Inpatient PMHNP In the Blue Ridge Mountains

Centra's Psychiatry and Behavioral Health provide vital and compassionate mental health services to our community through a variety of programs. We offer inpatient programs, which include an Acute Psychiatric Program for Children & Adolescents, an Adult Psychiatric Program, and a Geriatric Psychiatric Program. We also provide ambulatory services through Piedmont Psychiatric Center, Centra Pathways Treatment Center for those with substance-use disorders-related problems and Consult Liaison Services with two hospitals. In addition, we have our new Psychiatric Emergency Center (emPATH) which opened in October 2023 and has been incredibly successful. We have the first one in VA! Centra Health Behavioral Health Hospital is opening in Spring 2026. This 75,000 sq ft, 72-bed facility will feature open community spaces, therapeutic courtyards, and advanced clinical areas serving adult, geriatric, and child/adolescent populations.

Come and join our collaborative, multidisciplinary team in a spacious, state-of-the-art environment in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains!

What We Offer

• Competitive Compensation +goal-based incentives, production, bonuses
• Additional Benefits Package will include:
  • Malpractice with tail
  • 403(b) and 457(b) tax deferred savings plan; Immediate vested employer contribution match
  • Health benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, and Supplemental)
  • Incentives tied to quality/safety, team engagement, patient satisfaction, citizenship, and finance metrics
  • Sign-on Bonus
  • Up to $30k Student loan reimbursement
  • Up to $15k relocation assistance
  • Up to $3,500 CME reimbursement + 5 days for CMEs
  • Thrive AP first year CME
     

Our Community

Lynchburg, VA (Pop. 85,000) offers a safe, family-friendly environment with a low cost of living and diverse, affordable housing—from urban lofts to waterfront condos. Outdoor enthusiasts enjoy hiking Sharp Top Mountain or the Appalachian Trail, biking Blackwater Creek or Percival’s Island, and activities like boating, fishing, and camping. Families love local festivals, orchards, and the interactive Amazement Square Museum. Travel elsewhere is easy with the Amtrak train station located in downtown Lynchburg or the Lynchburg regional airport. The city also features top-tier arts at the Academy Center and minor league baseball with the Lynchburg Hillcats. Nearby, scenic Smith Mountain Lake offers even more recreation.

About CMG

Centra Medical Group (CMG) is a comprehensive network of nearly 600 employed providers within Centra Health. Centra Health services a population of 600,000 community members with 70 different outpatient and specialty practices. Centra offers primary care and specialty services across Central and Southern Virginia—from Lynchburg to Danville, Farmville, Moneta, and Bedford. CMG includes family practices, specialists, and surgeons in fields such as cardiology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, urology, and more.
​​​​​​​CMG is also home to the Lynchburg Family Medicine Residency, a training program for future family physicians, many of whom hold academic appointments with institutions like UVA, VCU, VCOM, and Liberty University.
 

• Multidisciplinary, collegial team: psychiatrists, psychologists, NPs, PAs, and counselors
• Robust, comprehensive community behavioral health services
• Call is 1:14 and is mostly tele call
• Weekend rounding only when on call
• Cerner EMR
• Hospital Employed
• Teaching Opportunities Available
• Mentorship for New Hires

• M.S. in Nursing required
• Psychiatry and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) required.
• Current Virginia State Board of Nursing License as a Nurse Practitioner, prescriptive authority
  
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