Nurse Practitioner Behavioral Health

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Hiring Range : $56.52 - $149156.80

Please note that the final offer may vary within this range based on a candidates experience skills qualifications and internal equity considerations .

Everyone Is a Caregiver

At UMass Memorial Health everyone is a caregiver regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20000 employees working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients community and each other. And everyone in their own unique way plays an important part every day.

I. Major Responsibilities :

1. Ability to establish working relationships with other human service providers

2. Fully prepared to present a patient care case in court

3. Conducts Mental health evaluations on all medical floors / emergency care cent as needed and provides appropriate care interventions

4. Works with the treatment team to analyze and interpret observations of patients behavior with information gathered about patient

Standard Staffing Level Responsibilities :

1. Complies with established departmental policies procedures and objectives.

2. Attends variety of meetings conferences seminars as required or directed.

3. Demonstrates use of Quality Improvement in daily operations.

4. Complies with all health and safety regulations and requirements.

5. Respects diverse views and approaches demonstrates Standards of Respect and contributes to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism tolerance civility and acceptance toward all employees patients and visitors.

6. Maintains regular reliable and predictable attendance.

7. Performs other similar and related duties as required or directed.

All responsibilities are essential job functions.

II. Position Qualifications :

License / Certification / Education :

Required :

1. Graduation from an accredited graduate program in psychiatric nursing

2. Massachusetts censure as an advanced practice nurse

3. Board certified as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurses Association and recognized to practice in an expanded role by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing

Experience / Skills :

Required :

1. Minimum of three years advanced clinical practice in psychiatric nursing.

Unless certification licensure or registration is required an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.

Department-specific competencies and their measurements will be developed and maintained in the individual departments. The competencies will be maintained and attached to the departmental job description. Responsible managers will review competencies with position incumbents.

III. Physical Demands and Environmental Conditions :

On-the-job time is spent in the following physical activities :

1. Stand - 1 / 3 to 2 / 3

2. Walk - 1 / 3 to 2 / 3

3. Sit - 1 / 3 to 2 / 3

4. Talk or hear - 2 / 3

5. Uses hands to finger handle or feel - 2 / 3

6. Push / pull - 1 / 3

7. Stoop kneel crouch or crawl - 1 / 3

8. Reach with hands and arms - 1 / 3

This job requires exposure to the following environmental conditions :

1. Fumes or airborne particles - 1 / 3

2. Infectious diseases - 2 / 3

3. Physical / or verbal abusiveness - 1 / 3

4. Rotating shifts - 1 / 3

5. PPE when indicated - 1 / 2 to 2 / 3

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or protected veteran status.

Were striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health for our patients our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are : Acknowledge Listen Communicate Be Responsive Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender sexual orientation national origin age disability gender identity and expression protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability please contact us at We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.

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Employment Type : Part-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 56 - 149156