PSYCHIATRIC & MENTAL HEALTH NURSE PRACTITIONER - BOARD CERTIFIED

Title: PSYCHIATRIC & MENTAL HEALTH NURSE PRACTITIONER - BOARD CERTIFIED

State Role Title: Registered Nurses

Hiring Range: $128,524 - $177,363

Pay Band: 6

Agency: Dept Behavioral Health/Develop

Location: Eastern State Hospital

Agency Website: https://dbhds.virginia.gov/facilities/esh/

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

This position is responsible for patient care that includes examination, evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric and medical illnesses in collaboration and consultation with a physician as specified in the practice agreement or without collaboration if an autonomous license is obtained. Works with a multidisciplinary treatment team to ensure development, planning, implementation and evaluation of treatment. Ensures medical record compliance about state, federal regulations, Joint Commission Standards and other accrediting bodies or agencies. Ensures medical record documentation to support reimbursement activities for medical coding and billing practices and agrees to abide by the Medical Staff Bylaws, Rules and Regulations. Works as an on-call (MOD) practitioner providing continuous medical coverage of the facility as assigned.

Must be available to work shared on-call duties and provide onsite medical and psychiatric coverage on weeknights, weekends, and holidays.

Minimum Qualifications

• Graduated from an approved/accredited nursing program and Nurse Practitioner program.
• ANCC Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) Board Certification.
• Licensed to practice in Virginia as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner with Prescriptive Authority.
• DEA Registration.
• Post-clinical training experience and experience practicing independently as an PMHNP and serving as Head of the Treatment Team for an acute, psychiatric inpatient population.

Additional Considerations

• Autonomously licensed in VA as a Psychiatric & Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in Virginia.
• Experience working with an acute, adult, inpatient population.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Contact Information

Name: EASTERN STATE HOSPITAL

Phone: 757-208-7717 / REFER TO PAGEUP FOR APPLICATION STATUS

Email: EMAIL APPLICATION MATERIAL NOT ACCEPTED

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.