Aiken Regional Medical Centers is seeking a Nurse Practitioner Psychiatry for a job in AIKEN, South Carolina.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Psychiatry
• Discipline: Nurse Practitioner
• Duration: Ongoing
• Employment Type: Staff

Responsibilities

ABOUT AIKEN PHYSICIANS ALLIANCE

Aiken Physicians Alliance is affiliated with Aiken Regional Medical Centers, a 273-bed acute care facility offering a comprehensive range of specialties and services. Aiken Regional Medical Center has been ranked a top hospital in South Carolina by the Carolina Center for Medical Excellence for its treatment of heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia and has been recognized as an “A” rated facility by the Leapfrog Group.

Aiken Physicians Alliance provides dedicated primary and specialty care for you and your family. Our family medicine providers are devoted to treating the whole person and provide comprehensive care for people of all ages. Our specialists are highly trained and experienced and work as part of an interdisciplinary team to provide care to patients. Aiken Physicians Alliance offers Primary Care, Cardiology, General Surgery, Gastroenterology, Orthopedics, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Pulmonology and Urology Care. You will work with a Care Team of physicians, advanced practitioners and staff providing compassionate and quality care. We have a welcoming environment and believe in strong team engagement.

Website: www.aikenphysicians.com

Job Summary The medical aspects of care provided by the nurse practitioner shall be in connection with providing primary care to inpatients enrolled in the Hospitalist Internal Medicine Service. These services are provided within the framework of acute and primary health care and under the supervision of a physician.  The nurse practitioner shall be considered the agent of the supervising physician in the performance of all practice-related activities including the ordering of diagnostic, therapeutic and other medical services. A patient’s medical care shall be reviewed with a physician in a timely manner.

• Performs and records the patient history and physical examination in accordance with hospital policy and in compliance with standards and regulations.  Establishes differential diagnosis and communicates findings with the physician.
• Orders appropriate lab and diagnostic procedures.
• Synthesizes data to determine primary diagnosis and therapeutic plan utilizing established medical principles.
• Demonstrates the ability to recognize and critically assess any changes in patient’s condition and reports such to the hospitalist physician.
• Facilitates coordination and development of a comprehensive and individual plan of care in collaboration with patient, family and multidisciplinary team.
• Facilitates one on one communication with primary care physician regarding current and ongoing patient care needs.
• Acts as a hospitalist service liaison with patient care staff.
• Acts as a liaison and facilitator between hospitalist, staff members, case managers, and attending physician regarding patient.

Benefit Highlights

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program • Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries!

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues were $13.4 billion in 2022. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 94,000 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. www.uhs.com

Required Knowledge, Skills, Licensure, Training & Travel Requirements (if applicable):

• Advanced knowledge and clinical skills acquired through completion of formal education program for Nurse Practitioner. 
• Three to five years experience in acute care hospital medicine preferred.  ACLS Certified required. 
• Licensed by the South Carolina State Board of Medical Examiners.
• Current South Carolina Nurse Practitioner’s license with authorization for prescriptive authority.

Aiken Regional Job ID #7969-248863. Posted job title: Nurse Practitioner Psychiatry

Benefits

• Referral bonus
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Life insurance
• Health Care FSA