NP/PA - Behavioral Health (Weekend Inpatient)

Cook Children's Health Care System • Fort Worth, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The NP/PA - Behavioral Health works in a collaborative inpatient behavioral health practice with psychiatrists, advanced practice providers, nursing, and interdisciplinary team members. With clinical autonomy under approved protocols, the provider delivers psychiatric assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, medication management, admissions, discharges, and consultation services across the inpatient psychiatric unit and hospital consult service. The role requires a high level of independent psychiatric expertise and joins a team of 7 APPs and 12 psychiatrists focused on high-quality inpatient psychiatric care and patient outcomes.

The schedule covers the inpatient unit and consultation service on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, with 10-hour shifts from 0730 to 1730. Providers complete 8–10 weeks of weekday onboarding before taking on weekend responsibilities. Previous psychiatry experience is highly preferred.

The position is based at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas. Cook Children’s is a not-for-profit pediatric health care organization with medical centers, a physician network, home health company, surgery centers, health plan, health services, health foundation, and more than 60 primary, specialty, and urgent care locations throughout Texas. The employer is Texas-only; employees must maintain their primary residence in Texas and keep all required licenses and credentials current. Cook Children’s is an equal opportunity employer.

Requirements

• For Advanced Practice Registered Nurses: Master’s Degree in Nursing as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) certification.
• For Physician Assistants: Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant Studies.
• Current Texas professional registered nurse license and current Texas professional advanced practice registered nurse license for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses.
• Current Texas professional physician assistant license and PA-C certification for Physician Assistants.
• Current Basic Life Support (CPR) certification.
• Maintain primary residence in Texas and all licenses and credentials required for the position throughout employment.

Nice To Haves

• Previous psychiatry experience is highly preferred.
• For Advanced Practice Registered Nurses: Minimum 2 years of pediatric nursing experience or related specialized area strongly preferred.
• For Physician Assistants: Minimum 1 year of experience in a related specialized area strongly preferred.
• Current Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychiatric assessment and diagnosis.
• Develop treatment plans.
• Manage medications.
• Handle admissions and discharges.
• Provide consultation services across the inpatient psychiatric unit and hospital consult service.
• Collaborate with psychiatrists, APPs, nursing, and interdisciplinary team members to support high-quality inpatient psychiatric care and patient outcomes.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level