Nurse Practitioner – HIC clinic

As a nurse practitioner at the High Intensive Care, or HIC, clinic, you provide treatment and guidance to patients who have been temporarily admitted due to a psychiatric crisis. The treatment is aimed at stabilizing the patient, restoring autonomy, and creating perspective. Some patients are admitted voluntarily, but there are also patients who come to us within the framework of compulsory care. This allows you to apply your knowledge and experience with the Mandatory Mental Health Care Act (Wet verplichte ggz) in practice.

As a lead practitioner, together with your colleagues, you ensure a safe and recovery-oriented treatment environment, where de-escalating work and preventing coercion and pressure as much as possible are important principles. You have an eye for the patient as a whole and involve loved ones in the treatment and recovery wherever possible.

Within the team, you are an expert in the field of nursing and medical psychiatric diagnostics, treatment, and guidance. You independently carry out diagnostics and treatment and, together with the patient and the multidisciplinary team, establish the treatment policy. Together with the psychiatrist and physicians, you assess acute and complex psychiatric issues and determine which interventions are necessary. You monitor the progress of the treatment, adjust it where necessary, and contribute to an appropriate and responsible flow of care from the clinic.

You work closely within a multidisciplinary team and have short lines of communication with other parts of GGZ Friesland, such as the IHT teams and Spoed, our crisis service. You also work together with referrers, chain partners, and other healthcare providers. From your role as a nurse practitioner, you also make an active contribution, together with the NP working at the HIC Leeuwarden, to the quality and further development of care within the HIC clinic and to the role of the NP within the teams of both HICs.

• You will work in a dynamic setting with complex issues where no two days are the same
• A contribution to the development of an innovative and distinctive department in the nursing domain
• Participation in the specialists' group, the advisory body of the Board of Directors
• Plenty of space, responsibility, and the chance to do what you are truly good at
• Plenty of room for personal initiative, influence, and professional development
• Participation in the regional crisis service of GGZ Friesland

• Your BIG registration as a mental health nurse practitioner
• You are a team player and a pleasant collaborative partner for the other disciplines in the team
• You have a clear vision and the ability to contribute to the development of our healthcare offerings and the increasing of the quality of care
• You have experience with systemic treatment and complex cases
• You like to take the lead and possess the qualities to inspire your colleagues
• You are willing to participate as a practitioner within the crisis service of GGZ Friesland

We are there for the people who need us most. Annually, at twelve different locations spread throughout Friesland, we offer professional help to more than 12,000 people with severe psychiatric disorders. At home, at the outpatient clinic, in part-time treatment, or during admission to the clinic. We are also there in case of crisis, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

With us, you can make a difference, and we are actively committed to specialist recovery-supportive care close to the patient. You do not do this alone, but together. Together with your colleagues, with other organizations, but especially with the patients, loved ones, and other involved parties.

Call, email, or WhatsApp us!

Do you have any questions or would you like more information about GGZ Friesland? Call, email, or WhatsApp Youssef Tatou, Recruitment and Retention Coordinator, via youssef.tatou@ggzfriesland.nl or 06-41182460.

We look forward to your application!

Acquisition in response to this vacancy is not appreciated. A valid Certificate of Good Conduct (VOG) is part of the appointment procedure and is required for employment at GGZ Friesland.