Hours: 8:30AM-5:00PM Monday-Friday with Saturday and Sunday Off. Covers 4 weekends and one Holiday per year.

Duties and Responsibilities (these duties are a general summary and not all inclusive):

• Perform psychiatric evaluations for inpatients and outpatients upon consultation request.
• Order and evaluate lab and diagnostic tests to determine mental health or behavioral disorders; formulate and communicate treatment plans to the requesting physician.
• Prescribe/recommend medications to treat mental illness and enhance psychosocial and vocational functioning.
• Assess patients' capacity for informed consent for medications; take legal action if capacity is in question.
• Consult collaboratively with the DPH psychiatrist for complex cases.
• Collaborate with other staff for comprehensive patient treatment.
• Lead interdisciplinary teams in treating and caring for inpatients, including managing assaultive/abusive behaviors.
• Respond to psychiatric emergencies in the DPH areas.
• Consult with legal personnel regarding patients' competency and guardianship needs.
• Provide timely evaluations for disability and guardianship proceedings.
• Maintain accurate patient records in the accepted LSH format.
• Integrate current psychopharmacology literature and research into practice.
• Instruct students, residents, and professionals in inpatient & outpatient consultation psychiatry.
• Attend meetings and educational forums to exchange information about behavioral health treatment.
• Maintain ongoing communication with patients' attending physicians and healthcare providers.
• Act as a liaison to other programs as assigned.
• Conduct meetings or conferences to exchange information, formulate policies, and resolve problems.
• Establish and maintain liaison with community groups, service agencies, and professionals.
• Provide clinical consultation to interdisciplinary mental health providers.
• Prepare and deliver up to four lectures or case conferences annually.
• Use standard hospital communication mechanisms for all LSH-related issues.
• Participate in Physician Compliance Education coding, medical record documentation, and Meditech processes.
• Complete monthly Time and Effort studies per CMS regulations.
• Submit weekly Time Sheets to the hospital.
• Refrain from professional billing at LSH except for services related to the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital Physicians Group.
• Sign and return a Physician Allocation Agreement annually.
• Qualify for and maintain LSH Medical Staff privileges.

Required Qualifications:

• Knowledge of the principles and practices of psychiatric nursing.
• Recognize the types and symptoms of mental and/or emotional disorders.
• Identify the types and characteristics of drugs used in providing behavioral health care.
• Distinguish symptoms of mental and/or emotional disorders.
• Apply the theory and practice of Community Health Nursing.
• React swiftly in emergency situations.
• Build rapport with persons from varied ethnic, cultural, and/or economic backgrounds.
• Interact effectively with people under physical and/or emotional stress.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Understand the theories, principles, and practices of nursing.

About the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital:

Lemuel Shattuck Hospital is a fully Joint Commission accredited teaching facility that provides acute, subacute, and ambulatory care to patients referred by public agencies and private sector providers. Shattuck Hospital's services help economically and socially disadvantaged patients to get high quality, cost-effective care from a staff that respects their dignity.

Located in the heart of Boston's Jamaica Plain neighborhood, the Shattuck Hospital includes 248 inpatient beds including 95 Psychiatric beds and 29 Correctional Health beds. In addition, the Shattuck has a full outpatient clinic with many specialties that offers treatment to patients of the Department of Mental Health as well as Department of Correction and House of Correction inmates and community patients.

The Shattuck hospital is on the forefront of substance use disorder treatment including a Suboxone clinic serving 200 patients. In addition to direct medical services LSH hosts and supports an array of services located on the campus, serving patients struggling with addictions and homelessness.

Learn more about: what it's like to work as a DPH nurse

Learn more about Shattuck Hospital: https://www.mass.gov/locations/lemuel-shattuck-hospital

Relocation information: https://www.mass.gov/service-details/dph-renovation-for-shattuck-hospital-replacement-building

Pre-Hire Process:

A criminal background check will be completed on the recommended candidate as required by the regulations set forth by the Executive Office of Health and Human Services prior to the candidate being hired. For more information, please visit http://www.mass.gov/hhs/cori

Education, licensure, and certifications will be verified in accordance with the Human Resources Division's Hiring Guidelines.

Education and license/certification information provided by the selected candidate(s) is subject to the Massachusetts Public Records Law and may be published on the Commonwealth's website, http://www.mass.gov

If you require assistance with the application/interview process and would like to request an ADA accommodation, please click on the link and complete the Reasonable Accommodation Online Request Form

For questions regarding this requisition, please contact Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Human Resources at 1-800- 510-4122 Ext. #4

Qualifications

First consideration will be given to those applicants that apply within the first 14 days.

Minimum Entrance Requirements: Applicants must have at least (A) three years of full-time, or equivalent part-time, experience as a registered nurse in a recognized hospital, clinic, or medical facility, or (B) any equivalent combination of the required experience and the substitutions below.

Substitutions:

I. A Graduate degree with a major in Nursing may be substituted for a maximum of one year of the required experience.

Education toward such a degree will be prorated on the basis of the proportion of the requirements actually completed.

Special Requirements:

Current and valid registration as a professional nurse under the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing. Current and valid authorization to practice as a Nurse Practitioner by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing.

Comprehensive Benefits

When you embark on a career with the Commonwealth, you are offered an outstanding suite of employee benefits that add to the overall value of your compensation package. We take pride in providing a work experience that supports you, your loved ones, and your future.

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Title 101 CMR 23.00 ("Regulation") requires certain agency staff to have received the COVID-19 vaccination and Influenza vaccination, or have taken required mitigation measures, to prevent viral infection and transmission in State Hospitals and State Congregate Care Facilities. The Regulation applies to this position. Successful candidates will be required to acknowledge and attest to your vaccination status for both COVID-19 and Influenza.

An Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. Females, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

The Commonwealth is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. Research suggests that qualified women, Black, Indigenous, and Persons of Color (BIPOC) may self-select out of opportunities if they don't meet 100% of the job requirements. We encourage individuals who believe they have the skills necessary to thrive to apply for this role.