ARNP - Inpatient Psychiatry Moonlighter

About the job

Frontier Behavioral Health is hiring an inpatient psychiatric ARNP moonlighter in Spokane. Moonlighters cover as-needed and weekend shifts that are not on a set schedule, evaluating, diagnosing and prescribing for inpatient psychiatric patients; the current need is weekday coverage. This position is not eligible for benefits.

Frontier Behavioral Health is a Spokane nonprofit offering evidence-based, trauma-informed treatment for adults, youth and seniors facing many kinds of behavioral health issues. Its services include outpatient, inpatient, community outreach and crisis care, along with partnerships with schools and law enforcement.

What you'll do

• Perform psychiatric evaluations, make diagnoses and decide whether medications, lab studies or imaging are needed, prescribing accordingly as licensed by law
• Assess and diagnose assigned clients, and give crisis medical evaluations to non-assigned clients as needed
• Select, prescribe and monitor psychotropic medications, and teach patients about their diagnosis and medication regimen
• Help develop treatment plans and review cases with treatment teams so care is evidence-based and trauma-informed
• Check in with the Inpatient Medical Director on a regular basis and about clinically complicated cases, and keep your supervisor informed of daily activities and possible problems
• Consult on cases with families, residential providers and other FBH staff when asked
• Document concurrently in FBH's electronic medical record when feasible, keeping client records accurate, clear and timely
• Participate as designated in utilization and peer reviews, and meet or exceed productivity requirements
• Coordinate with patients' primary health care providers and make referrals to primary care physicians as appropriate
• Pursue continuing education in neuropharmacology to keep your license and stay current in the field

What you need

• A Washington State ARNP license with prescriptive authority
• Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Board Certification (ANCC)
• A DEA license
• Must qualify for credentialing with insurance companies
• Office work that may involve sitting and computer use for four to eight hours a day
• May need to lift 10 to 20 pounds
• Work may happen outside the office, and travel to outside areas may be needed
• Chance of exposure to blood-borne pathogens (Category I)

Preferred

• Experience in community-based behavioral health care
• Experience in an inpatient setting

Schedule

• As-needed and weekend shifts with no pre-set schedule, set around FBH's changing needs; moonlighters hold no FTE
• The current need is for weekday coverage
• Each workday lasts as long as it takes to see all assigned patients and can vary greatly with census and patient needs
• If the workday ends before 5:00pm, stay reachable by phone until 5:00pm and be able to come onsite if needed
• Days with 5 or more hours worked are paid at a daily rate; shorter days are paid by the hour
• Occasional coverage of another inpatient unit or the outpatient setting may be requested