Provide psychiatric evaluations, diagnoses, treatment planning, and medication management for children, adolescents, and young adults in a pediatric mental health setting. The role includes time with patients and families to build therapeutic relationships, provide education, and support engagement in care. This is a hybrid, part-time contract role with both virtual care and at least one onsite day per week, and it uses an interdisciplinary, whole-child care model.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct comprehensive psychiatric evaluations, assessments, and diagnoses for pediatric and young adult patients.
- Provide personalized treatment plans and medication management based on each patient’s needs.
- Build therapeutic relationships with patients and families through education, support, and ongoing follow-up.
- Monitor patient progress toward care goals and adjust treatment plans as needed.
- Collaborate with therapists, specialists, and other healthcare professionals on integrated care plans.
- Ensure patient safety by responding proactively to clinical concerns.
- Oversee diagnostic testing, including digital and lab results, and maintain HIPAA-compliant documentation.
- Coordinate refills, prior authorizations, records, and rescheduling with administrative support.
Required
- Active PMHNP license in Pennsylvania.
- Board certification by ANCC or AANP (PMHNP-BC).
- DEA license and state prescriptive authority license.
- Autonomous Practice Status.
- At least 2 years of experience working independently as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner.
- At least 1 year of experience working with children, adolescents, or young adults under any nursing license.
- Ability to commit to a minimum of 10 hours per week.
- Ability to work at least 1 day onsite at the Pittsburgh clinic.
Preferred
- Experience using Google Suite, EHR systems, and other virtual care platforms.
- Comfort working in a collaborative, team-based pediatric behavioral health environment.
Benefits & Perks
- Full credentialing services provided.
- Clinical development and trainings.
- Weekly paid clinical consultations.
- Strong administrative support.
- Liability insurance.
- Reimbursement for client no-shows.
- Hybrid virtual and onsite care model.
- Salary range of $120-$140 USD.