Nurse Practitioner I - Psychiatry

The Nurse Practitioner (NP) is part of the Tulane University Campus Health team of committed professionals dedicated to supporting and promoting student health and wellbeing as a core institutional value through a multidisciplinary, comprehensive approach. This NP position resides within the CAPS for Counseling Services Department, and reports to the Lead Psychiatrist. The individual in this position is responsible for providing clinical services and participating in community engagement activities.

As a member of the CAPS Psychiatry Team, the NP conducts initial consultations and psychopharmacology evaluations, and provides clinical services including medication management.  The NP also participates in designing and delivering outreach programs to students, as well as developing materials and presentations on topics pertinent to various University constituencies. The professional in this role participates regularly in Campus Health, psychiatry team, and CAPS staff meetings and trainings, and collaborates closely with a multidisciplinary staff in maintaining a consistently high standard of care.

• Ability to protect confidentiality and meet all ethical standards associated with the practice of psychology within a university counseling center context
• Strong case formulation, assessment and treatment skills, including the ability to understand transference and countertransference in working clinically with a diversity of clients, issues and levels of impairment
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills, able to dialogue effectively with a wide range of students, faculty and staff
• Ability to effectively utilize an electronic medical records system
• Ability to take the lead when appropriate, both administratively and clinically
• Ability to collaborate collegially with a multidisciplinary staff, both within CAPS and throughout the University community
• Knowledge of developmental trends and concerns of undergraduates, as well as graduate and professional students
• Ability to engage in an ongoing pursuit of self-knowledge and understanding of own personal factors affecting clinical work

Required Education and Experience:

• Licensed Advanced Practice Registered Nurse who has completed an accredited University Graduate Nursing Program for Advanced Practice Nursing with the Louisiana Board Certification as a Family NP, Women’s Health NP, Pediatric NP, or Adult NP.
• Current license to practice as an APRN is required from the Louisiana State Board of Nursing by date of hire.
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Formal training and/or experience as specialized psychiatric nurse practitioner

• Experience with ongoing clinical management of psychopharmacology

• Board certification as a Nurse Practitioner as regulated by the LSBN

• University counseling center experience

• Competency documenting services using an electronic medical records system