Family Nurse Practitioner

Position Overview

The Family Practice Nurse Practitioner is responsible for providing medical assessment and treatment for all patients in accordance with the provider’s training, licensing, and state regulation, at clinical sites where the clinician is assigned. The provider is expected to function as a member of a multi-disciplinary treatment team, treating patients with eating disorders and related or comorbid medical conditions. The provider will serve patients in a gender-inclusive environment of all ages and across all levels of care. The Family Practice Nurse Practitioner is encouraged to participate in quality and performance improvement activities. 

Schedule

• Monday-Friday: 8:00am-5:00pm along with on-call duties

 

Compensation Disclosure

• Family Nurse Practitioner Starting Salaried Range:   $101,860.00-$162,800.00

Final Compensation offered will be within pay range based on qualifications/experience met for the position

 

How Family Nurse Practitioner's Empower Recovery

• Provide direct medical services through the comprehensive evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of patients, including appropriate exams, work-up and prescription medications, and other interventions as indicated. 
• Evaluate, diagnose, and treat medical complications of eating disorders and intercurrent conditions for patients at all levels of care. The frequency of visits should be dictated by clinical need, and facilitate appropriate medical care for the clinical severity and in accordance with direction from site medical leadership 
• Develop the medical treatment plans of all assigned patients and update them with each visit 
• Liaise by telephone with each patient’s ambulatory provider, at a minimum, at admission, discharge, and as needed during treatment in the context of significant concerns. 
• Liaise with families of patients as indicated 
• Evaluate all patients on caseload within two weeks of discharge, to assess stability for the next level of care, and to complete a summary of all follow-up recommendations and a comprehensive discharge summary. 
• Work with the Utilization Review team to provide medical information to support the facilitation of peer-to-peer insurance reviews, determination of appropriate levels of care, arbitration of clinical appeals, etc. 
• Participate in staff conferences and education, and serve on clinical committees, as assigned 
• Complete all documentation in a timely manner 
• Participate in call schedule 
• Provide education about medical complications and comorbidities of eating disorders to family and patients as needed. 
• Participate in program development with site medical leadership as interested and assigned. 
• Maintain license and supervision requirements in association with an on-site collaborating physician. 
• Follow all procedures and protocols for patient care and documentation 
• Perform other duties as assigned or identified 

Qualifications

• Duly certified and licensed Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, by appropriate national certifying body and state licensing agency  
• Appropriate State Licensure to practice independently in the field, with prescriptive authority  

 

Professional Qualifications: 

• Two (2) or more years of practice, with a preference for experience in hospitals, complex medical conditions, and working with psychiatric patients 

 

Other Qualifications:   

• Employees at Residential or Inpatient sites are required to have a current Basic Life Support certification within 30 days of hire.    
• Employees at Residential or Inpatient sites in North Carolina or Georgia are required to have a current CPI certification within 30 days of hire.  
• Employees at Residential site in Washington are required to have a Washington State Department of Health Food Handler permit within 30 days of hire.