Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (VA)

Cerula Care • Roanoke, VA

9d • $115 - $145 • Remote

About The Position

Cerula Care is the first digital health company focused on providing integrated behavioral health (BH) services to people living with cancer. We integrate with oncology practices and health systems through the Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) to wrap our members with a behavioral health team, care programming, and outcomes analysis. The Collaborative Care Model is an evidence-based clinical model that has been shown to successfully improve mild to moderate behavioral health needs more effectively than the current standard of care. We are looking for a psychiatric nurse practitioner to provide direct psychiatric care to adult patients in Virginia. You will carry your own small panel — conducting initial psychiatric evaluations, managing medication over time, and following your patients as their treatment progresses. This is a part-time, flexible contract role (roughly 8–10 hours per week of scheduled clinical time) built for a clinician who wants meaningful work alongside an existing practice or schedule. All care is delivered via telehealth to adults age 18 and over.

Requirements

• Active, unrestricted Virginia license as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in the Psychiatric–Mental Health category (PMHNP-BC), issued by the Virginia Boards of Nursing and Medicine, with prescriptive authority
• Autonomous practice designation on your Virginia APRN license — the equivalent of at least three years (4,500 hours) of full-time clinical experience, attested and approved by the Boards
• Active DEA registration in good standing
• Registration with the Virginia Prescription Monitoring Program and compliance with Virginia’s mandatory PMP query requirements
• Board certification through ANCC (PMHNP-BC)
• Master’s or Doctoral degree from an accredited psychiatric mental health NP program
• Minimum three years of independent psychiatric prescribing experience with adult populations
• Willingness to go through credentialing and payer enrollment with Medicare, Virginia Medicaid, and our contracted commercial plans
• Comfort practicing entirely via telehealth and carrying your own panel

Nice To Haves

• Licensure in additional states
• Experience in psycho-oncology, palliative care, or with medically complex patients
• Familiarity with the Collaborative Care Model (CoCM)
• Experience in a startup or rapidly scaling clinical environment
• Spanish fluency

Responsibilities

• Conduct initial psychiatric evaluations via telehealth for adult patients, including diagnostic assessment and treatment planning
• Provide ongoing medication management and follow-up care to your own panel of patients
• Prescribe and manage psychotropic medications, with attention to oncologic treatment interactions, symptom burden, and goals of care where patients are in active cancer treatment or survivorship
• Assess and manage clinical risk, including safety planning and escalation when a patient’s needs change
• Identify patients who need a higher level of care and facilitate appropriate referrals
• Coordinate with patients’ oncologists and primary care providers where clinically relevant
• Maintain timely, HIPAA-compliant documentation in our clinical systems

What This Job Offers

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