Salary: Depends on Qualifications
Location : Park Place Family Medical Center - Norfolk
Job Type: Regular Full-Time
Remote Employment: Flexible/Hybrid
Job Number: PSYCHNP2026
Department: Medical
Division: Behavioral Health
Opening Date: 03/19/2026
Closing Date: Continuous
Position OverviewUnder supervision of the Psychiatrist, the PMHNP assesses, diagnoses, and treats adult individuals with psychiatric disorders, including prescribing medications and providing psychotherapy.
Key responsibilities include: - Conduct comprehensive psychiatric evaluations and mental health assessments across the lifespan
- Diagnose and manage a range of psychiatric disorders, including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, PTSD, and schizophrenia
- Prescribe, monitor, and adjust psychotropic medications in accordance with evidence-based guidelines
- Provide individual and family psychotherapy as indicated, utilizing evidence-based therapeutic modalities
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary treatment teams, including psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors, and social workers, to ensure coordinated care
- Educate patients and families on mental health conditions, treatment options, medication management, and wellness strategies
- Maintain accurate, timely, and compliant documentation in electronic health records (EHR)
- Monitor medication adherence, side effects, and therapeutic outcomes
- Order, interpret, and review laboratory tests related to necessary treatment
- Advocate for patients' mental health needs within healthcare systems and the community
- Ensure accuracy and compliance with required policies and procedures
- Ensure compliance with legal, ethical, and regulatory standards applicable to the respective scope of practice
- Participate in crisis intervention, risk assessment, and stabilization efforts to ensure patient safety
Required Qualifications: - Completion of Board Certification such asPsychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC™)
- Licensed to practice as Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner in the Commonwealth of Virginia, with prescriptive authority and three (3) to five (5) years of related experience is preferred.
- Basic Life Support Certification.
Successful candidates will possess: - Advanced knowledge of psychiatric disorders and psychopharmacology
- Expertise in psychiatric assessment, diagnosis, and risk evaluation
- Ability to develop and manage evidence-based treatment plans
- Proficiency in prescribing and monitoring psychotropic medications
- Skills in individual and family psychotherapy using evidence-based modalities
- Strong therapeutic communication and patient education skills
- Effective collaboration within interdisciplinary healthcare teams
- Competence in crisis intervention and stabilization
- Ethical, culturally competent, and trauma-informed practice
- Proficiency in electronic health record (EHR) documentation
- Employer paid Basic Life Insurance, Accidental Death and Dismember, Long Term Disability.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Health Savings Account (HSA) - high deductible medical plan.
- Paid Time Off (PTO) and holidays.
- Hospital Indemnity Insurance.
- Accident Insurance.
- Cancer Insurance
- Critical Illness Insurance
- Legal Care Plan
- After one (1) year of employment, you are eligible to participate in the company 401(k) plan with a 3% match.
