Nurse Practitioner - Psychiatric

Nurse Practitioner - Psychiatric physician employment in Texas : A regional medical center and psychiatric unit for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is seeking a psychiatric nurse practitioner for locum tenens coverage.

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The locum will be treating adult male inmates. They will be seeing 2-3 follow ups per hour with a hour of admin time built into their day. Must have psychiatry experience as well as inpatient experience. They will need someone available to work onsite 32-40 hours per week.

Dates Needed :   ASAP - January

Case Load / PPD :   10

Shift Type :   Day Shift

Assignment Type :   Inpatient

Assignment Duration :   Locums

Shift Hours :   Full time (40 hours)

Cases Treated :   very sick to sick, schizophrenia, bipolar, forensic patients

Average Length of Stay (IP) :   60 days

Census (IP Only) :   550

Call Required :   Yes

Board Certification Required :   Negotiable

Prescriptive Authority Required :   Yes

Patient Population :   Adults

Government :   No

Reference ID :   ORD-143662-NP-TX

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