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders- 5th Edition and ICD 11.

Required Skill/Ability 2:

Ability to ensure that standards of care are consistently met in an outpatient setting with individuals who have severe and persistent forms of mental illness and/or who have co-occurring disorders.

Required Skill/Ability 3:

Assessing mental status and assigning juveniles on proper precautionary status in accordance with suicide prevention policy.

Required Skill/Ability 4:

Initiating & interpreting age-appropriate & condition-specific laboratory tests & diagnostic procedures.

Required Skill/Ability 5:

Prescribing appropriate pharmacologic agents & interventions that are unique to the patient & monitors/evaluates effects.

Preferred Education, Experience and Skills:

Psychiatric experience with children. Substance use/co-occurring experience with adults.

Required Licenses or Certifications

CT APRN license (or eligible) with ANA certification OR CT PA license (or eligible).Prescriptive privileges (or eligible) in the State of Connecticut, federal DEA license and CT DCP license for prescription of controlled substances.

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this job, the work involves sitting, standing, walking, bending, and occasional slight lifting. The employee occasionally lifts and/or moves up to 50 pounds when transferring a patient from chair or wheelchair to exam table and turning patients for examination. Proper body mechanics must be used when maneuvering patients.

Weekend Hours Required?

Yes

Evening Hours Required?

Yes

Background Check Requirements

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Posting Disclaimer

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative summary of the essential functions that will be required of the position and should not be construed as a declaration of specific duties and responsibilities of the particular position. Employees will be assigned specific job-related duties through their hiring departments.

EEO Statement:

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