Devereux·Washington, Connecticut
Provide individualized psychiatric care and medication management to children and adolescents with various behavioral health diagnoses. Serve as an educator for families to promote wellness, self-care, and healthy lifestyle choices.
Description If Psychiatric Nursing/PA is your passion, then you’ll enjoy a position at Devereux Advanced Behavior Health! Here is your chance to provide individualized care to children and adolescents that is focused on the whole person-body and mind! Being a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner/PA at Devereux has its Advantages. You will not only focus on the health and wellness of your assigned client’s, but also serve as an educator to the entire family emphasizing wellness and self-care by providing clients and their families with the information they need to make healthy life style choices and health care decisions. We offer:
Flexible work schedules-this is a PT employment position.
Evidenced Based treatment and care models within a clinically based environment focused on collaboration and treatment teams.
CEU and continued education credits through various professional activities and Devereux’s National Institute for Clinical Training and Research Center. The Devereux Glenholme School in Connecticut provides behavioral health services for children and young adults, ages 10 to 21, who are diagnosed with depression, autism spectrum disorders, attention deficit disorder, conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, bipolar disorder and poor impulse control. Devereux Connecticut offers Individual Therapy as well as Family Therapy. Individual Therapy identifies a child’s specific behavioral challenges and develops the use of skills to enhance the individual’s strengths through various forms of therapy. Family Therapy focuses on improving and enhancing family communication and positive support through parent education and family system therapy. During therapy, parents and caregivers are provided with parenting strategies and techniques that enable them to provide the best of love and support to their children. Other outpatient services offered at our Connecticut location include: Medication management Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TFCBT) Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) Parent-Child Interactive Therapy (PCIT) Psychiatric and psychological evaluations
$65-$75 hourly Keywords: NP, Psychiatric NP, APN, Advanced Practical Nurse.
Education: Graduation from a board approved master's level nurse practitioner or PA program with specialty training in psychiatric/mental health. Current valid license as a Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner (CRNP)/PA with prescriptive authority in Connecticut.
Requires a master's level nurse practitioner degree in psychiatric/mental health and a valid CRNP license with prescriptive authority in Connecticut. Must have experience treating children and adolescents with mental health needs and a valid driver's license.
Market context
In Connecticut, part-time psychiatric nurse practitioner roles often reflect steady demand for clinicians who can support children and adolescents with mental health needs. These positions are competitive because employers usually want a master’s-prepared PMHNP with Connecticut prescriptive authority, pediatric behavioral health experience, and a valid driver’s license. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits here to save research time, then confirm your license status and highlight child/adolescent experience before applying.