What are the responsibilities and job description for the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) / Physician Assistant (PA) – Psychiatry position at Whole Mind?
Join a mission-driven mental health team helping patients feel understood, supported, and cared for
Whole Mind is a growing outpatient mental health organization focused on delivering compassionate, evidence-based psychiatric care for individuals experiencing depression, anxiety, trauma, ADHD, mood disorders, and treatment-resistant mental health conditions.
Our care model integrates medication management, psychotherapy, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), and Spravato (esketamine) within a collaborative, patient-centered environment designed to improve outcomes and expand access to care.
We are currently seeking a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) or Psychiatric Physician Assistant (PA) to join our growing Salt Lake City clinic.
This is an opportunity to be part of an innovative, collaborative mental health organization while helping shape a newly expanding clinic location.
Position Overview
We are seeking a compassionate, clinically strong, and patient-centered psychiatric provider who values both clinical excellence and human connection.
At Whole Mind, we believe every patient should:
- Feel understood
- Feel helped
- Feel reassured
We are looking for someone who naturally embodies these principles while helping patients navigate some of the most vulnerable moments of their lives.
This position will begin as a part-time W-2 role, with the opportunity to grow into a full-time benefitted position as patient demand increases and the provider consistently maintains approximately 32 patient-facing hours per week.
This role offers:
- Flexible scheduling
- Opportunity to build and grow a caseload over time
- Collaborative clinical support
- Exposure to advanced psychiatric treatments including TMS and Spravato
- Opportunity for long-term growth within a rapidly expanding organization
This position will begin once credentialing, payer enrollment, and onboarding requirements are completed and the provider is approved to begin seeing patients.
Compensation
- $60.00 – $70.00 per hour, based on experience
- Compensation is based primarily on patient-facing clinical hours, with required meetings, trainings, and other approved work activities compensated in accordance with Whole Mind policies.
Employment Structure
This position will begin as a part-time W-2 role.
As patient demand grows and the provider consistently maintains approximately 32 patient-facing hours per week, there will be an opportunity to transition into a full-time benefitted W-2 position, including eligibility for benefits and expanded organizational support.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct psychiatric evaluations and diagnostic assessments
- Provide medication management for psychiatric conditions including:
- Depression
- Anxiety disorders
- ADHD
- Trauma-related disorders
- Bipolar disorder
- Mood disorders
- Other psychiatric conditions
- Develop individualized treatment plans using evidence-based practices
- Monitor medication effectiveness, side effects, and treatment progress
- Collaborate closely with therapists, psychiatrists, and clinical staff to support integrated patient care
- Coordinate care with outside providers as clinically appropriate
- Maintain timely and accurate clinical documentation in the EMR
- Support continuity of care and patient engagement
- Maintain HIPAA compliance and professional/ethical standards
Preferred Experience
- Outpatient psychiatric experience strongly preferred
- Experience treating depression, anxiety, trauma, ADHD, and mood disorders
- Experience with treatment-resistant depression preferred
- Familiarity with TMS and/or Spravato is highly preferred (training available for the right candidate)
- Experience collaborating in integrated behavioral health environments preferred
QualificationsPMHNP Candidates
- Active Utah Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) license
- DEA registration and prescribing authority in Utah
Physician Assistant Candidates
- Active Utah Physician Assistant (PA) license
- Psychiatric experience strongly preferred
- DEA registration and prescribing authority in Utah
What We’re Looking For
We are seeking someone who is:
- Compassionate, caring, and emotionally attuned
- Clinically strong with sound judgment
- Dependable and reliable
- Comfortable working independently while collaborating within a team
- Passionate about improving access to mental health care
- Excited to grow with an expanding organization
Most importantly, we are looking for someone who helps patients feel:
Understood
Through empathy, active listening, and thoughtful care
Helped
Through strong clinical decision-making and clear treatment planning
Reassured
Through professionalism, consistency, and compassionate support
Why Join Whole Mind
- Be part of a mission-driven organization improving access to mental health care
- Work in a collaborative, provider-supportive environment
- Opportunity to build a long-term patient panel
- Learn and participate in advanced psychiatric treatments such as TMS and Spravato
- Growth opportunity into a full-time benefitted position as patient demand increases
About Whole Mind
Whole Mind is a growing multi-location mental health practice dedicated to delivering innovative psychiatric care through compassionate, patient-centered treatment.
We believe every interaction matters—and every patient deserves to feel understood, helped, and reassured.
Work Location
In-person — Salt Lake City, Utah
376 E 400 S, Suite 311
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Apply Today
If you are passionate about helping individuals improve their mental health and want to grow alongside a collaborative and expanding clinical organization, we would love to hear from you.
Pay: $60.00 - $70.00 per hour
Application Question(s):
- Do you currently hold DEA registration and prescribing authority in Utah?
- Are you interested in building and growing a consistent outpatient caseload over time, with the opportunity to transition into a full-time benefitted position?
- Are you comfortable beginning in a part-time W-2 role while patient demand builds?
Experience:
- Psychiatric: 1 year (Required)
License/Certification:
- PMHNP or a PA license (Required)
Ability to Commute:
- Salt Lake City, UT 84111 (Required)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $60 - $70