Behavioral Health, Advanced Practitioner Provider

Job Description:

Job title: Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Location:

Las Vegas, NV

Intermountain Healthcare is a team of caregivers who serve the healthcare needs of people across the Intermountain West, primarily in Utah, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, Kansas, and Nevada. We are an integrated, not-for-profit health system based in Salt Lake City, Utah, with clinics, three medical groups, affiliate networks, hospitals, homecare, telehealth, health insurance plans, and other services, along with wholly owned subsidiaries including SelectHealth, Saltzer Health, SCL, and Intermountain Healthcare in Nevada.

• 33 Hospitals (including 1 virtual hospital), 4,700 licensed beds

• 385 Clinics

• Telehealth in 7+ states

What does it mean to be a part of Intermountain Healthcare? It means that the quest for clinical excellence is not just a goal, but a given. It means building an environment where physicians and employees can deliver the best in healthcare. And it's realizing each employee or volunteer is vital to the healing process, because we can only achieve the extraordinary together. Being a part of Intermountain Healthcare means joining with a world-class team of over 3,800 clinicians and 60,000 employees and embarking on a career filled with opportunities, strength, innovation, and fulfillment.

Intermountain is viewed as a leader in transforming healthcare through high quality and sustainable costs. According to Becker's ASC Review, "Utah is in the top 5 best places for physicians to work." (May 24, 2021 Print | Email).

Our mission is: Helping people live the healthiest lives possible. Our patients deserve the best in healthcare, and we deliver.

Intermountain Health is hiring a Behavioral Health Advanced Practitioner, Provider to join our team.

• Conduct patient visits in the clinic setting with the possibility of home visits, including medication management and psychotherapy

• Ability to travel to different clinics during the work week in Nye and Clark County.

• Assess existing psychiatric disorders; diagnose and formulate plan of care, write referrals, renew medications, order diagnostics, and manage results.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

• Support the patient's management of chronic diseases through management of their behavioral health conditions.

Position Details

• Work Schedule: Monday - Friday

• Avg Daily Patient Census: 16day; patient age ranges Mostly 65 and older

• No Call

Requirements

• Must hold a current Nevada NP license

• Certificate of completion from an accredited Nurse Practitioner Program

• Certified as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

• Current Nevada DEA certificate required prior to start date

• Must have valid driver's license and insurance

• Must be comfortable conducting home visits with high-risk patients

• Two years of experience in Primary Care, Hospice Behavioral Health.

• Must be comfortable prescribing controlled substances for management of Behavioral Health conditions.

Preferences

• Spanish or Tagalog speaking

Benefits

• Competitive base salary plus bonus incentives for meeting quality goals

• Full benefits package including CME reimbursement, paid license renewals, generous PTO and much more

• Malpractice and tail coverage

• Leadership pathways, charitable sponsorships, and volunteer opportunities

Community Information

There's so much more to Southern Nevada than the Las Vegas Strip. No state income tax, low cost-of-living, master-planned communities, national recreation areas, world-class culture and entertainment, and 300+ days of sunshine a year make this a fast-growing, family-centered community.

Physical Requirements:

Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.

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Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.

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Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.

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Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.

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Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc).

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May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.

Anticipated job posting close date:

03/28/2025

Location:

Nevada Central Office

Work City:

Las Vegas

Work State:

Nevada

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$53.77 - $82.97

We care about your well-being - mind, body, and spirit - which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits packages for our Idaho, Nevada, and Utah based caregivers, and for our Colorado, Montana, and Kansas based caregivers; and our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.