Advanced Practice Provider - Child Psychiatry- Family Treatment Center

Description

Company Description The Queen’s Health System is a non-profit healthcare organization with four hospitals, over 70 specialty health care locations, and labs throughout the Pacific region, including Hawai'i.

With a rich history of serving the people of Hawai'i, Queen's is the state's largest employer, with over 10,000 caregivers, medical staff and leadership.

Queen's is accredited by The Joint Commission and is the only hospital in Hawai'i to achieve Magnet status from the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Our state-of-the-art facilities serve as the major referral center for cancer, cardiovascular disease, neuroscience, orthopedics, surgery, emergency medicine, behavioral health medicine, and is a major teaching hospital.

Family Treatment Center, part of The Queen’s Medical Center’s Behavioral Health services, offers specialized care for children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral disorders.

Psychiatric and mental health treatment is given together with 24-hour nursing care. Specialized treatment based on specific patient goals and individual levels of care addresses a variety of illnesses ranging from imminent to long-term.

We are a 28-bed inpatient unit designed to provide education, guidance and structure to school-aged children and youth in Hawaii and the Pacific Rim.

We provide resources for children / families in need of mental health treatment at an acute level.The mission of the Family Treatment Center is to provide a safe, nurturing environment to facilitate the healing process for the youth of Hawaii and their families.

We strive to ensure that all patients will be actively engaged in meaningful, individualized treatment that has been empirically validated and which seeks to foster the development of needed life skills.

Child- and family-centered, culturally sensitive programs are developed for each patient’s social, physical, emotional, educational, recreational, and developmental needs.

We encourage families and caregivers to participate actively in their child’s treatment.Job Description

An Advanced Practice Provider (APP) is a medical provider who treats, diagnoses, prescribes, and / or performs or assists in surgical procedures.

APPs are licensed healthcare professionals, credentialed and privileged through the Medical Staff Office. APPs work collaboratively with physicians and the care team in all areas of the hospital and clinics to create a seamless environment of care.

APPs are highly knowledgeable and serve as an essential part of the development and implementation of patients' care. The APP develops protocols for care, as appropriate, serves as a health care researcher, interdisciplinary consultant, and patient advocate.

The APRN functions as an expert practitioner with educator consultant, researcher and leadership role components and functions autonomously and in collaboration with other healthcare professionals to enhance the quality of nursing practice and patient care.

Provides health care that includes services to individuals and families, emphasizing health promotion, disease prevention, and diagnosis and management of acute and chronic diseases.

Direct care services may include, but are not limited to, obtaining a patient history, providing a complete or focused physical examination, ordering, conducting and interpreting diagnostic and laboratory tests, performing procedures, patient and family education, and managing social, economic and ethical issues within the scope of a health care provider.

Indirect patient care services may include, but are limited to setting standards for nursing practice and facilitating the professional practice of nursing care at the bedside.

A PA is an individual who has been certified by the board to practice medicine with physician supervision. A PA may perform those duties and responsibilities delegated by the supervising physician.

• Under the supervision of a Physician, the PA functions as an expert practitioner. The PA provides health care that includes services to individuals and families, which includes health promotion, disease prevention, diagnosis and management of acute and chronic disease.
• Direct care services may include, but is not limited to, obtaining patient histories, providing a complete or focused physical examination, ordering, conducting, and interpreting diagnostic and laboratory tests, various diagnostic and / or therapeutic procedures;

and performing procedures, etc., within scope of practice and licensure. The PA also provides patient and family education, and management of social, economic, and ethical issues within the scope of the health care provider.

IV. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS : A. EDUCATION / CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE :

• Current Hawaii State license as an APRN or Physician Assistant in good standing
• If licensed as an APRN, prescriptive authority for non-controlled substances is required.
• Prescriptive authority for controlled substances is required.
• If licensed as an APRN, current board certification in one (1) of the following : o Adult Psychiatric & Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (APMHNP) o Family Psychiatric & Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (FPMHNP) o Psychiatric Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist (PMHCNS) o Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) o Adult Psychiatric-Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist (PMHCNS-BC)
• Credentialing and privileging required.
• Current BLS certification.B. EXPERIENCE :
• If licensed as an APRN, two (2) years nursing experience or successful completion of an APRN Fellowship Program for any APRN position.
• One (1) year of clinical experience working as an APRN or Physician Assistant preferred.Pay range : $155,064.00 to $177,861.

00 annual salaryEqual Opportunity Employer / Disability / Vet