Consultation-Liaison Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

The role

The Consultation-Liaison Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner serves as the founding clinician for a hospital psychiatric consult service and provides outpatient bridge services. You will perform bedside assessments, medication management, and therapeutic work for patients in the hospital and follow them to outpatient appointments.

What you will do

• Conduct same day psychiatric consultations for patients based on requests from emergency, medical, and surgical teams
• Collaborate closely with hospital teams to develop and implement treatment plans
• Perform rapid assessment, crisis intervention, and stabilization for patients in psychiatric crisis
• Escalate to the collaborating psychiatrist for complex management
• Provide outpatient services for stabilization, medication management and supportive psychotherapy
• Establish and maintain working relationships with hospital departments and community partners
• Contribute to consult workflow and care pathway development

Required qualifications

• Certification as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC)
• National psychiatric APRN certification (ANCC or equivalent)
• DEA registration, including the ability to prescribe Schedule II–VI medications and buprenorphine
• Active Medicare enrollment via PECOS as an individual provider
• Current, attested CAQH ProView profile
• No history of Medicare or Medicaid sanctions or exclusions
• No unresolved licensure disciplinary actions
• Active, unrestricted malpractice and professional liability coverage, or the ability to furnish a certificate of insurance upon offer

Nice to have

• Autonomous practice designation specific to psychiatric practice
• Active Virginia Medicaid (DMAS) enrollment

Benefits

• Base salary
• Equity
• Performance bonus potential
• Comprehensive health, dental, vision, and mental wellness coverage
• 401(k) with company match
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave for both parents
• 120 hours of vacation annually in the first year
• 160 hours of vacation annually after one year

Before you apply

• Employment is contingent upon attesting to medical clearance requirements including evidence of vaccination for COVID-19, Hepatitis B, Influenza, MMR, Chickenpox, Tetanus and Diphtheria
• Not able to offer sponsorship at this time

About the company

firsthand supports individuals living with SMI (serious mental illness) through a holistic approach including peer recovery specialists, benefits specialists and clinicians. The team works with health plan partners to change how society supports those most impacted by SMI.