Psychiatric Nurse Job Description
Psychiatric nurse
provides comprehensive psychiatric assessment, plan development, implementation of plan of care and evaluation of effectiveness of interventions with revisions as necessary.
Psychiatric Nurse Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective psychiatric nurse job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included psychiatric nurse job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Performing comprehensive psychiatric assessments and diagnostics
Conducting medical reviews
Obtain and/or review/evaluate a patient’s medical and psychosocial history
Perform complete comprehensive physical examinations
Evaluate individual patients and prescribes appropriate medications, treatments, referrals as indicated in the Policies & Procedures Manual and/or is consistent with current standards of care
Participate in patient education and counseling services, especially about family planning, STD’S/HIV, preventive health and nutrition
Interpret laboratory data
Participate in in-service education and other training programs
Make referrals to appropriate sources/consultants for medical and/or social problems
Documents all patient information on medical charts and follows physician’s written orders
Psychiatric Nurse Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Psychiatric Nurse
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPR, BLS, AHA, CPI, ACLS, BCLS, ANCC
Education for Psychiatric Nurse
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the psychiatric nurse job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Associate and Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, Health, Education, Science, Graduate, Department of Education, Associate Degrees, Nursing Education, Nursing Program, Health Care
Skills for Psychiatric Nurse
Desired skills for psychiatric nurse include:
Medication policies and practices
Dosage and patient response
DSM IV diagnosis as evidenced by individual
Group and milieu therapeutic interventions
Communication of the processes to others
Psycho-dynamics and therapeutic processes as demonstrated by effective intervention and resolution of problems as they occur
Growth and development
Psychopathology
Psychosocial systems
Psychiatric nursing and maintains the highest quality of comprehensive patient care
Desired experience for psychiatric nurse includes:
Maintains accurate records and documentation of patient treatments, immunizations and laboratory results according to standard medical recordkeeping
Arranges further medical attention when necessary
Participating on a treatment team
Provide psychiatric services to enrolled students, including diagnostic work-up, medication evaluation and follow-up, as part of an interdisciplinary team
Supervise psychiatric nurse practitioner interns as needed
Complete timely and appropriate documentation utilizing an electronic medical record system
Psychiatric Nurse Examples
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Psychiatric Nurse Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a psychiatric nurse. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for psychiatric nurse
- Collaborate in the interdisciplinary team delivery of outreach education, crisis response and other adjunctive services
- Provide consultation to faculty, staff, family members, and others while complying with professional confidentiality guidelines
- Oversee and provide appropriate outpatient detox services, medical consultation and referral as needed
- Act as liaison between medical and treatment team
- Provide education, related to medical issues and detox
- Participate in the on-call duties with other members of the medical team as needed
- No overnight call
- Provides comprehensive outpatient psychiatric evaluation and treatment to Veteran patients, primarily in the Outpatient Mental Health Clinic
- Fosters collaboration and consultation with mental health and medical providers of all disciplines and in a variety of medical settings
- Participates in training and clinical supervision of psychiatry residents, psychology interns, primary care staff and others
Qualifications for psychiatric nurse
- Licensed to practice as a Nurse Practitioner in the State of Arizona (an APRN license in the state of AZ is required), or will be by the date of hire
- Previous behavioral health work experience in an outpatient clinic setting and/or hospital consultation role
- EPIC computer skills preferred
- Experience with medical decision support tools Interqual, NCCN and government sponsored managed care programs
- Board Eligible / Certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
- Patient assessment, diagnosis and therapeutic interventions in close association and collaboration with the physicians and other members of the treatment team
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Psychiatric Nurse Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of psychiatric nurse. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for psychiatric nurse
- Participates in quality assurance activities and peer chart reviews
- Demonstrates performance and leadership to improve the care for a diverse group of patients
- Provides a full range of mental health services, including urgent and emergent evaluation of episodic and chronic problems, comprehensive, integrates, Veteran-centered mental health care
- Oversee medication management and some assessments
- Provide psycho-edcuation to patients about managing in the community
- Mental health counseling
- Psychiatric assessment
- Vocational services
- Peer collaboration
- Manages the care of patients in the Acute Stabilization Programs in conjunction with the Medical Director (psychiatrist)
Qualifications for psychiatric nurse
