PMHNP-Nurse Practitioner

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Company: MFA

Location: Washington, DC 20011

Description:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other duties may be assigned.
Facilitate admission, participates in rounds, and helps to formulate the treatment plan.
Aggressively work toward improving patient and family satisfaction
Coordinate care in conjunction with attending physician and the interdisciplinary Psychiatric team
Prepare patient for discharge and smooth transition to home care
Improve communication and coordination with primary care physician, ancillary services and Psychiatrist.
Provides formal and informal nursing education on a regular basis
Applies knowledge of growth and development over the life-span. Applies the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served on his/her assigned unit. Assesses data reflective of each patient's status and interprets information needed in order to identify each patient's age requirements relative to his/her age-specific healthcare needs.
Maintains personal growth and development through in-services, educational programs, and workshops.
Performs a variety of clinical interventions as required and within scope of practice and credentialing
Performs a variety of service and administrative tasks that are shareable by all so that the needs of the customers and fellow team members are met in a timely manner.
Adheres to job-specific Patient Safety goals outlined in job description.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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