Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (NP) Job at Wellpath, Wilkes Barre, PA

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  • Wellpath
  • Wilkes Barre, PA

Job Description

You Matter

• Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
• Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
• Excellent career growth opportunities


Join us and find a career that supports:
• Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients
• Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
• Autonomy in a warm team environment
• Growth and training

Perks and Benefits
In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:
• DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!
• Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching
• Company paid life insurance
• Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)
• Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts
• Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans

*Eligibility for perks and benefits varies based on employee type and length of service. 

Why Us

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.

If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.

Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan. 

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

How you make a difference

As a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, you will work within established policies and state guidelines while providing consultation, diagnosis, and treatment services to patients. You will be responsible for maintaining documentation to demonstrate compliance with supervision requirements and providing medication management and crisis intervention services to your identified patient population. Your role will be crucial in improving the mental health and well-being of individuals under your care.

Key Responsibilities

  • Conducts comprehensive assessments and develops plans of care, implementing and evaluating interventions as needed.
  • Monitors and adjusts medications and treatments in accordance with approved protocols, ensuring compliance with policies and documentation requirements.
  • Differentiates between normal and pathological symptoms and documents all relevant patient care issues in progress notes and treatment plans.
  • Provides age-appropriate, individualized care and participates in on-call schedules and mandatory committees as required.
  • Assumes responsibility and accountability for judgments and actions, adhering to established policies and procedures for psychiatric care.

Qualifications & Requirements

Education

  • Graduation from an accredited nurse practitioner program.

Experience

  • Two (2) years of experience as a Nurse Practitioner. Psychiatric experience preferred and/or experience in a residential healthcare institution.   

Licenses/Certifications

  • Certification as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner in the state of practice highly desired.
  • Must maintain CPR certification, and any other certifications (such as First Aid) required by contract.

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Job Tags

Full time, Contract work,

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