Overview

This position is located in the Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Behavioral Health Department, Fort Eisenhower, Georgia.

Augusta is famous for its major attraction, The Masters Golf Tournament. Ft Eisenhower has a moderate year-round climate and offers close proximity to metropolitan areas, beaches along the Atlantic Ocean and the Appalachian Mountains. 

The Augusta area is a growing community with an excellent quality of life. A wide variety of cultural and outdoor recreational activities are readily available locally, and many more are easily accessible from the coast to the mountains. Augusta has a vibrant professional medical environment, including the Medical College of Georgia and other referral medical centers. The cost of living is quite reasonable, with quality homes at good prices.

Links: https://eisenhower.tricare.mil/

https://www.augustaga.gov/

Responsibilities

As a Nurse Practitioner Psych you will:

• Provide advanced comprehensive psychiatric nursing care for a variety of behavioral health patients.
• Perform intake procedures for psychiatric patients.
• Collaborate with the patient's total treatment team in order to formulate a total treatment plan.
• Perform psychiatric patient observations in order to identify any significant behavior and reaction patterns.
• Prescribe medications to psychiatric patients seeking behavioral health services.

Qualifications

US Citizenship required

Must have passed the National Council Licensure Examination and possess a current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registration as a professional nurse from a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.