Job Details

Nurse Practitioner HMHI Youth Receiving Center

Position Number: 6194680
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Position Type: Medicine - Nursing

Nurse Practitioner HMHI Youth Receiving Center

Job Summary

This position provides bedded outpatient Substance Abuse and Mental Health Treatment to patients in the HMHI Youth Receiving Center. This position will prescribe medications and provide short-term treatment for SUD/mental health disorders within their scope of practice and according to State Law.

The Youth Receiving Center at Huntsman Mental Health Institute (HMHI) helps individuals get help during a mental health crisis 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Patients are supported by a skilled team of mental health care professionals who help patients receive care and create a connection to community resources.

The interventions are short, highly intensive, and focused on resolving mental health crisis in the least restrictive manner possible. This approach leads to better patient outcomes with lower cost to an emergency room visit due to reduction of unnecessary inpatient care.

Care is individualized to the needs of each patient:
Crisis evaluation focused on understanding individual needs
Psychiatric assessment of a person's mental health condition
Medication prescribing, if needed, for stabilizing symptoms
Solution-focused therapy, peer support, and case management
Recommendations for next steps and connection to ongoing support
Crisis observation, if needed, for up to 23 hours

Responsibilities
Essential Functions
Takes complex medical histories on patients referred for consultation by academic and community physicians.
Performs physical examinations.
Orders laboratory tests, x-rays, special imaging studies and other diagnostic procedures.
Orders and supervises the administration of blood products.
Reaches tentative diagnosis of medical, surgical and other conditions.
Develops treatment plans in conjunction with attending physician to provide optimal patient medical management.
Participates in continuing medical education to include specialty and sub-specialty meetings, clubs, boards and conferences.
Assists in the collection of data for research projects.
Orders consultations and interacts with members of other specialty medical teams.
Participates in special projects and committee functions.

Ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined above.
Demonstrated clinical competence and in-depth knowledge of specialty area.
Demonstrated leadership, teaching, research and communication skills.
Ability to provide care appropriate to the population served.

Minimum Qualifications
Required
Licensure to practice as a Nurse Practitioner in the State of Utah.
Preferred
Certification in ACLS/BLS/NRP/ATLS may be required by your department or by privileging criteria.
Utah State prescriptive privileges.
Licensure is obtained by completing a Master's degree in Nursing or equivalency (the only equivalency to the Master's degree is current licensure as a Nurse Practitioner) and a National Certification which requires the successful completion of a nationally accredited examination.
UHPPM 1-56 requires that newly hired non-physician providers apply for credentialing and privileging at the time of hire.
This position is patient-sensitive and must fulfill all associated requirements. We protect our patients, coworkers and community by requiring all patient-sensitive employees to be immunized according to CDC standards and hospital policy. Limited exemptions may be made for documented medical contraindications or religious beliefs that object to vaccinations.

Applicants must demonstrate the potential ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined in the position description.

Disclaimer

This job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.

Preferences
Certification in ACLS/BLS/NRP/ATLS may be required by your department or by privileging criteria.

Special Instructions

Requisition Number: PRN41397B
Full Time or Part Time? Full Time
Work Schedule Summary: Variable
Department: 00864 - Psychiatry - Child Clinical
Location: Campus
Pay Rate Range: $129,000 - $148,647
Close Date: 6/11/2025
Open Until Filled:

To apply, visit https://utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/179747