Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP)

Wellpath; Elk River (MN); On-site; USD 127,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

DailyPay

Tuition Assistance and scholarships

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Company paid life insurance

Health Spending Accounts (HSA)

Wellness program and discounts

Discounted home and auto loan rates

Job summary

Wellpath seeks a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner to deliver full psychiatric services to incarcerated patients at the Sherburne County Jail in Minnesota. You will provide direct psychiatric care, clinical consultation, and follow-up in coordination with mental health, medical, and administrative teams.

Requirements include an MSN or PMHNP post-master’s, PMHNP certification, DEA registration, and BLS. Minimum 1 year PMHNP experience, preferably in corrections, with licensure in the state of

Qualifications

• Master of Science in Nursing or Post-Master’s Certificate with PMHNP specialty.
• Unrestricted PMHNP license in state of practice.
• Current PMHNP board certification.
• Active DEA registration.
• Current BLS certification.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychiatric evaluations, treatment, follow-up care, and medication management.
• Monitor effectiveness and side effects of psychotropic medications; provide education and informed consent.
• Collaborate with mental health, medical, and administrative teams for coordinated services.
• Complete timely clinical documentation and participate in meetings and on-call coverage.
• Support crisis intervention, referrals, transfers, and involuntary treatment as allowed by scope.

Skills

PMHNP

Corrections experience

Education

MSN or Post-Master’s PMHNP

Job description

You Matter

• 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 licensure, collaborative practice requirements, and established policies and procedures. This role delivers direct psychiatric care, clinical consultation, and follow-up services to support patient treatment and continuity of care. The position works closely with mental health, medical, and administrative teams to ensure consistent and compliant psychiatric services. The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner also seeks clinical consultation and supervision as required by collaborative practice protocols.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide psychiatric evaluations, treatment, follow-up care, and medication management within professional and regulatory standards.

• Monitor effectiveness and side effects of psychotropic medications and provide ongoing patient education and informed consent.

• Collaborate with mental health, medical, and administrative teams to ensure coordinated and consistent psychiatric 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 and guidelines.

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.

• 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.

• Current BLS certification.

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

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.

Job 26-190026

Facility MN Sherburne County Jail

Type Full-Time

Shift Day 8 hour

Compensation Information $127,296 - $141,440 / year