Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant (FT Day)

Connections Health Solutions•Woodbridge, VA

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 receiving care at its 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 completes psychiatric and crisis assessments, evaluates capacity for consent to treatment, tracks progress toward treatment goals, and plans for discharge across medical, psychological, social, behavioral, and developmental needs. The position documents care in clinical records, oversees medication education and consent, orders laboratory tests, reviews nursing health assessments, obtains medical histories, and conducts focused physical examinations as indicated. The clinician coordinates with primary care physicians, emergency room clinicians, outpatient behavioral health providers, psychiatric providers, community partners, and legal systems. They guide the clinical team and treatment-plan updates, review available crisis-team documents, provide information about inpatient utilization, use appropriate medications based on best practices, and participate in required medical staff and other meetings. The position requires either an appropriately licensed and certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner or a licensed and nationally certified Physician Assistant. Candidates must complete role-related credentialing and background checks and be able to perform Safe Clinch patient restraint techniques. The company has a mandatory vaccination policy, subject to its exemption process. This is a full-time day position. The Virginia pay range is $168,147–$180,000. Full-time employees and their families are offered a range of insurance, retirement, leave, and other benefits.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Direct, coordinate, and provide medical and clinical services to assigned youth and adult individuals at the facility.
Serve as attending clinician for assigned individuals.
Provide psychiatric evaluations and assessments, crisis interventions, diagnostic assessments, differential diagnosis, treatment planning, medication management, engagement, family meetings and interventions, supportive psychotherapy, individual education, risk assessments, and discharge planning.
Assess capacity for consent to treatment and progress toward treatment goals.
Plan discharge with consideration of medical, psychological, social, behavioral, and developmental aspects of care, treatment, and services.
Document individual progress in the clinical record, including admission orders, progress notes, and discharge orders.
Oversee medication education and consent in accordance with 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 as indicated under established guidelines.
Initiate contact with primary care physicians and emergency room clinicians according to established guidelines.
Assess individual needs and guide the clinical team in managing treatment-plan updates.
Initiate contact with outpatient behavioral health providers according to established guidelines.
Review and use available documents from the crisis clinical team.
Provide the clinical team with necessary information regarding inpatient utilization.
Use appropriate medication based on best practices.
Collaborate with personnel to ensure treatment modalities are appropriate and 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 under established involuntary evaluation and treatment guidelines.
Participate in medical staff meetings, including regional and quarterly meetings, all required meetings, and other meetings requested by Medical Leadership.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

For full-time employees and their families: medical, dental, vision, accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance.
Company-paid Basic Life and AD&D insurance.
Company-paid short- and long-term disability insurance.
Voluntary life insurance option for employees and their families.
Health Savings Accounts with a $1,000 to $2,000 employer contribution depending on plan.
Health care and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts.
401(k) company match after six months: 50% of deferrals up to 6% of compensation.
Generous PTO starting at 160 hours accrued annually.
12 recognized company holidays.
Company-paid parental leave for eligible employees.
Employee Assistance Program offering 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.