Job Description

POSITION TITLE: Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner 

SCHEDULE: Full Time, 40 hours per week

LOCATION: New Hampshire Correctional Facilities - Concord, NH

POSITION SUMMARY:

• Provides psychiatric/mental health services.
• Utilizes professional medical skills to meet a variety of physical and mental health care needs, with psychiatry as primary focus. 
• Interacts with a variety of health care professionals and security staff in a correctional environment.

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supports and provides direction for the psychiatric and behavioral health care delivery system and coordinates with the other functions within the institution.
• Performs physical examinations as required.
• Responsible for emergency care in critical conditions.
• Provides documentation in accordance with unit policies and procedures utilizing the SOAP charting format.
• Monitors and ensures the appropriate utilization of psychotropic medications
• Initiates requests for commonly performed initial laboratory studies.
• Identifies normal and abnormal findings on history, physical examination, and commonly performed laboratory studies.
• Dispenses, prescribes and administers medications as specified in the drug formulary protocol for Nurse Practitioners and as approved by the appropriate regulatory boards.
• Provides counseling and instruction regarding common patient problems.
• Ensures compliance with ACA/NCCHC standards, as appropriate, and State and correctional system regulations policies and procedures.
• Meets regularly with the site mental health staff to ensure appropriate provision of services.
• Provides training for behavioral health and institutional staff on mental health issues as requested.
• Provides consultation services to institutional staff for mental health issues as requested.
• May be required to provide clinical supervision as appropriate.
• Follows and enforces security regulations for keys, sharps, and controlled medications.
• Adheres to and enforces safety and security policies and participates in disaster drills.
• Attends mandatory and optional in-service training.
• Maintains open lines of communication via attendance at staff meeting when possible.
• Assists in legal proceedings as needed.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

Standard medical setting in a correctional facility, which includes daily interfacing with inmates, correctional staff, and health care personnel.