Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner – Virtual

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Maryland, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Perform thorough psychiatric evaluations utilizing evidence-based assessment instruments.

• Identify and treat mental health disorders such as anxiety, depression, OCD, ADHD, and various personality disorders.

• Prescribe, oversee, and track psychiatric medications.

• Evaluate the effectiveness of treatments, monitor side effects, and ensure patient adherence.

• Create, execute, and modify personalized treatment plans.

• Work in collaboration with the interdisciplinary behavioral health team.

• Coordinate care with therapists and other healthcare professionals, including making referrals as necessary.

• Educate patients about their diagnoses, treatment alternatives, and prescribed medications.

• Keep accurate, timely, and comprehensive clinical documentation.

• Adhere to legal, ethical, organizational, state, and federal standards.

• Engage in quality improvement initiatives.

⛳️ Requirements

• Valid Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) and Registered Nurse (RN) licenses in relevant states.

• DEA registration and prescribing authority in every state where patients are treated.

• Preference for multistate licensure, focusing primarily on Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC.

• At least two (2) years of experience as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner.

• Experience in treating patients aged 13 and above.

• Strong clinical understanding of psychiatric conditions and evidence-based treatment methodologies.

• Proven expertise in managing psychiatric medications.

• Exceptional clinical judgment, communication, and interpersonal abilities, with a knack for building rapport in a virtual care environment.

• Dedication to providing compassionate, culturally sensitive, patient-centered care.

• Familiarity with Athena One EHR and remote clinical workflows.

• Maintain all necessary credentials and adhere to relevant state and federal regulations.

• Virginia practitioners requiring physician collaboration must secure and maintain a collaborating physician at their own expense.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote/telehealth work environment.

• Chance to provide compassionate, evidence-based, holistic behavioral healthcare.

• Involvement in quality improvement initiatives and ongoing support for clinical excellence.