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Sentara Health
Virginia Beach, Virginia

Advanced Practice Provider - Behavioral Health Flex/PRN

Nurse PractitionerNo weekendsPer Diem Physician-Supervised State

Compensation

Pay not listed

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

City/State

Virginia Beach, VA

Work Shift

  • Rotating
  • Provider Specialty
  • Behavioral Health

Overview

Sentara Medical Group is seeking a Flex/PRN Acute Care Advanced Practice Provider to join its Inpatient Behavioral Health team at Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital, a 276 bed hospital with a 26 bed Behavioral Health Unit.

Among 36 specialties in Sentara, our Behavioral Health teams stand out—ranking #1 system-wide in DEI, foundational support, organization, resilience, and work-life balance, and consistently placing in the top 6 across all key engagement and performance categories. Join a team recognized for excellence in patient care, teamwork, leadership, and a culture that truly supports its people.

Position Highlights Include

Monday- Friday Coverage Needed

Scheduling by Mutual Agreement

  • Perform initial assessments, monitor daily progress, and discharges
  • Provide medication management and psychotherapy when appropriate
  • Partner with care coordination teams, families, and patients
  • Assess and manage crisis situations
  • Fully integrated EHR (Epic)

This is a great opportunity to be an integral part of a healthcare system focused on quality, transformation, and innovation. Requirements for this position include Virginia-licensed Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, and a current, unrestricted DEA license. Candidates must have the ability to provide quality, comprehensive, continuity of medical care in a compassionate manner with minimum supervision..

Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career

  • Medical, Dental, Vision plans
  • Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
  • Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
  • Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
  • Emergency Backup Care
  • Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
  • Life Insurance
  • 401k/403B with Employer Match
  • Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
  • Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
  • Pet Insurance
  • Legal Resources Plan
  • Colleagues may have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met

Providers at Sentara are eligible for special benefits such as Annual CME Allowance and 100% malpractice and tail coverage.

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.

  • In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment.
  • For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs providers in the following states:
  • North Carolina, Nevada, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

Key Responsibilities

The provider will perform initial assessments, monitor daily progress, and manage discharges for patients in the behavioral health unit. They will also provide medication management and psychotherapy while collaborating with care coordination teams and families.

Requirements

Candidates must be a Virginia-licensed Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant with a current, unrestricted DEA license. The role requires the ability to provide comprehensive medical care in a compassionate manner with minimal supervision.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Crisis managementPatient assessmentEpic EHRClinical documentationInpatient care

Behavioral Health — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

In Virginia, the Nurse Practitioner weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$135k (312 salary observations; 1,135 listings), vs ~$139k nationally (10,424 salary observations; 51,339 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-11-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

The cost-of-living index for Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

What does the Nurse Practitioner market look like in Virginia?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedNurse Practitioner median $140k (middle half $135k–$145k)11 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Virginia vs national$135k median in Virginia$139k nationally (−3%)312 state / 10,424 national salary observations
Cost of livingVirginia index 101.1US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Nurse Practitioner listings in Virginia400 active13,930 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 32% remote · 62% no call · 62% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedVirginia Nurse Practitioner listings: 17% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 17% offer loan repayment400 active listings, Nov 2026
New Behavioral Health listings827 in the last 30 days589 the 30 days before (+40%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Nurse Practitioner pay trend+2.2% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sentara Health#22 of 34 for payTop Employers work-life index
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, Top Employers work-life index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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  • No weekends
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About Sentara Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Virginia Beach, Virginia
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical, Dental, Vision plans
Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
Emergency Backup Care
Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
Life Insurance
401k/403B with Employer Match

Living in Virginia Beach

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$378k
Typical market rent
$2,098/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.