Description

Why You Will Love Working With Us!

At Aster Springs Outpatient and Pasadena Villa Outpatient, we are a dynamic, dedicated, and growing team of professionals deeply passionate about providing evidence-based and personalized clinical care for behavioral health conditions.

Our team’s foundation is client centered care and clinical excellence through our 5-star service commitment – Respect, Accountability, Integrity, Flexibility, and Collaboration. We are committed to our team and our team is committed to our clients!

We are seeking a Nurse Practitioner at our location in Nashville, Tennessee!

Located near the heart of downtown Nashville, Aster Springs Outpatient – Nashville, offers exposure outings to nearby eateries and grocery stores, allowing clients to practice recovery principles in real-time with in-the-moment support of a dietician, therapist, and their peers. We also offer weekly themed cooking groups with our registered dietician. Our facility specializes in treating adults of all genders, ages 18 and older, struggling with eating disorders and co-occurring conditions. At Aster Springs Outpatient – Nashville, our programs are LGBTQ -affirming and inclusive of all religious preferences.

Providing outpatient care Monday through Friday, we offer exceptional benefits, development opportunities, professional training, and much more detailed below.

At Aster Springs Outpatient and Pasadena Villa Outpatient – Nashville, we provide customized care that’s designed to meet each client’s specific needs and unique goals. We understand that people are not their diagnosis; they’re a combination of all that’s happened in their lives and their future journeys. Because of this, our treatment team partners with clients and their families to design treatment plans that provide a successful pathway to recovery. Treatment can include psychotherapy groups, individual and family therapy, nutrition education, meal planning, and support, medication management, and aftercare planning and assistance. We are a part of Odyssey Behavioral Healthcare Network which offers a continuum of care within our Psychiatric Network, Eating Disorder Network, including inpatient, intensive residential, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient services nationwide.

Join our team! Be part of our amazing vision of changing lives empowering each client’s inherent strengths making a difference in countless lives, while being part of a larger nationwide network that is growing each day!

What we offer

• Team driven culture based on our 5 Star Service Commitment
• Multiple Development Pathways
• Company Supported Continuing Education & Certification
• PPO & HDHP Health Plan Options
• Flexible Dental & Vision Plan Options
• 100% Company Paid EAP Emotional Well-Being Support
• 100% Company Paid Critical Illness (with health enrollment plan)
• 100% Company Paid Life & ADD
• 401K with Company Match
• Company-Sponsored HSA, FSA, & DSA Tax Savings Accounts
• Six Annual Paid Holidays Plus One Floating Holiday
• Generous Team Member Referral Program

Position Summary

The Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) is a key member of our multidisciplinary treatment team. In this role you will be responsible for conducting psychiatric evaluations, medication consultation, and psychiatric follow up appointments for our eating disorder clients as well as our mental health clients. In addition to Psychiatric duties, the PMHNP also completes nursing duties to assess and evaluate the medical functioning and stability of patients within the program.

Relationships and Contacts

Within the organization: Initiates and maintains frequent and close working relationships with staff, clients, families, and peers, and leadership throughout the organization.

Outside the organization: Initiates and maintains strong professional relationships with clinical providers, referral partners and vendors, as needed.

Essential Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Responsibilities

• Completes Psychiatric Evaluations and ensures medical necessity for all individuals enrolled in the PHP and IOP programs.
• Provides medication management services for individuals enrolled in PHP as needed. Available on-site as scheduled and by telephone in unusual or urgent situations related to medication.
• Provides consultation, education and related information to patients and the families to increase success of treatment and program engagement.
• Collaborates as part of a multi-disciplinary team with staff on clinical treatment planning and recommendations.
• Completes medical record and other documentation in a timely and accurate manner as needed to meet clinical, payer and other requirements.

Essential Nursing Responsibilities

• Serves as first point of contact in addressing, supporting, and triaging patient’s physical complaints and discomfort.
• As part of the admission process and ongoing treatment, conducts patient medical assessment; (1) performs phlebotomy to collect blood for lab analysis, (2) completes comprehensive nursing assessment, (3) completes Electrocardiogram (EKG), (4) collection of basic vitals including height, weight, temperature, and blood pressure, (5) basic urinalysis testing.
• May lead a basic health and wellness group as part of clinical programming.
• Perform other activities as requested by the Medical Director and assume other appropriate medical responsibilities, as necessary.

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Qualifications

Experience:

• Board Eligible or Board-Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. All necessary requirements must be met to practice psychiatry in Tennessee.
• Experience with mental health and/or eating disorder RTC/PHP/IOP and/or psychiatric hospital experience desired.
• Superior communication skills working with patients, family members, community stakeholders and staff.
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in a behavioral health setting.
• Experience with co-occurring disorders and/or substance use disorders a plus. Eating Disorder treatment experience preferred.
• Performs duties independently, responsibly and with a high level of integrity.

Education:

• Must be a licensed Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in the State of Tennessee.

Aster Springs Outpatient provides equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, genetic information, service in the military, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment. Aster Springs reserves the rights to modify, interpret, or apply this job description in any way the organization desires. This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties, including essential duties, to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities. This job description is not an employment contract, implied or otherwise. The employment relationship remains “At-Will.”