Corrections Psych-MH APRN (Oahu)

Psych-MH APRN part-time to full-time for Oahu for a minimum of 3-month commitment with opportunity to extend. The candidate must be flexible to work or cover any facilities on Oahu in person, potentially on relatively short but reasonable notice. This candidate will be primarily responsible for psychiatry services and reports directly to the Medical Director.

Hours

Full-time, Monday to Friday during typical business hours, Flexible Start - End Times Negotiable

Location

• Honolulu, Oahu
• Kailua, Oahu
• Waipio, Oahu
• Halawa, Oahu

Pay

$69.57 an hour

Responsibilities

• Psych MH APRN works with the treatment team to deliver care to patients
• Evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients with mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders
• Patient population: Adults; dual diagnosis, mental health, substance abuse
• Provide follow up psychiatric care to individual case load: improve patient mental health outcomes, medication management, address comprehensive mental healthcare needs
• Team-based integrated care: coordination with MH Staff to integrate psychiatry & counseling
• Thematic focus on patient experience: optimizing for safety, patient satisfaction and access to care
• Conduct psychiatric evaluations, develop treatment plans, and evaluate treatment results
• Perform problem-focused, individualized medical assessments within psychiatric parameters
• Be physically on-site at assigned correctional facility(s) on a regular basis
• Examine patients as needed. The expectation is that you stay on-site until all patients that need to be seen are seen.
• Prescribe medication (including narcotics) and treatment within your prescriptive authority, as appropriate in your professional medical judgement
• Review patient medical records, as appropriate
• Sign off on orders, as appropriate
• Comply with the correctional facility's policies and procedures, unless doing so would be counter to common sense

Qualifications

• Current HI APRN & RN License with Prescriptive Authority in Good Standing
• Psych-MH APRN Board Certification
• BLS Certification, Hands on Training
• Active DEA Registration and State Controlled Substance Registration
• Experience in a primary care specialty, corrections, and/or managed health care delivery
• Experienced and comfortable performing telehealth services