Description
Job Schedule: Full Time
Standard Hours: 40
Job Shift: Shift 1
Shift Details: Monday - Friday 8:00a - 4:30p
Psychiatry Nurse Practitioner - Behavioral Health / Psychiatry- Outpatient - Norwich, CT
Work where every moment matters.
Every day, over 30,000 Hartford HealthCare employees come to work with one thing in common: Pride in what we do, knowing every moment matters here. We invite you to become part of Connecticut's most comprehensive healthcare network.
Backus Hospital
For more than 118 years, Backus Hospital has been the primary source of healthcare services for much of Eastern Connecticut. Backus is home to the only trauma center in New London and Windham counties, and is the only area hospital with LIFE STAR helicopter services. The Hospital delivers and coordinates a continuum of high-quality healthcare with the goal of improving the health of its communities.
Nurse Practitioner Role Scope
Evaluate and manage psychiatric disorders
Coordinate appropriate follow up care, referrals, and case management
Performs crisis intervention and medication management
Develop and implement long and short-range treatment plans
Orders and performs diagnostic tests and therapeutic procedures, and provides patient notification and follow up care
Solicits medical management consult or input when appropriate
Completes all clinical reminders to keep each patient up to date in the system
Work in collaborative practice with Psychiatrist
Advanced Practitioners Enjoy
At Hartford HealthCare newly graduated and experienced providers are provided with the support and mentorship they need to succeed through on the job, classroom, and procedural training. Our benefits include:
Exceptional training for both recent graduates and experienced practitioners
Extremely competitive salary
Matching 401k, tiered medical, dental, and vision plans
Generous Paid-Time Off
Reimbursement for CME, professional society membership, licensure, and malpractice
Tuition reimbursement program
Proven and effective onboarding with supportive ongoing mentorship
Access to Hartford HealthCare's Office of Advanced Practice - an internal organization committed to the growth and development of our Advanced Practitioners
Leadership development opportunities through Hartford HealthCare's Professional Leadership Development Institute
Qualifications
Advanced Practitioner Requirements
Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner Master's program required
Licensed, or eligible to be licensed, as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) in the state of Connecticut
National Board Certification as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Preferred 1+ years of experience working as an outpatient psychiatric nurse practitioner
We take great care of careers.
With locations around the state, Hartford HealthCare offers exciting opportunities for career development and growth. Here, you are part of an organization on the cutting edge - helping to bring new technologies, breakthrough treatments and community education to countless men, women and children. We know that a thriving organization starts with thriving employees we provide a competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance. Every moment matters. And this is your moment.
