Part Time Consultation-Liaison Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

The role

The Consultation-Liaison Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner serves as the founding clinician for a hospital psychiatric consult service. You will perform bedside assessments, medication management, and outpatient bridge services for patients with serious mental illness.

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
• Active Virginia APRN license

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 vaccinations for COVID-19, Hepatitis B, Influenza, MMR, Chickenpox, Tetanus and Diphtheria
• Not able to offer sponsorship

About the company

firsthand supports individuals living with SMI (serious mental illness) through a holistic approach including peer recovery specialists, benefits specialists and clinicians.