Remote Crisis Care Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)

The role

You will provide telehealth behavioral health care for people in crisis, including clinical assessments, diagnosis, medication management and safety planning. You will work with a multidisciplinary clinical team and manage a caseload you follow for 8 to 12 weeks. This is a fully virtual role.

What you will do

• Perform comprehensive clinical assessments and develop differential diagnosis
• Provide psychiatric medication management
• Build therapeutic alliance with patients
• Create and implement co-created personalized treatment plans with the multidisciplinary team
• Manage a caseload of patients you follow for 8 to 12 weeks
• Conduct comprehensive risk assessment and safety planning
• Use validated clinical tools to aid in differential diagnosis
• Actively participate in multidisciplinary team meetings
• Maintain appropriate documentation of all patient-related care
• Work with patients, their families, and community providers

Required qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (or equivalent non-U.S. degree)
• Board Certification
• Master of Science in Nursing or Doctor of Nursing Practice (or equivalent non-U.S. degree)
• Active license to practice in New York
• Maintain state and continuing education requirements to provide behavioral health care
• Experience with clinical assessments, differential diagnosis, treatment plans and psychiatric medication management
• At least 3 years of clinical experience in psychiatric medication management
• Experience with clinical risk management, suicide risk assessment and safety planning
• Experience and comfort using validated clinical tools
• Experience with and comfort using technology
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work in a multidisciplinary team

Nice to have

• Post-degree experience providing emergency mental health services and/or urgent behavioral healthcare
• Completed psychiatric fellowship
• Comprehensive knowledge of substance abuse, mental health and recovery issues and principles
• Experience using clinical outcomes to enhance clinical care
• Experience launching and iterating on a clinical care model
• Experience in a start-up healthcare setting and/or innovative healthcare program

Benefits

• PTO including sick leave, certain federal holidays and vacation
• Continuing education time and stipend
• 401K
• Health insurance
• Malpractice liability insurance
• Clinical supervision
• Multidisciplinary team collaboration

Before you apply

• Active license to practice in New York is required
• Hiring process includes a phone screen, interviews, a clinical skill assessment, a reference check, and a background check

About the company

Willow Health offers virtual crisis care, providing immediate access to evidence-based behavioral health services for people experiencing crises. The company aims to expand affordable access to high-quality behavioral health care.