Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) Remote

Job Description

Author Health is seeking a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner to join their collaborative team. This is a fully remote position. The company is revolutionizing how mental health care is delivered, and they want you to be part of it! Author Health’s mission is to bring compassionate, high-quality care to people with serious mental illness, substance use disorders, and dementia, including older adults. The company delivers community-based wrap-around outpatient mental health care inclusive of psychiatric, psychotherapeutic and care management services. They partner with primary care providers, hospitals, families, and caregivers to keep patients out of the hospital and empower them to live healthier, more connected lives.Role involves:

• Providing compassionate, personalized and comprehensive care to older adults with severe mental illness, substance use, and/or dementia
• Engaging with patients in a respectful, sensitive and non-judgmental manner
• Collaborating professionally with a team-based approach to care
• Coordinating care with PCPs to support medical health
• Determining when higher levels of care are warranted, manage crisis situations, and help facilitate transitions in care
• Navigating the electronic medical record efficiently and maintain timely, accurate documentation of clinical encounters
• Being flexible with change, able to adjust, pivot and adapt in a startup environment

Requirements:

• Board-certified PMHNP with active license and DEA to practice in FL and willing to obtain additional state license/DEA in TX and other states as needed
• Dedication to serving an older adult population, aligned with the company mission
• 3-5 years working as an NP in acute psychiatric settings
• Compassionate approach to care, excellent listening skills, empathy and humility, patience with challenging patients
• Strong clinical judgment and psychiatric knowledge base, able to manage crisis situations, engage with families and caregivers
• Experience working with major medical comorbidities and complex care needs including social determinants of health
• Team player, hard-working and collaborative, willing to engage in pilot projects, help colleagues when needed, and align with company goals
• Demonstrates a high degree of professionalism including timeliness for patient visits and clinical meetings
• Ability to seek out supervision appropriately, receive and integrate feedback, and demonstrate growth through increasing independence
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with patients, peers and managers
• Engages with metrics relevant to clinical quality, monitors adherence to company goals and responds to audits, performance reviews, and recommendations
• Strong computer and software skills, able to navigate technology, utilize virtual interface smoothly, demonstrate fluency with Google suite of applications
• Comfortable with the startup environment, including flexibility and adaptability to company pivots and changes, importance of pilot programs and iterations on design
• Previous experience providing virtual care or telehealth services required
• Experience in managed care models, collaborative care or value based care preferred
• Conduct initial evaluations and follow-up visits for patients, make appropriate referrals to psychotherapy and care management, engage in regular weekly supervision with MD to review case list

Offers:

• Retirement savings plan (401k) Plan up to 3.5% company match
• Low- cost benefits package for employee and dependents ( medical/ dental/ vision/ STD/ Life Insurance)
• Paid vacation after 90 days
• Paid sick leave
• Continuing Medication Education (CME) allowance
• 9 paid holidays throughout the year with (2) additional flex holidays .. 11 in total!
• 100% coverage of all licensing fees
• Performance-based bonuses
• Competitive salaries with higher pay for Spanish and Haitian Creole speakers and more!