What are the responsibilities and job description for the Advanced Practice Nurse (Nurse Practitioner-Clinical/Psychiatric) position at Defense Health Agency Civilian Corps, Falls Church, VA?
Overview
ASTEBIN%The position will be located at Fox Army Health Center, Redstone Arsenal, Hunstville AL.
Fox Army Health Center (FAHC) provides access to quality and cost-effective primary care for patients while maintaining a state of readiness for mobilization. The mission of the health center is “Provide responsive, innovative and reliable health services, influencing health to improve readiness, save lives and advance wellness in support of the force, military Families, and all those entrusted to our care.” It is striving to become the premier model of organizational and beneficiary wellness through the Army’s medical community. FAHC’s Patient Centered Medical Home is comprised of three teams, Blue Team, Red Team and White Team. The mission of the FAHC Blue Team is to optimize the health, well-being, and medical readiness of Soldiers. They accomplish this through our dedicated approach to Warfighter Medicine, and provide physical exams, medical readiness and deployment screenings in support of the military’s wartime mission. The Red & White Team provides comprehensive medical care to the beneficiaries of FAHC, and offers a range of services including adult and family medicine as well as pediatrics and minor outpatient procedures. All TRICARE Prime patients enrolled to FAHC and assigned to this clinic will have a Primary Care Manager (PCM). TRICARE Prime patients will coordinate specialty care through their PCM, thereby ensuring continuity, timeliness and appropriateness of referrals. The Advice Nurse system is available after normal business hours. In addition to an extremely busy outpatient pharmacy service, FAHC provides laboratory and radiological service. The Behavior Health Division provides mental health treatment. The Wellness Center’s functions are to provide patient and community health education and promotions, environmental health activities, and surveillance of communicable diseases.
LINKS: Physician Video: https://youtu.be/9ppISGGb2SI
Redstone Arsenal: https://home.army.mil/redstone/
City of Huntsville: https://www.huntsville.org/
Fox Army Health Center: https://redstone.tricare.mil/
Responsibilities
As a Psych Nurse Practitioner you will:
- Provide advanced comprehensive psychiatric nursing care for a variety of behavioral health patients.
- Perform intake procedures for psychiatric patients.
- Collaborate with the patient's total treatment team in order to formulate a total treatment plan.
- Perform psychiatric patient observations in order to identify any significant behavior and reaction patterns.
- Prescribe medications to psychiatric patients seeking behavioral health services.
Qualifications
US Citizenship required
Must have passed the National Council Licensure Examination and possess a current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registration as a professional nurse from a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.
