Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner - Part time

Title: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner - Part time

State Role Title: 49114

Hiring Range: $73.94/hr.

Pay Band: 6

Agency: Dept Behavioral Health/Develop

Location: Comm Ctr for Child & Adoles

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

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

If the candidate has the autonomous certification, an additional $2/hr. will be added to the hourly rate. Weekend hourly supplement and MOD rates will be discussed at the time of offer.

Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents (CCCA) is a 48-bed facility. It is Virginia's only public acute care psychiatric hospital serving individuals 17 years of age and below with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities. We are located in the heart of the beautiful Shenandoah Valley, conveniently at the crossroads of I-64 and I-81.

We seek a dedicated and compassionate PMHNP to join our team to provide psychiatric services to assigned children and adolescents as well as their families in a high quality evidenced based manner and performing required admission assessment of patients brought to the hospital and responding to acute medical/psychiatric needs of all inpatients in person and for the duration of on-call period.

Assumes responsibility for clinical services including admission assessment, diagnostic evaluations, medication management, individual/group/family therapy, as appropriate for assigned patients, in concert with the Treatment Team, under the supervision of a physician, if applicable.

Works with interdisciplinary treatment team members to develop and implement high quality evaluation and treatment plans for patients.

Works with treatment teams members to effectively reduce the use of seclusion and restraint.

Completes required documentation within the established timeframes according to hospital policy.

Supports the Center’s relationship-based collaborative, trauma-informed model of care.

Provide coverage for other NPs/physicians on weekdays, weekends, and holidays in rotation.

CCCA mission is to provide a high quality acute psychiatric evaluation, crisis stabilization, and intensive short-term treatment that empowers children and their families to make developmentally appropriate choices and that strengthens children's hope, resilience, and self-esteem.

Minimum Qualifications

• License from the VA State Board of Nursing. (Employment is contingent upon receipt of license from the VA Board of Nursing.)
• Drug Enforcement Administration license to prescribe controlled substances
• Completion of an approved psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner program with experience in child and adolescent psychiatric care.
• Experience with diagnostic evaluations, medication management, and individual and family therapy.
• Experience in pharmacotherapy practice with emphasis on pediatric populations.
• May require collaborative practice agreement with supervising physician, if applicable.

Additional Considerations

- bilingual
- veteran

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.

Commonwealth’s Alternate Hiring Process: 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 Certificate of Disability (COD) provided by a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor within the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS). Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS to get their Certificate of Disability. If you need to get a Certificate of Disability, use this link: https://www.vadars.org/drs/cpid/PWContact.aspx, or call DARS at 800-552-5019.

Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. Contact Human Resources at (540-332-8300) for assistance. Minorities, Individuals with disabilities, Veterans, and people with National Service experience are encouraged to apply. EEO/AA/TTY.

Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment opportunities are open to all regardless of race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, political affiliation, genetics, or disability.

DBHDS Facilities are no longer required to ensure that all staff members are vaccinated for COVID-19. However, facilities encourage and educate staff on the benefits and offer COVID - 19 vaccination programs to staff, residents, clients. Employees may be required to disclose immunization status for purposes of infection prevention and/or management of outbreaks. Upon acceptance of a job offer, new recruits will be asked to disclose their vaccination status (and for those fully vaccinated, proof of vaccination) during the pre-employment process. If you have questions, please contact the Office of Human Resources.

Contact Information

Name: Moez Nayani

Phone: 540-332-8304

Email: moez.nayani@dbhds.virginia.gov

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.