Mental Health APRN/PA

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Mental Health Advanced Practice Registered Nurse OR Physician Assistant Note: this position is an in-person position located at the Utah State Correctional Facility (USCF) in Salt Lake City, UT. Are you licensed as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse or Physician Assistant with experience in mental health? Are you dependable, honest, and self-motivated? Are your strengths: Attention to detail, thinking on your feet, learning new things, strong professional boundaries? If yes, then this job as a Mental Health Advanced Practice Registered Nurse OR Mental Health Physician Assistant with the Division of Correctional Health Services is the job for you! Job Responsibilities: Provides direct and/or indirect patient care oriented toward improving or maintaining mental health symptoms and treating mental illness. Make diagnoses and decisions about management and treatment of patients. Assess patients, diagnose conditions, order tests (laboratory tests, etc), prescribe treatment, and may provide patient and family education. Coordinates clinical activities and follow-up. Discuss results, findings and/or recommendations with appropriate parties. Interpret diagnostic test results for deviations from normal. Maintains and updates patient charts, records, and information. Assesses client/patient needs. Develops and implements plans to meet those needs in an interdisciplinary setting. Recommends, advocates, and/or implements new and/or changes to existing policies and procedures, or regulations. Works collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team. Salary for the Mental Health Advanced Practice Registered Nurse is $58.14 Salary for the Mental Health Physician Assistant is $58.14 Schedule: Monday - Friday from 7:00 AM - 3:00 PM with rotating weekend call responsibilities. Location: Utah State Correctional Facility (USCF) in Salt Lake City, UT