PRN)

Connections Health Solutions•Woodbridge, VA

10h

About The Position

Connections Health Solutions is hiring a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to direct, coordinate, and provide medical and clinical services to youth and adults at its facility. The role serves as attending clinician for specified individuals and includes psychiatric evaluation and assessment, crisis intervention, differential diagnosis, treatment planning, medication management, engagement, family meetings, supportive psychotherapy, individual education, risk assessment, and discharge planning. The clinician completes initial psychiatric and focused crisis diagnostic assessments; assesses capacity for consent to treatment and progress toward treatment goals; and plans for discharge across medical, psychological, social, behavioral, and developmental aspects of care. The role documents care in the clinical record, including admission and discharge orders and progress notes, and oversees medication education and consent in accordance with policy. The clinician orders laboratory tests, reviews nursing health assessments, obtains medical histories, and conducts focused physical examinations as indicated. The role coordinates with primary care physicians, emergency room clinicians, outpatient behavioral health providers, psychiatric providers, inpatient and crisis services, the clinical team, the community, and the legal system. It also participates in required medical staff and other meetings and performs other assigned duties. This is a Pool/PRN position. The posting describes a mandatory vaccination policy, subject to the company’s exemption process, and states that candidates must be able to perform Safe Clinch patient restraint techniques and complete required credentialing and Virginia clearances.

Requirements

For the Nurse Practitioner pathway: unrestricted Registered Nursing license in Virginia or a multistate license.
For the Nurse Practitioner pathway: completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program with a master’s-level certification in Psychiatric Mental Health (PMHNP).
For the Nurse Practitioner pathway: Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) status through the Virginia Joint Boards of Nursing and Medicine; licensure by the Virginia Board of Nursing and national certifications.
For the Nurse Practitioner pathway: unrestricted DEA license, registration with the Virginia Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP), and current DEA registration that includes Schedule III authority.
For the Physician Assistant pathway: completion of an accredited Physician Assistant program, licensure by the Virginia Board of Medicine, and national certification.
For the Physician Assistant pathway: unrestricted DEA license.
All successful applicants must be fully vaccinated and provide proper documentation, or qualify for an exemption under the company’s process, before their start date.
Must be able to perform Safe Clinch patient restraint techniques.
Must complete credentialing requirements within the required time period, including obtaining an NPI, Medallion enrollment, Medicare enrollment, and other credentials required for the role.
Virginia State Fingerprint Clearance.
Must pass the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Services background check.
Must pass the Virginia Department of Social Services Office of Background Investigations Central Registry Search.

Nice To Haves

Nurse Practitioner: dual certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP).
Nurse Practitioner: Doctorate of Nursing Practice.
Nurse Practitioner: experience working in addiction treatment and recovery.
Nurse Practitioner: experience delivering crisis mental health care and/or family health treatment to children, adolescents, and/or adults.
Physician Assistant: DEA X license.
Physician Assistant: experience working in addiction recovery.
Physician Assistant: experience delivering crisis mental health care and/or family health treatment to children, adolescents, and/or adults.

Responsibilities

Direct, coordinate, and provide medical and clinical services to specified youth and adult individuals at the facility.
Serve as attending clinician for specified individuals.
Conduct initial psychiatric assessments, crisis interventions, family interventions, focused crisis diagnostic assessments, capacity assessments, and risk assessments.
Develop and update treatment plans; provide medication management, individual education, supportive psychotherapy, and engagement; assess progress toward treatment goals; and plan for discharge.
Document progress in clinical records, including admission orders, progress notes, and discharge orders.
Oversee medication education and consent in accordance with established policy.
Order laboratory tests, review nursing health assessments, obtain past and current medical histories, and conduct focused physical examinations as indicated.
Initiate contact with primary care physicians and emergency room clinicians according to established guidelines.
Guide the clinical team, review available crisis clinical team documents, and initiate contact with outpatient behavioral health providers according to established guidelines.
Provide necessary information to the clinical team regarding inpatient utilization and use appropriate medication based on best practices.
Collaborate with personnel and outside psychiatric providers to ensure treatment modalities are appropriate for individuals.
Work with the community to review involuntary petitions, assess involuntary patients, and coordinate with the legal system according to established guidelines.
Participate in medical staff meetings, regional and quarterly meetings, required meetings, and other meetings requested by Medical Leadership.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

Full-time employees and their families are offered medical, dental, vision, accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance.
Company-paid basic life, AD&D, short-term disability, and long-term disability for full-time employees.
Voluntary life insurance option for full-time employees and their families.
Health Savings Accounts with a $1,000 to $2,000 employer contribution, depending on plan, for full-time employees.
Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts for full-time employees.
401(k) company match after six months for full-time employees: 50% of deferrals up to 6% of compensation.
PTO starting at 160 hours accrued annually and 12 recognized company holidays for full-time employees.
Company-paid parental leave available to eligible full-time employees.
Employee Assistance Program for all employees, providing confidential emotional support, work-life solutions, financial solutions, legal assistance, or online support.
Automatic enrollment in the 401(k) plan after 90 days for all employees.
Eligible full-time employees may receive a $10,000 commitment bonus.
Additional hourly shift differentials are offered for specified weekday and weekend day and night shifts.