Grow As A Psychiatry NP With Lahey Hospital

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you're making a difference in people's lives.

Job Type:

Regular

Scheduled Hours:

32

Work Shift:

Day (United States of America)

Job Description:

Lahey Hospital & Medical Center is seeking an Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner to join the outpatient Psychiatry & Behavioral Medicine Division:

As an APRN, you would be responsible for the diagnostic evaluation of outpatients as well as developing individualized treatment plans supporting the psychiatric and psychotherapeutic needs of our patients. APRN would be expected to use pharmacologic medication management and psychotherapy interventions in the treatment of their patients.

You will work closely with the interdisciplinary team of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and counselors in the care of our patients. As part of a larger, academic medical center, we care for patients who receive coordinated, complex medical and surgical care in the ambulatory setting. There are opportunities to participate in education and training of other RN, APRN, medical students and other trainees. Academic appointments are available.

Successful candidates will be able to effectively evaluate, diagnose, consult, perform history and physical examinations and provide treatment, including psychopharmacologic and psychotherapeutic interventions, to patients who suffer from psychiatric, substance use, behavioral or emotional disorders, and to consult with providers in other fields regarding psychiatric, substance use, behavioral, or emotional disorders.

Education:

• Graduate of a Master's Program in Nursing

• ANCC certification in psychiatric and mental health nursing as a nurse practitioner

• Completion of appropriate psychopharmacology courses and current prescriptive authority in Massachusetts.

Diversity is a core value at Beth Israel Lahey Health. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working and learning environment for our staff. We believe every member on our team enriches our diversity by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design and deliver solutions.

FLSA Status:

Exempt

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment.