Psychiatry Nurse Practitioner

Psychiatry Nurse Practitioner Locums - Davenport, IA Availability

• Start Date: ASAP
• Assignment Length: Ongoing
• Schedule: Full-time (20-22 shifts per month)
• Clinic Days: Monday-Friday plus one weekend per month
• Day Call: 1:3 (8:00 AM-5:00 PM)
• Night Call: 1:4 (5:00 PM-8:00 AM)
• Weekend Call: 1:4

License & Certification Requirements

• Board Certified Nurse Practitioner - Required
• Active Iowa License - Required
• No New Graduates - Required

Practice Details

• Inpatient Behavioral Health and Hospital Consults
• Adult and adolescent patient population (ages 8+)
• Average of 10-15 patients per day
• Average Daily Census: 18 patients
• Three behavioral health units with 36 total beds
  • 28 Adult Beds
  • 8 Adolescent Beds
• Work alongside one APP and a supervising Psychiatrist
• Supervising Physician onsite throughout assignment
• Day call includes ED admissions and psychiatric consults (approximately 2 consults per day)
• Average inpatient length of stay: 3-5 days
• Teaching opportunities with nursing, occupational therapy, and family medicine learners

Required Duties

• Psychiatric evaluations and diagnoses
• Admission histories and psychiatric assessments
• Physical examinations
• Daily inpatient rounds
• Order and interpret diagnostic studies
• Medication management
• Consultation with supervising psychiatrist
• Care coordination
• Referral management
• Administrative responsibilities
• Addiction education and management

Disorders Treated

• Psychotic Disorders
• Substance-Related Disorders
• Anxiety Disorders
• Personality Disorders
• Delirium, Dementia, and Cognitive Disorders
• Life Cycle and Adjustment Disorders
• Childhood Disorders Persisting into Adolescence and Adulthood
• Somatoform and Factitious Disorders

Support Staff

• 3 Psychiatrists
• 7 Advanced Practice Providers
• Nursing ratio: 1:5
• Behavioral Health Technicians: 1:13
• Recreational Therapists
• Social Workers
• Utilization Management Nurse
• Discharge Planners

EMR

• Cerner
• Transitioning to Epic on September 26, 2026

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