Advanced Practice Provider - Behavioral Health Flex/PRN
Compensation
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The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
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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
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).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | not listed | Nurse 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 living | Virginia index 101.1 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Nurse Practitioner listings in Virginia | 400 active | 13,930 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 32% remote · 62% no call · 62% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Virginia Nurse Practitioner listings: 17% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 17% offer loan repayment400 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Behavioral Health listings | 827 in the last 30 days | 589 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 pay | Top Employers work-life index |
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