Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Psychiatry - Adult Outpatient - Meriden, CT
Company: Rushford
Location: Meriden
Posted on: June 24, 2025
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Job Description:
Location Detail: Rushford Center Inc Meriden (10172) Nurse
Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Adult Outpatient Psychiatry -
Meriden, CT SUMMARY Provides holistic, quality, and cost-effective
advanced practice care for patients, and families in a community
mental health setting (Local Mental Health Authority for
Meriden-Wallingford). Collaborates as a member of a
multidisciplinary team in the medical/psychiatric management of
patients, to achieve or maintain optimal health status, manage
disease and reduce risk of illness. Engages in independent
decision-making regarding the health care of individuals and
families. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Performs comprehensive
psychiatric assessments including A treatment plan, when indicated
2. Orders and interprets diagnostic studies and laboratory tests,
which may include blood tests, urinalysis, EKG, EEG, and other
appropriate tests, to evaluate and treat the patient. 3. Recommends
and provides appropriate psychiatric interventions, including
individual, family and group psychotherapy. 4. Prescribes,
dispenses, and administers medical therapeutics and corrective
measures in collaboration with designated staff psychiatrist. 5.
Provides appropriate education to patients and families. Educates
staff and students, formally or informally, to enhance their
ability to provide patient care. 7. Opportunity to engage
in/collaborate with others in the research process to discover,
examine and test knowledge, theories and creative approaches to
practice. Uses research findings as a basis for practice and to
improve health care. 8. Opportunity to provide consultation and
liaison to general hospital and emergency room health care
providers and others to influence care plans, enhance ability to
provide health care, and affect change in systems. Qualifications
QUALIFICATIONS Education - Current APRN license required.
Certification according to CT State law. - Master's Degree in
Nursing strongly preferred. Experience - Specific experience in
psychiatry required. - Basic working knowledge of computers.
Keywords: Rushford, Attleboro , Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Psychiatry - Adult Outpatient - Meriden, CT, Healthcare , Meriden, Massachusetts
