Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

Our vision is a world of peaceful relationships with food, weight, and body image, where everyone with an eating disorder can experience recovery. We believe that exceptional, individualized care leads to lasting recovery from eating disorders. That’s why our teams are comprised of compassionate, dedicated professionals from a variety of backgrounds who collaborate to provide the very best evidence-based care for our clients at all levels of care. 

Position Overview

The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner is responsible for conducting psychiatric assessments and providing treatment to clients, following their training, licensing, and state regulations. This role requires collaboration within a multidisciplinary team to treat patients with eating disorders and related or comorbid medical conditions. The provider will work in a gender-inclusive setting, serving patients of all ages across various levels of care. 

Schedule

Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm 

**Rotating On Call duties 

Location

Douglas Residential Treatment Center for Adults (Douglas Street, Durham, NC)

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Compensation Disclosure

• Starting salary range between $120,000-145,000

Final Compensation offered will be within pay range based on qualifications/experience met for the position

How Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners Empower Recovery  

• Provide direct psychiatric services through the comprehensive evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of patients, including appropriate exam, work-up and the prescription of medications and other interventions as indicated. 


• Evaluate, diagnose and treat psychiatric complications of eating disorders, as well as intercurrent conditions, for patients at all levels of care. Frequency of visits should be dictated by clinical need, and facilitate appropriate psychiatric care for the clinical severity and in accordance with direction from site psychiatric leadership 


• Liaise by telephone with each patient’s ambulatory provider, at a minimum, at admission, discharge, and as needed during treatment in the context of significant concerns. 


• Liaise with families of patients as indicated 


• Evaluate all patients on caseload within two weeks of discharge, to assess stability for next level of care, and to complete a summary of all follow-up recommendations and a comprehensive discharge summary. 


• Work with the Utilization Review team to provide psychiatric information to support the facilitation of peer-to-peer insurance reviews, determination of appropriate levels of care, arbitration of clinical appeals, etc. 


• Provide education about psychiatric complications and comorbidities of eating disorders to family and patients as needed. 


• Maintain license and supervision requirements in association with on-site collaborating physician. 


• Perform other duties as assigned or identified 

Qualifications 

• Duly certified and licensed Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant by appropriate national certifying body and state licensing agency  


• Appropriate State Licensure to practice independently in field, with prescriptive authority  


• Two (2) or more years of practice, with a preference for experience in hospitals, and work with complex psychiatric patients. 

What we offer: 

Employee Benefits: We understand the importance of a well-rounded benefits package. That’s why we’re dedicated to providing a range of plans to meet your needs.  

For full-time employees, we offer: 

• HSA and PPO insurance with HSA or FSA options (Blue Cross Blue Shield) 


• Dental insurance (Delta Dental)


• Vision insurance (EyeMed) 


• Short-term and long-term disability insurance 


• Company-paid life insurance 


• 401(k) plan available two months after start date


• Company 401(k) matching for up to 50% of your contribution, up to 6% of your compensation 

Paid time off is a crucial part of maintaining work and life balance. Our generous PTO plan accrues annually and begins with your first whole pay period. Eligible employees enjoy seven paid holidays and one floating holiday in addition to their regular PTO.