Position Description:

Nurse Practitioner Psychiatry and Mental Health Residency Program

More Information: https://www.mcw.edu/departments/mcw-advanced-practice-providers/app-fellowship-np-residency-programs/np-psychiatry-and-mental-health-residency

Purpose

The Medical College Physician’s Nurse Practitioner Psychiatry and Mental Health Residency Program is a 12-month training program that teaches APP fellows to become highly skilled in the multidisciplinary, collaborative, and evidence-based management of complex and challenging patients.

Provides specialty health care services within defined scope of practice in collaboration with a licensed psychiatrist and in accordance with MCW/FMLH policies and procedures.

The NP Residency Program is an academic clinical partnership between the Medical College of Wisconsin, Froedtert Hospital, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. It is an immersive, longitudinal transition to practice 12-month residency in mental health focusing on underserved populations in community based settings. Trainees will gain interdisciplinary team-based experiences across the life span. It will consist of core clinical rotations in a variety of ambulatory settings and an inpatient setting, elective rotations in specialized ambulatory settings, and didactic experiences

Anticipated Workweek: Position requires flexibility with respect to clinical rotations spanning inpatient and outpatient settings.

Structure and Supervisory Relationships

Residency Psychiatric Program Director: Judy Evanson, PMHNP-BC
Residency Psychiatric Associate Program Director: Abigayle Muschold, PA-C
Principle Investigator: Julie Raaum, DNP, APRN
Residency Program Manager: Sarah Vanderlinden, MPAS, PA-C, DFAAPA
Primary Supervising/Collaborative Physician: Dr. Himanshu Agrawal

Fellowship Expectation and Learning Outcomes

Advanced Assessment: Elicits, selects, and integrates information in the care of patients with acute, critical, and/or complex chronic illnesses using physiologic technologic and pharmacologic inputs.

Differential Diagnosis: Makes and prioritizes real and potential conditions based on available data and the complexity and severity of patient condition.

Outcomes Identification: Formulates goals and outcomes using scientific evidence that are consistent with the patient’s wishes and present and potential capabilities.

Plan of Care: Develops, prescribes, and/or modifies an outcomes-focused plan of care with an interprofessional team targeting health care that may be restorative, curative, rehabilitative, maintenance and or end-of-life for patients with complex needs.

Implementation of Treatment: Identifies, prescribes, performs or delegates therapeutic interventions.

Evaluation of Care: Demonstrates ongoing evaluation of plan of care, recognizing patient response to therapy and change in condition, making modifications and assimilation of care team recommendations.

CORE ADVANCED PRACTICE RESPONSIBILITIES

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  Performs comprehensive histories and psychiatric assessments, identifies normal and abnormal findings, including physical, cognitive and psychosocial status.
• Orders and interprets laboratory and diagnostic tests.
• Develops pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical treatment plans.
• Monitors effectiveness of plan of care.
• Educates patients on disease and treatment plans.
• Performs procedures as trained and appropriately credentialed.
• Documents within the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and completes other necessary documents.
• Collaborates and/or consults with physicians and other health care providers as appropriate.
• Educates, counsels, and assists patients and families regarding current health problems, health maintenance activities and preventive behaviors.

How to Apply

Tentative Application Deadlines - TBD

In addition to the application, please include the following materials:

• Curriculum Vitae
• Education Transcript for nurse practitioner or physician assistant education
• Copy of BCLS (must be American Heart Association issued)
• Three reference forms (at least one from your program faculty and one from a physician) - references can email directly to appfellowship@mcw.edu
• One-page statement of interest in NP Residency training

• if you are unable to attach the materials to the application please email them to appfellowship@mcw.edu

Preferred Schedule:

Position Requirements:

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Minimum Position Qualifications

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