Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner – Full-Time

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New York.

📋 Description

• Perform initial psychiatric evaluations and diagnostic assessments for both new and existing clients at the clinic.

• Offer ongoing medication management, monitoring effectiveness, side effects, and adherence to treatment.

• Manage a clinically varied caseload that includes serious mental illnesses, trauma and dissociative disorders, eating disorders, and general outpatient mental health issues.

• Collaborate with individual therapists, group facilitators, and admissions personnel to ensure comprehensive care.

• Engage in case conferences and reviews of treatment plans.

• Complete documentation in line with OMH Part 599 (MHOTRS) regulatory standards and clinic deadlines.

• Order and interpret relevant laboratory tests.

• Coordinate with primary care providers and external prescribers as clinically necessary.

• Manage medication-related communications between sessions, including refill requests and coordination with pharmacies.

• Provide services through telehealth in accordance with 14 NYCRR Part 596.

• Participate in quality improvement initiatives, utilization reviews, and peer review activities as mandated by OMH and payer contracts.

• Carry the primary psychiatric caseload and contribute to the development of prescribing protocols, medication workflows, and the integration of psychiatric care into WBH's treatment model.

⛳️ Requirements

• Must hold a current, unrestricted NYS license and registration as a Nurse Practitioner with certification in Psychiatry/Mental Health.

• Board certification as a PMHNP-BC from ANCC is required.

• Active DEA registration is required or eligibility to obtain it prior to starting.

• Must be eligible to enroll in NYS Medicaid and commercial payer panels.

• A minimum of 3,600 hours of qualifying NP practice experience (with NYS full practice authority) is required.

• At least 2 years of experience in psychiatric prescribing is essential.

• Experience with populations suffering from serious mental illnesses (SMI) is required.

• Clinical experience or demonstrated competence in treating trauma-related disorders and eating disorders is strongly preferred.

• Willingness to train within WBH's clinical model is a must.

• Must be comfortable working within an integrated, team-based outpatient framework.

• Strong documentation skills and familiarity with EHR-based workflows are necessary.

• Experience in an OMH Article 31/MHOTRS setting is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health insurance.

• PTO.

• Virtual/telehealth work arrangement.

• Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.