- Requires graduation from an accredited nursing program with licensure and registration by the Virginia Board of Nurse Examiners as a Registered Nurse
- Graduate of an accredited nurse practitioner program and current certification as a nurse practitioner and N.P
- A minimum of three (3) years experience as a RN in a psychiatric healthcare facility preferred
- Must possess knowledge of basic psychiatric nursing procedures working with a general population including adults and chemically dependent individuals
- Board Certified as an Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and an active California NP License
- Graduate from an accredited Psychiatric-Mental Health NP Master’s Program
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Psychiatric Nurse Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of psychiatric nurse. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for psychiatric nurse
- Correlates the significance of mental health history, physical assessment, and laboratory data to formulate a care (treatment) plan consistent with approved protocols
- Implements plan of care (treatment) with appropriate treatment team
- Consults appropriately with physicians, clinical staff, and Therapists
- Provides patient education (and family when appropriate)
- Completes all competency programs annually or as required by hospital
- Provide relevant patient and family education
- Assess clients for release of transportation holds
- Assess clients for hospitalization need, if appropriate, place on 72-hour
- Screen Patient for psychiatric problems after detoxification
- Evaluates patients and records to determine mental status
Qualifications for psychiatric nurse
- At least two years previous experience in community mental health preferred
- Know and comply with Agency policies and procedures, HIPAA, DMH policies and documentation guidelines, and other state, federal regulations relating to quality assurance and improvement
- Demonstrate medical/clinical leadership skills, a complete working knowledge of psychopharmacology and experience in mental health service delivery to a broad-based individual and multi-cultural patient population
- Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) * Licensed Nurse Practitioner with a concentration in psychiatry and mental health
- Current ANCC PMHNP-BC
- Proficiency in use of electronic health records
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Psychiatric Nurse Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking to fill the role of psychiatric nurse. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for psychiatric nurse
- Identifies normal and abnormal findings on examinations and commonly performed laboratory studies
- Manages patient health problems as appropriate in conjunction with company staff
- Initiates appropriate evaluations and emergency management for psychiatric diseases
- Assist with the selection of age-appropriate therapeutic activities
- Participate as a consultant to Program Director/Nurse Manager on unit policy changes
- Review, approve/disapprove admissions, continued stays and discharges
- Perform comprehensive psychiatric admission assessments
- Conduct psychiatric consultations to the hospital’s ED and other acute units
- Round on patients, document treatment goals and plans
- Participate in court proceedings as needed to comply with local regulations for involuntary
Qualifications for psychiatric nurse
- Two (2) years experience providing nursing care in an Addictions Treatment setting
- May be required to work at various location due to department need
- Ability to work with individuals and families affected by mental illness and substance use disorders
- Psychiatric board certification
- Child psychiatry training/ certification
- Comfortable treating patients diagnosed with mental illness and substance abuse disorders
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Psychiatric Nurse Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking for a psychiatric nurse. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for psychiatric nurse
- Provide coverage for consults after hours and weekends per schedule
- Provide follow up consultation for outpatient program
- Intervene as needed in utilization management issues with patients and families
- Under clinical supervision of the Psychiatric Nursing Supervisor (PNS) &/or Mental Health Administrator &/or Health Care Administrator in institutions where there is no PNS, implements nursing care according to established nursing departmental standards for population (e.g., age & gender specific)
- Plans psychiatric care of patient/offenders based on need &/or problems identified in patient/offender assessment
- Writes measurable goals & plans interventions specific to patient/offender
- Completes detailed psychiatric screening, nursing assessments & participates in the development of treatment plans
- Conducts medication education & participates in other therapeutic groups (e.g., medication compliance, sleep hygiene, medication education) as assigned
- Implements special precautions for suicide & escape & secures orders for & insures appropriateness of restraint/seclusion of patient/offenders including special needs of population
- Observes & evaluates the patient/offenders physical & emotional reaction to medication & therapies
Qualifications for psychiatric nurse
- Eligible for full and unconditional participation in the Medicaid and Medicare programs
- Must have current Massachusetts NP licensure and DEA license to be eligible for consideration
- One year of psychiatric NP experience preferred
- Two years of Partial Hospitalization Program experience preferred
- One year experience in Psychiatric/Behavioral Health nursing preferred
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing and formal nurse practitioner program in psychiatry