Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant (Psychiatry)

General Statement of Duties

Closing Date : This position closes on Monday, December 1, 2025.

Performs psychiatric medical evaluations and assessments as well as other related duties for the Psychiatry Team; does related work as required.

Essential Duties

This position is a (Monday through Friday) Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant on the Psychiatry Team. This position provides outpatient evaluation, medication management and follow-up treatment for individuals with substance use disorders; performs work of considerable difficulty including comprehensive assessments. Duties include psychiatric assessments and stabilization, suicide prevention, crisis intervention; pharmacotherapy review, medication management, psychoeducation for client and care supports, monitors and interprets lab results, monitors for side effects of pharmacotherapy; provides on-site treatment team consultation and participates in interdisciplinary treatment planning; documents clinical care in the electronic health record and utilizes electronic prescribing when appropriate; provides backup prescriber coverage as needed for outpatient substance use disorder services; provides individual, couple, and family brief counseling interventions. These services are key to keeping patients safe and manageable during their treatment and when possible, to prevent patients from needing more intensive psychiatric hospitalization.

PC computer skills to include maintaining electronic medical records; strong written and verbal communication skills; provides educational opportunities for agency providers in areas of expertise; ability to act independently and make decisions in critical situations.

Minimum Qualifications

Master's degree from an accredited nurse practitioner program acceptable to the Virginia Joint Board of Nursing and Medicine, which grants licensure for nurse practitioners; or a Master's degree from an accredited nursing program with a post-graducate nurse practitioner certificate; plus one (1) year of related experience, preferable in an Occupational Health Primary Healthcare or Acute Care setting; or, any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities.

Additional Information

Must possess and maintain a current license as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician's Assistant with prescriptive authority issued by the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Valid Virginia driver's license required. Child Protective Services Record Check and TB Screening required, upon hire.

A criminal history record check and fingerprinting is conducted on all persons conditionally offered employment, including a conditional offer of initial employment, or a conditional offer to promote, demote, or laterally transfer an employee.

How To Apply

Closing Date : This position closes on Monday, December 1, 2015

You apply for positions with Henrico County general government through our on-line applicant system, which is available 24-hours a day, 7-days a week with an Internet connection. Please access our job site portal through or click on the Jobs link in the upper right hand corner of our main County page at .

Minimum Salary 95470

Maximum Salary 175623

Currency USD

Main Organization General Government

General Government

Employment Status Permanent Fulltime

Permanent Full-time

Amount of Travel

Work At Home