Job Detail
Job Title :
Nurse Practitioner-Psych Clinic
Department :
80360-Psychiatric Clinic
Location : Farmington
Farmington
FTE% : Shift
Shift
Search # : 2025-001
2025-001
Closing Date : 07 / 23 / 2024
07 / 23 / 2024
Recruiter : McNamara, Elizabeth
McNamara, Elizabeth
Additional Links :
UConn Health is looking for a highly skilled Nurse Practitioner with psychiatric experience and a passion for patient experience.
This position is accountable for independently performing a full range of tasks in delivery of direct clinical care services in the Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic located primarily at 10 Talcott Notch, Farmington.
BENEFITS FOR THIS POSITION INCLUDE :
Industry leading, affordable access to medical, dental, vision, life and retirement benefits
Tuition waivers and reimbursements for self and dependents
Easy access to I-84, Rte 9 and surrounding Greater Hartford communities
Organizational culture focused on diversity and inclusion, innovation and patient experience
State of the art, award winning campus environment with ideal parking
SCHEDULE : This is a full time salaried position - 40 hours per week, eight (8) hour shifts with rotating start times between, to 5 : 00
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES :
Evaluates, assesses patient illness / injuries
Performs physical examinations, and special examinations.
Takes medical histories.
Develops plans of care
Intervenes in crisis situations or patient deterioration.
Provides routine and illness care.
Orders medications.
Orders diagnostic tests and evaluates results.
Maintains patient medical records; may develop policies / procedures.
Participates in or designs changes in the system of care delivery.
May participate in clinical research.
Provides patient counseling / education.
Participates in medical student and health professional teaching.
Acts as a clinical consultant to peers and other health care professionals.
Performs related duties as required.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES :
Considerable knowledge of anatomy and physiology.
General knowledge of medical disciplines and disease states.
Knowledge of medications and their interactions and reactions.
Physical assessment skills; mental health assessment skills.
Counseling skills.
Considerable interpersonal skills.
Oral and written communication skills.
Ability to work independently.
Ability to work under pressure.
Ability to formulate plans of care; decision making ability.
EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING :
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS :
Completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program.
Incumbents in this class must possess a valid APRN license to practice in the State of Connecticut, as well as maintain certification as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse.
Must possess and maintain certification as an Advance Practice Registered Nurse in Psychiatry PMHNP-BC10
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS :
Must have at least 1 year full-time experience working with patients with mental illnesses (with and without co-morbid addictions) and be able to prescribe psychotropic drugs
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE :
EPIC experience
Experience providing direct psychiatric care in an outpatient setting.
WHY UCONN HEALTH
UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission : academics, research, and clinical care.
A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961.
Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades.
In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow.
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