What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nurse Practitioner position at HealthDrive?
Overview
HealthDrive is currently seeking a Nurse Practitioner to work Full-Time at facilities in Springfield, MA and surrounding areas.
HealthDrive offers a variety of benefits including the opportunity to make $150,000 annually while enjoying:
- No evening or weekend hours
- Excellent pay and clinical autonomy
- Established patient base
- 100% malpractice coverage
- Full administrative support team
- Permanent position (no contracts)
- Most benefits start on DAY 1 for Full-Time providers
- Consolidated territories
HealthDrive delivers on-site behavioral health, dentistry, optometry, podiatry, and audiology services to residents in long-term care, skilled nursing and assisted living facilities. Each specialty offered by HealthDrive is one that directly impacts the quality of daily life for the deserving residents we serve. HealthDrive connects patients in need of vital healthcare to doctors committed to dignity and excellence.
Responsibilities
- Monitor psychiatric medications for effectiveness, response of resident, usage of prns, and side effects
- Inform residents of potential side effects of psychiatric medications
- Recommend (not prescribe or order) the initiation of any psychiatric medication deemed appropriate
- Complete the AIMS testing every three to six months on residents receiving an antipsychotic medication
- Monitor the tapering of psychiatric medications according to federal regulations
- Recommend nursing and behavioral interventions to nursing staff
- Develop behavior plans as needed
- Perform other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Degree from an accredited college/university
- State professional license
- Valid driver’s license
- Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal and organizational skills
