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Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner- Psychiatry Hospital-based Service-Part-Time

Locations: Mount Holly, Willingboro, Marlton, and Voorhees, New Jersey
Schedule: 16 hours, Saturday, Sunday, 1st shift

Are you a compassionate Nurse Practitioner dedicated to providing exceptional care to patients and families during life’s most challenging moments? Virtua Health invites you to join our expanding Psychiatry team, where your expertise will directly enhance the quality of life for our diverse community.

About the Role:
We are seeking a dedicated Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner to join our team. As a vital member of our inpatient psychiatric consult service, you’ll have the opportunity to provide high-quality care to individuals with a range of psychiatric conditions, helping them stabilize, heal, and build the foundation for long-term recovery.

What You’ll Do:

• Partner with our unique behavioral health consult coordinators (RNs or LCSWs), who provide assessments, care planning, clinical documentation, nursing staff education and support, and act as liaisons with nursing leadership on behalf of clinicians and patients

• Participate in call and weekend rotations to support patient needs
• Contribute to Virtua Health's graduate medical education program through the supervision and mentorship of psychiatry and family medicine residents. Serve as preceptor for medical students in the Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine (SOM). 

About Our Program:

Becker's Hospital Review recognized Virtua Health as one of 60 hospitals or health systems with exceptional psychiatry and behavioral health programs. The publication noted our "robust spectrum of behavioral health services across South Jersey, anchored by 70 inpatient beds and supported by a team of more than 60 certified behavioral health professionals."

In addition to inpatient psychiatric care, our program also provides:

• Outpatient mental health treatment with psychiatrists, advanced nurse practitioners, and licensed clinical social workers who are embedded within 28 primary care offices
• CASTLE pediatric behavioral health program, including outpatient therapy, intensive outpatient therapy, partial hospitalization, and a therapeutic nursery for kids ages 3 to 4
• Advanced interventional psychiatry providing treatments such as electroconvulsive therapy and transcranial magnetic stimulation.
• Substance use disorder treatment through our Medication for Addiction Treatment program
• Perinatal mood and anxiety disorder program

Compensation:

• The starting salary for this position is: $53,000.00 (annually).
  The actual compensation package could vary based on factors such as, but not limited to, the applicant’s experience, internal equity, and alignment with market data.

Additional Benefits:

Virtua Medical Group is a growing, multi-specialty, clinician-led organization of over 1,600 clinicians. We offer outstanding benefits, including loan forgiveness, paid malpractice, paid vacation time, CME stipend, and a competitive compensation structure.

Virtua also offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including, but not limited to: medical/prescription, dental and vision insurance; health and dependent care flexible spending accounts; 403(b) (401(k) subject to collective bargaining agreement); paid time off, paid sick leave as provided under state and local paid sick leave laws, short-term disability and optional long-term disability, colleague and dependent life insurance and supplemental life and AD&D insurance; tuition assistance, and an employee assistance program that includes free counseling sessions. Eligibility for benefits is governed by the applicable plan documents and policies.

For more benefits information, click here.

Our Culture:
At Virtua, we embrace the Culture of We, where our community is our family. We believe every interaction is an opportunity to build relationships and loyalty by listening to our patients, anticipating their care needs, collaborating with care partners in our region, and engaging with our community.

Virtua Medical Group treats patients of all ages with an emphasis on providing an outstanding patient experience. Conveniently located throughout four counties in Southern New Jersey, VMG offers internal medicine, primary care, urgent care, and many medical and surgical specialties. Clinicians are supported by the vast network of Virtua facilities, offering advanced diagnostic testing, outpatient surgery, physical therapy, and health and wellness centers. Hospitalization and nursing home care are also part of the care continuum. Virtua Medical Group clinicians provide the care patients need, when and where they need it.

Interested in joining our team?
Submit your CV through this posting or email it directly to vmgrecruiting@virtua.org.

Virtua offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including, but not limited to: medical/prescription, dental and vision insurance; health and dependent care flexible spending accounts; 403(b) (401(k) subject to collective bargaining agreement); paid time off, paid sick leave as provided under state and local paid sick leave laws, short-term disability and optional long-term disability, colleague and dependent life insurance and supplemental life and AD&D insurance; tuition assistance, and an employee assistance program that includes free counseling sessions. Eligibility for benefits is governed by the applicable plan documents and policies.

For more benefits information click here.