Seeking a Psychiatry Nurse Practitioner (NP) for inpatient psychiatric care in a facility requiring locum tenens support.
Responsibilities include: providing family medicine care for psychiatric inpatients aged 10 through elderly, primarily on an inpatient psychiatric unit. The role involves intermittent weekend coverage with an expected duration of about one year.
Qualifications: Board certification, Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS). Must hold a valid Massachusetts license. Familiarity with Cerner EMR is preferred.
Key duties: managing psychiatric cases across a broad age range, with a focus on family medicine aspects, within a multidisciplinary inpatient setting.
Additional details include credentialing within approximately 60 days and competitive pay rates. Benefits typically include malpractice insurance, travel, lodging, and transportation arrangements.