Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Wellpath; Kansas City (KS); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

DailyPay

Tuition assistance

EAP and counseling

Life insurance

Health Savings Account

Wellness program

Banking partnership and loan discounts

Medical, dental, vision

Job summary

Wellpath in the United States seeks a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) to deliver comprehensive psychiatric services to incarcerated patients within the facility, adhering to state guidelines and facility policies.

You will perform evaluations, treatment, and medication management while collaborating with mental health, medical and administrative teams to ensure high-quality care and reliable documentation.

Qualifications

• Master of Science of Nursing or Post-Master’s Certificate in PMHNP with specialty in psychiatric mental health across the lifespan.
• Minimum one year PMHNP experience; corrections experience preferred.
• Active PMHNP license in state of practice.
• PMHNP board certification.
• DEA registration (if required).
• BLS certification.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychiatric evaluations, treatment, and follow-up care while exercising independent medical judgment.
• Monitor and manage psychotropic medications, including effectiveness and side effects.
• Collaborate with mental health, medical, and administrative teams to ensure consistent services.
• Complete timely, accurate clinical documentation and participate in required meetings and on-call coverage.
• Support crisis intervention, referrals, transfers, and emergency or involuntary treatment as allowed.

Skills

PMHNP practice

Psychiatric care

Clinical collaboration

Education

Master of Science of Nursing or Post-Master’s Certificate in PMHNP

Unrestricted PMHNP license

PMHNP board certification

DEA Registration

BLS certification

Job description

• Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
• Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
• Excellent career growth opportunities

• Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
• Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
• Excellent career growth opportunities

Join Us And Find a Career That Supports

• Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients
• Autonomy in a warm team environment
• Growth and training

Perks And Benefits

In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:

• DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!
• Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching
• Company paid life insurance
• Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)
• Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts
• Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans

Why Us

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.

If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.

Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan.

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

How you make a difference

The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner provides a full range of psychiatric services to incarcerated patients in accordance with state scope of practice, collaborative protocols, and established policies. This role delivers direct psychiatric care while also providing clinical consultation to mental health and healthcare staff. The position works within state guidelines to support consistent, high-quality psychiatric services across the facility. Clinical consultation and supervision are sought as required under applicable collaborative practice requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide psychiatric evaluations, treatment, and follow-up care while exercising independent medical judgment.
• Monitor and manage psychotropic medications, including effectiveness, side effects, and required follow-up.
• Collaborate with mental health, medical, and administrative teams to ensure consistent psychiatric and mental health services.
• Complete timely, accurate clinical documentation and participate in required meetings, consultations, and on-call coverage.
• Support crisis intervention, referrals, transfers, and emergency or involuntary treatment processes as allowed by scope of practice.

Qualifications & Requirements

Education

• Master in Science of Nursing or Post-Master’s Certificate from an accredited nurse practitioner program with a specialty in psychiatric mental health across the lifespan.

Experience

• Minimum one (1) year of experience as a PMHNP required, or may be waived if approved by Vice President of Advanced Practice Program.
• Corrections experience in a PMHNP role preferred.

Licenses/Certifications

• Unrestricted current license to practice as a PMHNP in the state of practice.
• Current board certification as a PMHNP.
• Current DEA Registration (unless Chief Psychiatric Officer determines it as optional).
• Current BLS certification.

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

We value the contributions of team members with a broad range of experiences, skills, and perspectives and are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all.

This position is available only to those who reside in the United States.

Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description.