Psychiatric APP Job Posting – Evening Shift

Description:

Upstate Community Medical, PC is seeking a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (NP) to join our dedicated inpatient psychiatry team at Upstate Community Hospital. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced and motivated NP to work in a collaborative academic medical center environment.

This full-time evening shift position (2 PM – 11 PM) is essential in providing comprehensive psychiatric care across multiple settings, including the inpatient psychiatry units and the emergency department.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Provide inpatient psychiatric floor coverage for patients on the psychiatric service
• Perform admissions to the inpatient psychiatry unit
• Perform consultations for patients in both inpatient medical units and the emergency department
• Collaborate with attending psychiatrists, hospitalists, and interdisciplinary care teams
• Participate in treatment team meetings, develop and implement individualized care plans, and document clinical progress
• Educate and counsel patients and families regarding treatment plans and psychiatric conditions

Minimum Qualifications:

• This full-time position is ideal for a highly motivated psychiatry NP
• PMHNP-BC (Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner - Board Certified)
• NYS license
• ACLS & BLS required
• Current CPR
• NCCPA Certification or NP ANCC
• 2 – 3 years of experience in psychiatry preferred.

Benefits:

Joining this team provides a strong work-life balance and excellent benefit package.

The work schedule for this position is forty hours per week which includes some weekend and evening coverage.

Benefits include:

• Competitive salary based on experience with a signing bonus and annual increases
• 401(k) with employer match and no vesting period
• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Competitive Paid Time Off program with annual longevity increases after two (2) years
• Annual CME Allowance
• Malpractice paid in full
• NYS License & DEA reimbursement reimbursed in full