Nurse Practitioner - Nursing Home jobs in Denver, CO

WellPower provides you with the support you need to help you develop a career in helping others succeed. We innovate, adapt, and leverage the diverse perspectives of the people on our team and the people we serve in everything we do.

WellPower values and is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to ending bias and discrimination in our community and ensuring equity within all aspects of our organization. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, transfer, or promotion opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. 

The Primary Care Nurse Practitioner  Provides general/primary and preventative care to treat illnesses, order lab tests, conduct physicals, prescribe medication and treatment to an adult population at a psychiatric crisis center that provides short-term in-patient services,  and at other outpatient assigned team(s), in accordance with state mandate for advanced practice nurses with prescriptive authority. Educate the people we serve about preventative care and prescribed treatments/ Responsible for managing health problems and coordinating health care for the people we serve: assessment of health status, diagnosis, development of plan of care and treatment, implementation of treatment plan, and evaluation of patient status

Learn More About Wellpower:

SALARY RANGE: $149,614.00 - $152,734.00

WellPower is committed to fair and equitable hiring with salaries based on relevant factors, such as work experience, education, and certification/licensure (rather than wage history). Toward the principle of equal pay for equal work, we post and hire within defined hiring salary ranges. We ask all applicants to carefully review the hiring salary range for each posted job opportunity, as we will not hire outside the predetermined range.

All full-time, benefits eligible employees will be eligible for WellPower’s benefits plan. For a full description of benefit offerings, please visit: https://wellpower.org/workplace-of-choice/.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Functions independently to perform appropriate history and physical for complex acute, critical, and chronically ill patients.
• Orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic tests Collaborate with attending clinicians to maximize efficiency of psychiatric services.
• Provide consultation to staff, participate in staff conferences and serve on committees.
• Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities
• Implements interventions to support the patient to regain or maintain physiologic stability
• Monitors the effectiveness of interventions.
• Facilitates the patient’s transition within and between health care settings.
• Collaborates with multidisciplinary team members by making appropriate referrals.
• Complete medical records and reports, and provide needed referrals to medical services.
• Coordinate care with respect to access to services, lab tests, case management, primary clinician, outreach services, other agencies related to the people we serve.
• Maintain a trauma informed environment of wellbeing.
• Other related duties as assigned by Program Manager.

EDUCATION:    Master of Science in Nursing. Valid Prescriptive Authority in the State of Colorado in good standing.

EXPERIENCE:  3 years of experience in relevant clinical setting with understanding of primary care services in direct patient care.

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:

• Knowledge or ability to learn and practice trauma informed principles and practices.
• Medical expertise consistent with advanced practice nursing.
• Knowledge of the use of psychotropic and similar drugs.
• Competency in mental health treatment
• Ability to work with interdisciplinary team.
• Communicate effectively with staff and other agencies.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:      None

Why else might you want to consider working at WellPower?

• Named Top Workplace - we have been named a Top Workplace by the Denver Post for 11 consecutive years
• Champion Social Justice Causes - we are committed to ending anti-Black racism in our community
• 9 Paid Holidays – including Juneteenth, Martin Luther King Jr. Day and more
• Robust Benefits Package – our benefits start at 30 hours per week and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, and a retirement match
• Employee Resource Groups – our ERG’s offer a chance to connect, address workplace challenges and get support from individuals who share similar characteristics or life experiences
• Gainsharing – we offer a bonus to employees if the organization meets certain requirements for the year
• $53,354.00/year minimum wage for all employees – we believe that our employees should earn a livable wage conducive to the cost of living in Denver, Colorado
• Free Licensure Supervision – for LCSWs/LPCs/LMFTs
• Sports Leagues – we offer a variety of activities for our employees, including bowling, dragon boat racing, volleyball leagues, and more

Tuberculosis (TB) screening, testing  -  TB  screening and testing, is required and must be completed prior to hire ( i.e., preplacement), and maintained during employment