AMVETS Jobs

+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Summary: | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Pine Belt Mental Healthcare | | | Resources is currently seeking a | | | Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner | | | for their PACT outpatient program | | | for Forrest and Lamar Counties, | | | MS. The Psychiatric Nurse | | | Practitioner provides both | | | general and special outpatient | | | nursing services for individuals | | | with serious mental illness | | | including medication dispensing | | | and monitoring, medication skills | | | training, giving injections, | | | working with pharmacies. This | | | position works with the client, | | | other professional medical | | | providers, and clinicians to | | | establish culturally competent | | | service plans and treatment | | | services. The Psychiatric Nurse | | | Practitioner works outside of a | | | "4-wall" model to integrate a | | | variety of disciplines and | | | community services for the | | | benefit of the patient.  | | | | | | | | | For 50 years, Pine Belt Mental | | | Healthcare Resources has served | | | individuals throughout the Pine | | | Belt.  Through an extensive | | | continuum of care, we strive to | | | enable adults with serious mental | | | illnesses, children with serious | | | emotional disturbances, and | | | individuals with an addiction or | | | developmental disability to live, | | | work, learn, and participate | | | fully in their communities.  Our | | | eighteen county service area | | | includes Amite, Franklin, | | | Forrest, Hancock, Harrison, | | | Jones, Lamar, Lawrence, | | | Covington, Greene, Jeff Davis, | | | Marion, Pearl River, Perry, Pike, | | | Stone, Walthall, Wayne Counties.  | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | | | | Requirements: | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | - Must be a certified fa ily | | | psychiatric nurse | | | practitioner in the state of | | | Mississippi | | | - Valid driver's license with | | | satisfactory driving record | | | preferred | | | - Personal transportation | | | needed to provide services in | | | assigned counties during the | | | month | | | - Experience in psychiatric | | | nursing preferred | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | | | | Responsibilities: | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | - Provides follow-up medication | | | evaluations and monitoring of | | | adults with serious mental | | | illness and child/adolescents | | | with serious emotional | | | disorders. | | | - Provides general | | | psycho-therapeutic nursing | | | and educational interventions | | | to clientele. | | | - Monitors consumers receiving | | | medications. | | | - Provides emergency services | | | as needed. | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+