Remote PMHNP Telepsychiatry for Complex Behavioral Health

Optum; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 164,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Equity stock purchase

401k contribution

Remote work option

Job summary

Optum Home & Community Care, part of the Optum family, is hiring a Behavioral Health APC (PMHNP) to join an interdisciplinary care team delivering evidence-based psychiatric care in a home-based, population health model. This role includes direct patient care and consultative services via telehealth.

Requirements include board-certified PMHNP, active NP license with prescriptive authority, experience with complex psychiatric conditions/SUD/SMI, and willingness to obtain multi-state licensure.

Qualifications

• Board-certified PMHNP.
• Active, unrestricted NP license with prescriptive authority.
• Experience managing complex psychiatric conditions and/or SUD and SMI.
• Willingness to obtain multi-state licensure.
• Comfort delivering care via telehealth and technology-enabled platforms.
• Ability to synthesize complex medical and behavioral health data into actionable care plans.

Responsibilities

• Conduct telehealth-based psychiatric evaluations for patients with serious mental illness and substance use conditions.
• Diagnose, treat, and prescribe evidence-based interventions.
• Provide bridge stabilization through medication management and follow-up care for high-risk patients.
• Work with interdisciplinary care team to ensure connection to community mental health services.
• Deliver behavioral health education to interdisciplinary teams managing medically complex patients.
• Document all patient encounters and care coordination efforts in the EMR.

Skills

Telehealth delivery

Complex psychiatric care

Multi-state licensure willingness

Care planning

Team collaboration

Education

PMHNP certification

Nurse Practitioner license with prescriptive authority

Tools

EMR systems

Job description

Optum Home & Community Care, part of the Optum family, is hiring a Behavioral Health APC (PMHNP) to join an interdisciplinary care team delivering evidence-based psychiatric care in a home-based, population health model. This role includes direct patient care and consultative services via telehealth.

Requirements include board-certified PMHNP, active NP license with prescriptive authority, experience with complex psychiatric conditions/SUD/SMI, and willingness to obtain multi-state licensure.