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Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner DNP/NP

Eastern State Hospital is seeking BC/BE ADULT, GENERAL, FORENSIC, AND GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRISTS to assist with locum tenens coverage. Experience working with an acute, adult inpatient populations is required. Eastern State Hospital is seeking a PSYCHIATRIC PRACTITIONER (Preferred DNP/NP) to assist with locum tenens coverage on an admitting forensic or NGRI units . Also, candidates must have experience working with acute, adult inpatient and populations. Details for the assignment are provided below:

Assignment:

  • Available to start immediately (pending credentialing)
  • Initial Appointment for 3-month assignment, with option to extend 3 -6 month assignment, if the position remains unfilled
  • Full-time, 40 hours a week with assigned office hours of Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 pm with 1 hour lunch break
  • NOT approved for overtime
  • No weekends, no holidays, no on-call duty
  • Ability to provide cross coverage, to include forensic populations, as required
  • Once a month, participation in Lunch Coverage Call (12:00 PM – 1:00 PM)

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  • Employer: Benevolent Healthcare Services, LLC
  • Locations: Eastern State Hospital
  • Address: Eastern State Hospital
  • Schedule: Full-time, 40 hours a week with assigned office hours of Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 pm with 1 hour lunch break
  • Start Date: Immediate upon hiring
  • Length of Appointment: Initial Appointment for 3-month assignment, with option to extend 3 -6 month assignment, if the position remains unfilled
    • Qualifications:
    • 3+ more years as a Licensed Practitioner, preferred
    • Autonomous license, preferred
    • Experience as the Head of Treatment Team (HOTT), preferred
    • Experience working with in-patient (preferred), adult admission, forensic admission, or geriatric admission and chronic geriatric inpatient populations is required
    • Experience conducting comprehensive psychiatric evaluations and forensic evaluations for competency restoration is required
    • Comfortable working on admissions work up and potential rapid turnover
    • Ability to work independently and within a multidisciplinary treatment team
    • BLS Healthcare Provider certification is required
    Responsibilities:
    • Conduct comprehensive psychiatric evaluations. Ensure medical history, mental status, and physical examinations are completed according to policy, TJC and CMS standards and other regulatory agencies.
    • Follow treatment protocols for competency restoration to ensure rapid turnaround of pretrial forensic patients.
    • Attend judicial hearings on campus, appropriate to the assigned patient population.
    • Lead Treatment Planning Conferences and provide effective leadership in developing and maintaining the therapeutic process between physicians, nursing staff, psychologists, social workers, rehab staff and patients.
    • Complete required documentation in a timely manner. Failure to complete documentation in a timely manner may result in withholding timecard approvals and/or cancellation of contract.
    Position Details:
    • Facility Hospitalizations: Acute, Adult, Inpatient wards (male & female)
    • Facility Demographics: Forensic, NGRI, Civil, Jail Transfer, and Geriatric populations
    • May be assigned Scheduling Coverage, as needed to other units
    • Facility Stay: Short and Long-term length of stay
    • Caseload varies by ward
    • Admissions unit: 10 patients per provider
    • Geriatric (long-term) unit: 40 patients per provider
    • NGRI Units—30-40 patients per provider
    • Admissions/Discharges
    • Admission unit: 5-10 per week
    • Geriatric (long-term) unit: 4 per month
    • PCP coverage provided
    • Full complement of interdisciplinary team members
    • Weekly Notes for New Admissions
    • Monthly Notes for patients over 60 days following admissions
    Apply today! Visit www.benevolenthealthcare.com/careers/ or email your resume and cover letter to info@benevolenthealthcare.com.

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