Question for Psych NPs

[linearthinker, DNP, RN]

There is a position in my general area described as a primary care NP member of a psych practice, who's role is to address the obvious, lol, the PC needs of those patients and coordinate PC needs into their care. I gather from the advertisement that they feel it will be a less fragmented approach to do this than to have pts constantly shuttle back and forth b/w a psych provider and a PCP. The team is comprised of a single psychiatrist and several psych NPs.

I have not considered this kind of work before. I am 8 months out from graduation now, and so discouraged b/c there are just so few primary care positions available. I really do not want a specialty position, and that is literally, ALL we have had in the area of late. This one is part time, 2-3 days a week, 2 days seeing pts, 1 day for admin purposes, which seems perfect for me. The pay is startlingly high for a PT position, which is, frankly, alarming. Why do they need to pay so much more than everyone else? It doesn't mention if new graduates are welcome to apply or not.

So, if you are a psych NP or a FNP and have worked with a model like this, I'd like to hear from you. Thanks!

[zenman]

I did some psych clinical at a VA clinic that did both primary care and psych. It was nice having everyone in the same building as you could just run down the hall to see their primary care doc.