Nurse Practitioner - Behavorial Health

• Area of Interest: Advanced Practice Nursing and Physician Assistants

• Job ID: 187433

Overview

UnityPoint Health is actively recruiting for a Psychiatry Mental Health Nurse Practitioner to join our team in Sioux City, Iowa. Choose a career that matters at UnityPoint Health. At UnityPoint Health, we believe that our patient-centered vision and physician-driven philosophy, along with our one team approach, ensures every patient knows just how much they matter to this world. Commitment to our team has earned us recognition as a Top 150 Places to Work in Healthcare by Becker’s Healthcare. Come be an essential part of our core purpose—to improve the health of the people and communities we serve. At UnityPoint Health, you matter.

UnityPoint Health – Sioux City delivers a broad range of advanced healthcare services to residents across Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota. Through our two hospitals, UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s and UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s – Downtown, as well as the June E. Nylen Cancer Center, we provide comprehensive, compassionate care close to home. Additionally, UnityPoint Health PACE Senior Care – Siouxland supports older adults with coordinated access to healthcare and social services, including rehabilitation, medication management, transportation and more.

• Benefit-eligible, full-time position

• Opportunity to provide comprehensive psychiatric care for adult patients in an acute inpatient behavioral health setting, while also performing behavioral health consultations for patients of all ages in the Emergency Department and on medical floors

• Join a collaborative and experienced team of three APPs as the fourth provider supporting behavioral health services

• Daily collaboration with nursing, therapy, social work, and physician leadership through a multidisciplinary care model

• Fully integrated system with clinics and hospitals on EPIC EMR to improve care coordination

Responsibilities

• Full-time position working seven 12-hour shifts (84 hours) per pay period, with a flexible, provider-driven scheduling model

• Day shift schedule: 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM

• Rotating weekend and holiday coverage shared among providers

• No call responsibilities

• Participate in daily multidisciplinary rounds and collaborate with nursing, therapy, social work, and physician leadership to develop and implement treatment plans

• Manage an average daily census of approximately 10 adult behavioral health inpatients

• Perform behavioral health consultations in the Emergency Department and on medical floors, averaging 2-3 consults per day

• Complete court-related documentation and assessments as required

• Utilize telepsychiatry support resources when additional consultation coverage is needed

• Evaluate, interpret and coordinate information to make decisions and recommendations regarding patient care

• Patient-focused, friendly and willing to collaborate in a team environment

• Excellent communication (written and verbal), analytical and problem-solving skills

Qualifications

• Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) certification required

• Adult inpatient psychiatric provider experience preferred

• BLS certification required

• Hold an unrestricted medical license in the state of Iowa

• Hold current and unrestricted state and federal authority to prescribe and administer medications as necessary or appropriate to the Advanced Practitioners field of practice

• Eligible to work in the United States

We Offer

• Competitive compensation, salaried position

• Attractive Total Rewards (https://uphtotalrewards.com/) program offers benefits that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what stage of life you are in

• Generous time off and CME allowance, malpractice insurance, retirement contributions and more

• Dedicated provider resources to positively impact providers work-life balance

• Eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness, including a free third-party service for loan restructuring and consolidation

• A commitment to ensuring you have a voice that is heard regardless of role, race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation

• Support and development opportunities (https://www.unitypoint.org/join-our-team/provider-careers) that are a crucial part of delivering a remarkable employment experience

• A culture (https://www.unitypoint.org/join-our-team/our-culture) guided by uncompromising values and unwavering belief in doing what’s right for the people we serve

Community

Sioux City has grown to be one of Iowa’s largest cities – and its meteoric rise isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. Sioux City is now one of northwest Iowa’s hubs for food production, healthcare, education, tourism and retail. Residents enjoy some of the most affordable housing in the nation, and there’s always something going on – whether it’s Saturday in the Park, one of the largest music festivals in the region, or any number of indoor and outdoor attractions such as Cone Park, the award-winning Art Center or the Sioux City Symphony. Whatever your tastes and whatever your career path, there’s something for everyone in Sioux City.