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Behavioral Health Provider (PMHNP, NP or PA)

Tandem Health
Sumter, SC Full Time
POSTED ON 8/21/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/20/2026

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Provides behavioral health services to children, adolescents, and adults in accordance with scope of practice, licensure, certification, and organizational policies.
  • Performs comprehensive psychiatric and behavioral health evaluations, including obtaining medical, psychiatric, social, and family histories.
  • Orders, interprets, and evaluates diagnostic and laboratory tests as appropriate to support diagnosis and treatment planning.
  • Assesses, diagnoses, and develops individualized treatment plans for patients with behavioral health conditions.
  • Prescribes, adjusts, and monitors medications in accordance with current clinical standards, state regulations, and organizational protocols.
  • Provides medication management services and evaluates treatment effectiveness through ongoing patient follow-up.
  • Collaborates with patients, families, guardians, and support systems regarding treatment planning and progress, as clinically appropriate and permitted by law.
  • Participates in a multidisciplinary team approach to patient care and collaborates with behavioral health counselors, primary care providers, case managers, and other healthcare professionals.
  • Collaborates with supervising or collaborating physicians as required by South Carolina law and organizational policy.
  • Provides crisis intervention, risk assessment, and referrals for specialized, emergency, or inpatient psychiatric services when indicated.
  • Maintains timely, accurate, and complete clinical documentation in the electronic medical record (EMR), including all required billing and coding information.
  • Participates in quality improvement, peer review, and performance improvement initiatives to enhance patient care and clinical outcomes.
  • Actively participates in Provider Meetings, Continuous Performance Improvement (CPI) activities, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee meetings, and other required organizational meetings.
  • Participates in the Behavioral Health after-hours call rotation, as assigned.
  • Maintains compliance with all federal, state, payer, and organizational requirements.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

  • Master's or Doctoral degree in Nursing from an accredited Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program, or
  • Master's degree from an accredited Family Nurse Practitioner program or Physician Assistant program with behavioral health experience and appropriate training
  • Previous experience assessing, diagnosing, and providing medication management for patients with behavioral health disorders in a psychiatric, behavioral health, integrated care, or primary care setting preferred.
  • Current, unrestricted South Carolina licensure as one of the following:
  •      o Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)

         o Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)

         o Physician Assistant (PA)

    • Active DEA registration required.
    • South Carolina Controlled Substance Registration required.
    • Current BLS/CPR certification required.
    • Must maintain a valid South Carolina driver's license.

    To learn more about Tandem Health and our benefits, please click the links below.

    https://tandemhealthsc.e3applicants.com/about-us/benefits-trial

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STg1IbibH5g

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