Inpatient PRN Behavioral Health Physician Assistant

Voices for Voices; Pinehurst (NC); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 117,000; Part time

Job summary

FirstHealth of the Carolinas seeks a Psychiatric Physician Assistant to provide inpatient coverage on a PRN basis in Pinehurst, NC. The PA will round on a 30-bed adult unit, perform hospital and ED consults, and collaborate with a supportive clinical team.

Weekend coverage is expected one to two weekends per month. Applicants should have NCCPA certification and be a graduate of an AMA-approved PA program; NC licensure, NC DEA, and AHA ACLS are required.

Qualifications

• PA must be a graduate of an AMA approved Physician Assistant program with NCCPA certification.
• May consider an experienced NP with both FNP and PMHNP certifications.
• Strongly prefer 2+ years of advanced practice experience in behavioral health.
• Clean background NC licensure, NC DEA, and AHA ACLS certification required.

Responsibilities

• Round on patients in the unit and provide hospital and ED consults.
• Provide inpatient coverage one to two weekends per month.

Skills

Behavioral health experience

Education

Graduate of AMA approved PA program

NCCPA certification

Job description

Inpatient PRN Behavioral Health PA in Pinehurst, NC

FirstHealth of the Carolinas – a private, not-for-profit premier health care network serving the mid-Carolinas - is seeking a Psychiatric Physician Assistant to provide inpatient coverage one to two weekends per month.

• Hospital employed (W-2) PRN position.
• 30 bed adult inpatient unit with average daily census in the mid-20s, shared between providers.
• Round on patients in the unit and provide hospital and ED consults.
• Excellent clinician collaboration, supportive environment.
• Within an hour of Raleigh, Fayetteville, Greensboro, Lumberton, and Laurinburg. About two hours from Charlotte.

Qualifications:

• PA must be a graduate of an AMA approved Physician Assistant program with NCCPA certification.
• May consider an experienced NP with both FNP and PMHNP certifications.
• Strongly prefer 2+ years of advanced practice experience in behavioral health.
• Clean background NC licensure, NC DEA, and AHA ACLS certification required.