NURSE PRACTITIONER - ADVANCED

La Amistad Behavioral Health Services

La Amistad Behavioral Health Services is a leader in the field of behavioral health care for over 60 years, and our experts are committed to providing the highest quality of care in an atmosphere that nurtures healing and growth. La Amistad enjoys full accreditation by The Joint Commission. La Amistad believes in building healthy communities, which start with healthy individuals, linked through sound relationships to their families, friends, neighbors and peers.

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Practitioner (APRN - Psychiatric)

• Full-time
• Competitive Salary

The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) works closely with La Amistad's admission department by acting as an initial point-of-contact with new admissions and provides quality assessments. Additionally, delivers high quality sessions/interventions to assigned clients in collaboration with attending psychiatrist. The APRN is clinically supervised by La Amistad's Medical Director

• Education: Master's Degree or Post-Master's Degree in Nursing with a Specialization in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
• Experience: One (1) year experience working with behavioral health population as an APRPNP preferred.
• License/Certification: Active Florida State license as APRPNP preferred. Active Florida State DEA license within six months of hire. Active National Certification from an Approved Nursing Specialty Board.
• Skills: Good verbal and written communication skills. Must be able to communicate with members of the interdisciplinary treatment team, managed care representatives, children, adolescents, adults and residents' families in a clean and concise manner.
• Must have knowledge of individual, group and family therapy dynamics and techniques as related to cultural, social, economic, communication and role expectations within the family system.
• Must have good clinical skills to include the assessment, diagnosis, and management of mental health problems and psychiatric disorders.
• Must have the ability to obtain and interpret information in terms of child, adolescent, and adult needs, knowledge of growth and development stages and possess an understanding of the range of treatment needed by age group.
• Must have leadership abilities.

This opportunity offers the following:

• #1 safety ranking within UHS
• Tenured and talented clinical team
• Rewarding work environment
• Ability to work alongside a multidisciplinary team
• Growth and Professional Development Opportunities within UHS and its Subsidiaries
• Competitive Compensation
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plan (full-time positions only)
• 401k plan with company match (full-time positions only)

One of the nation's largest and most respected hospital companies, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Steadily growing from a startup to an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, UHS today has annual revenue nearing $10 billion. In 2017, UHS was recognized as one of the World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune; ranked #276 on the Fortune 500, and listed #275 in Forbes inaugural ranking of America's Top 500 Public Companies.

Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has more than 81,000 employees and through its subsidiaries operates more than 320 acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities and ambulatory centers in the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the United Kingdom.