Physician Assistant

Part Time or Full Time

York, PA

Pay Rate starts at $51 per hour and increases with experience

Mission and Vision:

Inspiring hope and healthy living by providing behavioral health and wellness services one person at a time.

Core Values:

Compassion, Empowerment, Integrity, Safety, Respect, Diversity, and Teamwork.

Benefits:

• Paid time off
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible Work Schedules
• AT&T Phone Discount.
• No weekends
• Flexible work schedule
• Reasonable workload
• Opportunities for training and professional growth
• Free CEUs through an online learning management system
• Being part of a helpful, friendly team of coworkers
• Strong clinical support from an experienced medical director
  
  

Job Duties:

• Conduct a triage assessment/psychiatric evaluation providing a thorough and accurate description of each client's symptoms and presenting problem.
• Develop/follow treatment goals that are related to the individual client's problems, as well as therapeutic interventions to facilitate the recovery process.
• Function effectively within the organizational and financial structure of the organization as well as the local, state, and federal healthcare system.
• Utilize evidence-based and best practice methods appropriate to prescribing.
• Seek information about community resources and link clients to appropriate ancillary services and resources to promote client wellness and recovery.
• Understand how trauma affects an individual and know effective ways to respond to individuals who have experienced it.
• Utilize the electronic medical record to accurately document treatment and store all relevant information.
• Establish rapport and communicate effectively (orally and in writing) with a wide array of people of all ages and functioning levels, from various cultural and economic backgrounds with a variety of personal experiences and ability levels.
• Maintain collaborative relationships with agency staff, colleagues, clients, family members, and other providers and function effectively as a member of an interdisciplinary team to increase expertise and improve the effectiveness of treatment services.
  
  

Qualifications:

• This position requires a current Pennsylvania license as a certified registered nurse practitioner or a physician assistant
• Holds a mental health certification or obtains a mental health certification within 2 years of being hired
• Experience with dual diagnosis (mental health and substance use) is preferred.
• Experience with children, adolescents, and/or transition age youth is preferred
• Experience/Training in Medication Assisted treatment for Opioid Use Disorder preferred
  
  

TrueNorth Wellness Services has been providing our communities with behavioral health and wellness programs for 50 years and strives to create a safe environment of trusting relationships and a culture of hope and healing where all will thrive.

TrueNorth Wellness Services is proud to be an equal opportunity employer - and celebrate our employees' differences, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or Veteran status. TrueNorth is also a trauma-informed organization, and all employees are expected to demonstrate behaviors that further that goal.