Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner - Lawrence - (Lawrence, KS)

As a psychiatric/mental health nurse and officer on the U.S. Army health care team, you'll work with some of the finest minds in medicine who are employing groundbreaking protocols and treatments in key psychiatric issues to address the unique challenges that our service men and women face. As a psychiatric nurse practitioner, you will serve in a vital role of providing comprehensive mental health care for Soldiers, their families and military retirees. Position qualifications * Scope of practice encompasses prevention through mental health promotion activities, intervention when emotional/mental health problems develop, and stabilization of individuals at their highest level of functioning * Provide specialized care to emotionally distressed individuals both as inpatients and outpatients, and provide consultation within the general hospital community * Conduct patient counseling, crisis intervention, medication management, milieu therapy, group therapy and critical incident debriefings