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Connections Health Solutions•Woodbridge, VA

About The Position

Connections Health Solutions is hiring a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to direct, coordinate, and provide medical and clinical services to youth and adults receiving care at its behavioral health crisis facility. The role serves as attending clinician for assigned individuals and provides crisis-focused psychiatric evaluation, assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, medication management, engagement, family meetings, supportive psychotherapy, education, risk assessment, and discharge planning. The clinician documents care in the clinical record, oversees medication education and consent, orders laboratory tests, reviews nursing health assessments, obtains medical histories, and performs focused physical examinations when indicated. The role coordinates with primary care physicians, emergency room clinicians, outpatient behavioral health providers, outside psychiatric providers, community partners, and the legal system. It also participates in medical staff and other required meetings and performs other assigned duties. The role requires appropriate Virginia licensure and national certification for the selected professional pathway, an unrestricted DEA license, required credentialing and background clearances, and the ability to perform Safe Clinch patient restraint techniques. The position is identified as Pool/PRN. The posted Virginia pay rate is $86.54 per hour. A $10,000 commitment bonus is described as available for full-time employees; shift differentials are also listed for certain night and weekend shifts.

Requirements

For the Nurse Practitioner pathway: unrestricted Virginia Registered Nursing license or 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, Virginia licensure through the Joint Boards of Nursing and Medicine, and national certification.
For the Physician Assistant pathway: completion of an accredited Physician Assistant program, Virginia Board of Medicine licensure, and national certification.
Unrestricted DEA license; Nurse Practitioners must have current DEA registration that includes Schedule III authority.
For Nurse Practitioners, registration with the Virginia Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP).
Complete all credentialing requirements within the required time period, including obtaining an NPI, Medallion enrollment, Medicare enrollment, and other required credentials.
Virginia Fingerprint Clearance.
Pass the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Services background check.
Pass the Virginia Department of Social Services Office of Background Investigations Central Registry Search.
Be able to perform Safe Clinch patient restraint techniques.
Meet the company’s mandatory vaccination policy by being fully vaccinated and providing proper documentation, or qualify for an exemption through the company’s exemption process, before the start date.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Direct, coordinate, and provide medical and clinical services to assigned youth and adult individuals at the facility.
Serve as the attending clinician for specified individuals.
Complete psychiatric assessments, crisis interventions, family interventions, focused crisis diagnostic assessments, capacity assessments for consent to treatment, and risk assessments.
Develop and update treatment plans; provide medication management, individual education, supportive psychotherapy, engagement, and family meetings.
Plan discharges, considering medical, psychological, social, behavioral, and developmental aspects of care, treatment, and services.
Document individual progress in clinical records, including admission orders, progress notes, and discharge orders.
Oversee delivery of medication education and consent according to established policy.
Order laboratory tests according to standards of clinical practice.
Review nursing health assessments, obtain past and current medical histories, and conduct focused physical examinations when indicated and in accordance with guidelines.
Initiate contact with primary care physicians, emergency room clinicians, and outpatient behavioral health providers according to established guidelines.
Review and use documents provided by the crisis clinical team; provide necessary information to the clinical team regarding inpatient utilization.
Select appropriate medication based on best practices and collaborate with personnel to ensure treatment modalities are appropriate.
Work with outside psychiatric providers in crisis and inpatient services.
Work with the community to review involuntary petitions, assess involuntary patients, and coordinate with the legal system according to established guidelines for involuntary evaluation and treatment.
Participate in medical staff meetings, regional and quarterly meetings, all required meetings, and other meetings requested by Medical Leadership.
Complete 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, and short- and long-term disability coverage.
Voluntary life insurance option for employees and their families.
Health Savings Accounts with a $1,000 to $2,000 employer contribution depending on the plan.
Flexible Spending Accounts for health care and dependent care.
401(k) company match after six months: 50% of deferrals up to 6% of compensation.
Generous PTO starting at 160 hours accrued annually and 12 recognized company holidays.
Company-paid parental leave available to eligible employees.
Employee Assistance Program for all employees, including confidential emotional support, work-life solutions, financial solutions, legal assistance, and online support.
Automatic enrollment in the 401(k) plan after 90 days.
$10,000 commitment bonus for full-time employees.
Additional hourly shift differentials for specified weekday-night, weekend-night, and weekend-day shifts.