Job Title: Advanced Practice Nurse
Location: RWJ-Somerset Medical Center
Department Name: Behavioral Health at Somerset
Req #: 0000260115
Status: Hourly
Shift: Day
Pay Range: $57.69 - $93.41 per hour
Pay Transparency:
The above reflects the anticipated hourly wage range for this position if hired to work in New Jersey.
The compensation offered to the candidate selected for the position will depend on several factors, including the candidate's educational background, skills and professional experience.
Job Overview
The Advanced Practice Nurse APN will work with a collaborating Psychiatrist to provide care for patients identified as having serious and persistent mental illness.
The practice settings include the psychiatric in-patient units and outpatient areas of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset.
The Advanced Practice Nurse possesses expertise in the management of complex responses of individuals, families and communities to actual or potential health problems.
Schedule
Job Qualifications/Education/Training/Certification/Licensure
- Current NJ APN License
- Current NJ RN License
- Current NJ PMHNP Certification
- BLS
- CDS and DEA
Essential Functions
- Conduct psychiatric evaluations, health assessments and monitor medication side effects
- Psychosocial therapies, medication education/counseling and treatment planning will be provided for clients and families
- Prescribe medications required to maintain client stabilization
- Serves as nursing leader, consultant, researcher, educator and direct care provider
- The APN within the Nursing Leadership role provides a visible and accessible clinical presence to the health care team,
- As Consultant, the APN facilitates problem solving with individuals, families, group agencies, communities and or interdisciplinary colleagues (within and outside of the clinical setting),
- As Educator, the APN promotes learning efforts of clients, staff, and students within the clinical setting, area schools and institutions of higher learning
- The APN as Researcher promotes scientific inquiry in clinical practice and uses research process and findings to improve nursing practice
- The APN as Practitioner, models excellence in practice through direct care to selected patients or groups
- The APN takes responsibility for enhancement of his/her own professional development
