Psychiatry - NP job located in Maryland

• Job Reference Id:  ORD-210459-NP-MD
• Title:  NP
• Dates Needed:  First or Second Week of May
• Shift Type:  Day Shift
• Assignment Type:  Outpatient
• Call Required:  No
• Board Certification Required:  Negotiable
• Job Duration:  Locums

A community mental health client is seeking a psychiatric nurse practitioner for locum tenens coverage. The facility provides comprehensive psychiatric services with dedicated resources for outpatient treatment and maintains modern documentation systems to ensure effective care delivery.

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The psychiatric nurse practitioner will conduct comprehensive psychiatric evaluations and provide ongoing medication management for adult patients in a community mental health setting. Clinical duties include seeing 6-7 patients per day with visits typically lasting 20-30 minutes for established patients and up to one hour for new patients. The clinician will work part-time for 24 hours per week during day shifts with no call requirements, participating in daily in-person morning treatment team meetings on scheduled workdays. Each patient is seen by the team a minimum of four times per month, often more when clinically appropriate, requiring detailed documentation and coordinated care delivery.

• Case Load/PPD:  6-7 PPD
• Support Staff:  Treatment team members and administrative support
• Patient Population:  Adults
• Location Type:  On-Site
• Prescriptive Authority Required:  Yes
• Government:  No
• Shift Hours:  Part time (24 hours)
• Cases Treated:  Community mental health patients requiring psychiatric evaluation and medication management
• Average Length of Stay:  Not applicable for outpatient setting
• Census:  Not applicable for outpatient setting
• Med Checks/Follow-up per day:  Follow-up visits typically lasting 20-30 minutes for established patients with minimum four visits per month
• Initial Evaluation Time:  Up to one hour for new patients

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