Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Community Health- Jamaica Plain Boston

PSYCHIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONER - COMMUNITY-BASED Nurse Practitioner, M.S. AMB at Brookside Community Health located in the heart of Jamaica Plain Boston.

Brookside is a licensed Health Center of Brigham and Women's Hospital and provides multi-disciplinary, comprehensive care with services in a range of medical areas including: Adult, Family and Pediatric Primary Care, OB/GYN, Dental/Oral Surgery, Nutrition/WIC, and Behavioral Health. Each year, more than 11,000 patients from Jamaica Plain and the city of Boston use these services, producing more than 69,000 visits to Brookside each year. The health center's services are provided primarily by a bilingual English/Spanish medical and professional staff. Brookside is a teaching site for Harvard Medical School, Mass General Institute of Nursing, Harvard Dental School, Boston University Dental School, as well as Boston College and Simmons Schools of Social Work.

• Our Psychiatric NP would be embedded in our Behavioral Health Department and work closely with our medical department to serve the mental health needs of our patient population.
• The NP would work collaboratively with our Social Workers, Licensed Mental Health Clinician, PhD Psychologist. Adult Psychiatrists and Community Resource Specialists.
• Brookside is a part of the Brigham and Women's Hospital and have been providing services as a community health center for over 50 years. Our commitment to our patients and this community is evident in all we do.

GENERAL SUMMARY/ OVERVIEW STATEMENT:

Nursing at Brigham and Women's Hospital is known for their excellent clinical practice and for keeping patients and their families at the center of all they do. We understand that great care is shaped by relationships with patients and their families. That's why we're committed to knowing our patients on a deeper level - not just as patients, but as individuals - to ensure that they, and their families, feel known and cared for.

As BWH, we proudly work together with a spirit of inquiry and a deep commitment to providing the highest quality, evidence-informed and theory-guided care in an inclusive environment. We work each day to achieve our vision - to provide excellent care to patients and families, with the best staff, in the safest environment.

Just as we have been able to reinvent health care, we have also transformed health care careers. Whether measured in terms of lives saved, awards earned, or the personal satisfaction of stretching your talents - a career with BWH is unlike any other in the health care field. Here you'll find a workplace where collaboration and teamwork are the norm, not the exception - physicians, nurses, technicians, staff and management form a close-knit bond, based on mutual respect and devotion to our patients. If you want an enormously fulfilling career, there's no better place to be.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

A. Patient Care Organization

1. Provides direct care, assessment/diagnoses, medication management, counseling, and teaching to a select patient population.
2. Arranges for appropriate plan of care and follow-up based on outcome of diagnostic, lab, and assessment findings.
3. Performs laboratory tests appropriate for specific patient population.
4. Orders medications and writes prescriptions according to organizational and regulatory policies and procedures.
5. Records pertinent patient care findings in the medical record.
6. Sets priorities for appropriate and efficient management of patient care that reflects cost effective management of time, available human resources, supplies and equipment
7. Maintains interdisciplinary approach to planning and communicating patient care information by discussing patient data with appropriate physicians and other health care professionals.
8. Demonstrates awareness of community resources and assists staff, patients, and families to effectively utilize them.

B. Quality of Care

1. Assists in the development, implementation and revision of nurse practitioner guidelines and monitoring requirements for prescription writing in collaboration with their designated physician and Nurse Director.
2. Evaluates outcomes of own patients' care and makes necessary revisions in care plans.
3. Seeks and provides consultative services as required.
4. Participates in departmental and organization quality improvement program.
5. Utilizes quality improvement data and research findings to enhance patient care.

C. Coordination

1. Demonstrates appropriate collaborative and consultative relationships with other providers within the institution and community.
2. Serves on Nursing and Hospital Committees, as appropriate, and assumes responsibility for disseminating and communicating information to staff.

D. Budget

1. Participates in setting productivity metrics and in cost effective management of personnel, time, supplies, and equipment in his/her area.
2. Works with Practice Manager to effectively meet productivity standards

E. Personnel Management

1. Participates in selection process of new employees in group or team practice as requested.
2. Provides input into evaluation of other staff as appropriate.

F. Education

1. Acts as preceptor for nursing students if applicable.
2. Participates in orientation of new staff.
3. Participates in departmental and organization continuing education programs.
4. Identifies own learning needs and updates clinical knowledge and skills through formal and informal education and review of current literature.
5. Participates in educating department and site-specific staff.

G. Planning

1. Develops annual objectives and reviews with Practice Manager and Nurse Director and collaborating M.D. at time of performance review and at appropriate intervals. Completes annual credentialing process through the Nursing Department credentialing program.
2. Assists in determining, evaluating, and/or implementing clinical area goals and objectives.
3. Maintains interdisciplinary approach for planning and communicating information for patient care and operation of practice.
4. Maintains current knowledge of legislation that may affect the health care delivery system.

H. Research

1. Participates in nursing research at a level consistent with educational background and experience.
2. Maintains understanding of current research of others in related clinical areas through review of relevant publications.
3. Participates in grant writing as appropriate.

Qualifications

Education:

1. Master's in Nursing (MSN), (or) DNP (or) PhD, in Psychiatric-Mental Health required. Completion of a Master's or post Masters' degree accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) or the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC).
2. Require PMHNP (Psychiatry Mental Health NP) certification.
3. Current licensure as a Nurse Practitioner in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
4. Certification by a nationally-recognized accrediting body approved by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing.
5. Require active DEA license and a Massachusetts Controlled Substance Registration number.

Experience:

1. Minimum 2 years of current psychiatry nursing experience as a Registered Nurse or Nurse Practitioner required.
2. Prefer Psych nursing experience in a community setting and/or working with a diverse patient population.
3. Current experience with general psychiatry ambulatory patient population as ILP, preferred.
4. Spanish language skills strongly preferred.
5. Experience working in a large complex health care organization preferred.
6. Experience leading a patient population care delivery model using clinical guidelines and protocols preferred.
7. Ability to work with a variety of information systems and databases: MS Word, PowerPoint, Access.

Skills and Abilities Required:

• Expert clinical judgement skills to function in the independent role
• Excellent interpersonal relationship and communication skills in order to collaborate with patients' families, staff and community health workers.
• Ability to work with frequent stress resulting from busy clinical settings and changing organizational climate.
• Ability to be self-directive and demonstrate initiative in addressing responsibilities of position.
• Ability to utilize appropriate problem solving and conflict resolution skills.

Working Conditions:

• Works in a variety of patient care environments where there may be exposure to communicable disease, and hazardous materials.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• May assume responsibility for providing direction to designated personnel.

EEO Statement

Brigham and Women's Hospital is an Affirmative Action Employer. By embracing diverse skills, perspectives and ideas, we choose to lead. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.