Nurse Practitioner
Description
Clarvida is looking for a Nurse Practitioner to join our Costa Mesa Children’s program, under the direction of a medical doctor, performs comprehensive psychiatric evaluations, assessments, diagnosis, medication management, evaluation and on-going treatment of clients with mental disorders.
This integral position, you will meet with clients and their families, ages 0-21. During this crucial time, you will work with them to assess their needs, provide education about mental health psychiatric symptoms and medication and how to manage it, and improve their communication and problem-solving skills. In this role, you will meet with clients regularly to provide individualized psychiatric medication evaluations, prescriptions and follow up visits as needed. This position works weekday during business hours between 8 to 16 hours per week.
Pay Range : $ 87-92/HR
Essential Duties/Responsibilities
- Conducts initial client assessment to include obtaining psychiatric and medical history, performing psychiatric assessment and overall health assessment for any presenting problem
- Orders necessary laboratory studies, monitors and follows-up on abnormal results
- Provides prescriptions for psychiatric medications under the advice and direction of a medical doctor
- Assesses and evaluates responses to medications and monitors for potential side effects or adverse reactions
- Consults with other members of the treatment team on clients’ treatment plans
- Documents using Anasazi Electronic Health Record, a complete assessment and plan including all medication changes on each client and all other mandatory documents as designated by Program Director
- Obtains medication consents when appropriate
- Participates in staff in-service and case presentation meetings
- Consults with medical doctor regularly on treatment plans for clients
- Perform duties as designated by ACT model treatment modality
- Perform Home visits and off-sites visits as required by the needs of the families and participants
- Provide support and perform other duties as assigned or necessary
- May provide direct supervision to any LPT or LVN’s on staff
- Works under minimal supervision by Program Director and Staff Psychiatrist
Recovery Requirements
- Provide the best customer care possible, including reliability in working a flexible working schedule
- Identify and build upon the strengths of consumers, coworkers, and the communities we serve
- Support consumers’ steps towards Recovery and Wellness
- Create an organizational culture that respects and celebrates the diversity of our consumers
- Value learning as an ongoing process that enables us to better service our consumers and establishes our leadership in the industry
Research and utilize our industry’s best practices and analyze our own services to ensure the best possible outcomes.
What we are looking for:
- Ability to become licensed in CA
- Experience working with the child and adolescent population
- Active DEA
- Ability to pass state and federal background checks and have reliable transportation with active car insurance.
Education/Licensing Requirements
•Graduate of an accredited college or university with a Master’s in Nursing
•Current Nurse Practitioner license from the Board of Registered Nursing in the practicing state.
•Current Nurse Practitioner license from the Board of Registered Nursing in the practicing state.
What we offer:
Full Time Employees:
- Paid vacation days that increase with tenure
- Separate sick leave that rolls over each year
- Up to 9 Paid holidays*
- Medical, Dental, Vision benefit plan options
- DailyPay- Access to your daily earnings without waiting for payday*
- Training, Development and Continuing Education Credits for licensure requirements
All Employees:
- 401K
- Free licensure supervision
- Employee Assistance program
- Pet Insurance
- Perks @Clarvida- national discounts on shopping, travel, Verizon, and entertainment
- Mileage reimbursement*
- Company cellphone
*benefits may vary based on Position/State/County
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