Psychiatric APP – Outpatient – Part-Time Days – Hall Mercer – Child and Family Services

Pennsylvania Hospital: Hall Mercer Child Services Department is seeking a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner/Physician's Assistant to join the team. This is a part-time, day opportunity.

Hall Mercer’s Child Services Department is made up of several programs, including Outpatient (Therapy & Psychiatry), Children’s Case Management, Family Based (PHIICAPS), PATCH (Anxiety Clinic) and The Early Childhood Program. Additionally, we have embedded behavioral health services in the Juvenile Justice Services Center. Hall Mercer is a primarily Medicaid clinic and our referrals come from schools, DHS, primary care doctors, self-referral and several other sources. We currently have about 40 employees; our Outpatient Department consists of 2 psychiatric nurse practitioners, 5 therapists and 1 Clinical Supervisor. The entire department is overseen by the Associate Director of Child Services.

Hall Mercer is located in Center City, Philadelphia near Pennsylvania Hospital. We are a department within the Penn Medicine Health System and Pennsylvania Hospital. Salaries are competitive and health insurance benefits are generous.

Our work culture strives to be collaborative, fun, reliable, supportive and trauma-informed. The lens with which we work is trauma-informed and strengths-based. In addition to Child Services at Hall Mercer, care is provided to a high-volume of adults in the adult outpatient (AOP) and case management departments. We serve as a training location for psychiatry residents and fellows, in addition to master’s in social work and Counseling interns. Hall Mercer’s mission is to provide exceptional care to Philadelphia’s most marginalized communities. We do this not just through the services we offer, but by offering a holistic and humanistic approach. To that end, we have a food bank and clothing closet for our clients with material needs, in addition we also host regular events that center the needs of community.

The characteristics needed to be successful at Hall Mercer are a deep passion for community mental health, an understanding or desire to understand policies and barriers that negatively impact our clients, fiercely strengths-based, an ability to collaborate with colleagues, a commitment to ongoing, continued learning, and someone who demonstrates self-awareness and can be genuine and authentic in their relationships with clients and colleagues.

Summary:

• All CRNPs function under the guidelines as designed by the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center medical staff guidelines and are credentialed through that body. The CRNP will be held accountable through a formal job description, delineation of privileges, and through their agreement with their collaborating physician and a Collaborative Practice Agreement. All clinical work hours and associated requirements will be defined and managed under the direction of the collaborating physician/division designee, and within the Human Resource guidelines. The Nurse Practitioner contributes to excellence in education, leadership, professional contribution and practice.

Responsibilities:

• Provides direct clinical care for patient population according to established protocols and utilizes evidence based practice standards in collaboration with team.
• Maintains accurate and confidential medical records. Documents all medical evaluations, diagnoses, procedures, treatments, outcomes, education, referrals, and consultations consistent with organizational standards in the electronic health record (EHR).
• Identifies self properly to the patient and family, and clarifies the role of the nurse practitioner if necessary.
• The nurse practitioner should function within their scope and refer to the collaborating physician when outside of scope, and/or directed by the collaborating physician or when requested by the patient and/or family.
• Performs interventions specific to assigned patient population and collaborative agreement.
• Participates in the performance improvement processes to meet quality of care and service standards.
• Demonstrates awareness of professional responsibility as role model to peers and members of the health care team.
• Perform approved therapeutic or diagnostic procedures based upon patient’s clinical status.
• Addresses patient and family concerns and creates a therapeutic relationship to provide support.
• Provide patient education, counseling and instruction regarding patient diagnosis, medical treatments, medications, and preventative care.
• Participate in and support accreditation, compliance and regulatory activities of the organization.
• Precept NP students and other health care learners.
• Identifies patient/family needs for community resources and refers appropriately.

Credentials:

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (Required)
• ACLS (For providers in the acute care setting) required.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (Required)
• BLS/CPR, as a healthcare provider as per the American Heart Association (For providers in the ambulatory setting) required.
• Certified Nurse PractitionerPA (Required)
• PA and/or NJ CRNP licensure (CRNP) required.
• Prescriptive Authority (Required)
• PA and/or NJ Prescriptive Authority required.
• Registered Nurse - PA (Required)
• PA and/or NJ RN licensure (RN) required. National Board Certification.

Education or Equivalent Experience:

• Master of Arts or Science (Required)
• Education Specialization: Master's Degree or Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) in Nursing 
• New to practice or < 2.5 years, The CRNP must be reviewed by the Credentials Committee and approved by the Medical Board.