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Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)
Bronx & Harlem, NY | $130,000–$180,000 | Full-Time
Are you an experienced Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) looking for a role that offers schedule flexibility, diverse clinical experience, and the opportunity to take on greater clinical leadership?
A mission-driven behavioral healthcare organization in New York City is seeking an experienced PMHNP to provide psychiatric care to an adult patient population (18 ) across community-based behavioral health, residential, and substance-use treatment programs.
This is an excellent opportunity for a PMHNP who enjoys working with complex behavioral health populations and wants exposure to multiple areas of psychiatric and substance-use care.
Compensation & Schedule
- $130,000–$180,000 annual salary
- Full-time, permanent position
- Flexible schedule based on program and provider needs
- Sunday–Thursday or Tuesday–Saturday schedules preferred
- Earlier start times may be available
- Very light rotating on-call coverage
- On-call responsibilities are shared with other providers
- Comprehensive benefits
What You'll Do
You'll provide psychiatric care to adults across several behavioral health settings, including outpatient behavioral health, residential treatment, substance-use treatment, and medication-assisted treatment programs.
Responsibilities include:
- Conduct comprehensive psychiatric evaluations and assessments
- Diagnose psychiatric and behavioral health conditions
- Develop individualized treatment plans
- Prescribe and manage psychotropic medications
- Monitor medication effectiveness, adherence, and potential side effects
- Conduct risk assessments and provide crisis intervention when necessary
- Provide psychiatric care to adults with complex behavioral health needs
- Treat individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance-use disorders
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary behavioral health and medical teams
- Coordinate care with hospitals, primary care providers, specialists, and community resources
- Support continuity of care across outpatient and residential settings
- Provide clinical guidance to other members of the care team
- Contribute to medication-management protocols and clinical best practices
- Participate in quality improvement and patient-safety initiatives
- Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation
- Participate in a shared, light on-call rotation for urgent clinical matters
Patient Population
This position serves adults ages 18 across several different behavioral health environments.
You'll have the opportunity to work with patients receiving:
- Outpatient psychiatric care
- Residential behavioral health services
- Substance-use treatment
- Medication-assisted treatment (MAT)
- Integrated behavioral and medical care
- Care for co-occurring behavioral health and medical conditions
The variety of programs gives you the opportunity to work with different patient populations without being limited to a traditional outpatient psychiatric practice.
What We're Looking For
- Active New York State Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner license
- Board-certified Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC)
- Active DEA registration and NPI
- 3 years of psychiatric clinical experience preferred
- Strong psychiatric assessment and medication-management experience
- Experience in community behavioral health, outpatient psychiatry, residential treatment, substance-use treatment, MAT, or similar settings preferred
- Comfortable treating adults with complex psychiatric and substance-use needs
- Strong clinical judgment and crisis-assessment skills
- Interest or experience in clinical leadership and program development
- Comfortable collaborating across multidisciplinary healthcare teams
- Ability to work across multiple NYC locations
- Telepsychiatry experience is a plus
Why Consider This Opportunity?
This isn't a traditional psychiatric medication-management position.
You'll have the opportunity to work across multiple areas of behavioral healthcare, including outpatient psychiatry, residential care, substance-use treatment, and MAT, while also contributing to the development and improvement of clinical practices.
The organization also offers schedule flexibility, with Sunday–Thursday and Tuesday–Saturday schedules preferred, and a very light shared on-call rotation.
For an experienced PMHNP who wants variety, autonomy, and the opportunity to have a broader clinical impact, this could be an excellent next step.
Apply today to learn more about the position, schedule, locations, compensation, and benefits.
Salary : $130,000 - $180,000