Family Nurse Practitioner - Behavioral Health

Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive medical assessments.
• Provide medication management, evaluations, and daily patient rounding.
• Develop and implement treatment plans in collaboration with psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, therapists, and case managers.
• Document all care in the Epic electronic health record.
• Participate in treatment team meetings and coordinate care transitions.
• Communicate with families, caregivers, and community providers as needed to support continuity of care.

• Patient population: 75% adult, 25% pediatric (age 14+)
• Daily encounters: 10–16
• Resources include onsite pharmacy and phlebotomy services; EHR is Epic

• Rotating 3 days on, 4 days off

• Competitive Salary
• Advanced Practice Council– dedicated support for APPs and students
• Professional Development– internal programs and tuition reimbursement
• Teaching & Precepting Opportunities
• Continuing Medical Education– 10 days and $3,000 annually
• Relocation Assistance
• Benefits– including liability coverage, retirement plans, relocation assistance, and more!

Geisinger Behavioral Health Centers provide evidence‑based inpatient and outpatient mental health treatment for adults and adolescents. Our Danville, PA facility is designed to support individualized therapy, group programming, and recovery‑focused care with a full complement of clinical specialists.

• The successful Nurse Practitioner candidate will work in collaboration with the physician and have a certificate of completion from an approved program for Nurse Practitioners or be eligible to hold national certification that allows the NP to work with the patient populations and location settings associated with this position. Must be eligible for licensure as a nurse practitioner in the state of PA.
• Preferred:
  Minimum 1 year of clinical experience
• Preferred:
  Experience using Epic