Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner - Medication Management

Ellie Mental Health

$135K — $176K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Active North Carolina Nurse Practitioner license with authority in psychiatric-mental health care
  • Certified as a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC) preferred
  • DEA registration and prescriptive authority compliant with state and federal laws
  • Experience in psychiatric assessments and outpatient medication management
  • Strong skills in documentation, communication, and interdisciplinary collaboration
  • Ability to work with diverse populations including adolescents and adults
  • Pass a background screening and meet credentialing requirements

Responsibilities

  • Conduct comprehensive psychiatric evaluations and ongoing medication management for outpatient clients
  • Diagnose behavioral health conditions and create evidence-based treatment plans
  • Prescribe, monitor, and adjust psychiatric medications as required
  • Provide supportive care and cooperate with therapists and care team members
  • Ensure accurate and timely documentation in the electronic health record system
  • Participate in team meetings and service development related to psychiatry

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • Opportunity for advancement
  • Paid time off
  • Parental leave
  • Training & development
  • Vision insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Company parties
  • Dental insurance
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Benefits:
  • Health insurance
  • Opportunity for advancement
  • Paid time off
  • Parental leave
  • Training & development
  • Vision insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Company parties
  • Competitive salary
  • Dental insurance


Position summary

The Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner will provide psychiatric evaluations, diagnosis, medication management, and supportive care for a diverse outpatient population that may include adolescents, adults, and older adults. This role is intended to help launch or expand Ellie Mental Health - Raleigh's medication management service line within the Raleigh-Durham market.
Key responsibilities
  • Conduct comprehensive psychiatric evaluations and ongoing medication management visits for outpatient clients.
  • Diagnose behavioral health conditions and develop evidence-based treatment plans that align with outpatient standards of care.
  • Prescribe, monitor, and adjust psychiatric medications as clinically appropriate within North Carolina scope-of-practice requirements.
  • Provide supportive care and collaborate with therapists, administrative staff, referral partners, and other care team members to ensure continuity of care.
  • Complete documentation accurately and on time in the electronic health record system and follow clinic workflows, compliance requirements, and quality standards.
  • Participate in team meetings, case consultation, and service development efforts related to psychiatry and medication management.

Required qualifications

  • Active and unrestricted North Carolina license as a Nurse Practitioner with authority to practice in psychiatric-mental health care.
  • Certification as a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC) strongly preferred or required.
  • DEA registration and prescriptive authority consistent with state and federal requirements.
  • Experience conducting psychiatric assessments and providing medication management in an outpatient mental health setting.
  • Strong documentation, communication, and interdisciplinary collaboration skills.
  • Ability to work with diverse populations across the lifespan, including adolescents and adults.
  • Ability to pass background screening and meet credentialing requirements.

Preferred qualifications

  • Two or more years of experience in psychiatric or mental health practice is preferred.
  • Prior experience helping establish or grow a psychiatry or medication management program is preferred.
  • Comfort with telehealth and office-based care delivery.
  • Familiarity with Office 365 and behavioral health EHR platforms such as Valant is a plus.

Compensation and schedule

Compensation is competitive and should align with market conditions, licensure, experience, productivity expectations, and clinic growth goals. Ellie highlights an employee model that includes industry-leading compensation, reasonable caseload expectations, and a furnished clinic environment.

Flexible work from home options available.

Compensation: $65.00 - $85.00 per hour

Seeking creative & collaborative humans with a passion for changing mental health care in fun and meaningful ways
Don't meet EVERY requirement?

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Ellie Mental Health is devoted to purposefully building an inclusive and diverse workplace where all of our humans can be their authentic selves! (Authenticity is one of our core values, after all...) If you're excited about the chance to be a change-maker with us, but your past experience doesn't perfectly align with every single qualification of the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. Our mental health jobs need dedicated individuals from every background who are willing to care for others. And who knows, you might just be the perfect candidate for another role!
Employee Experience

We take care of our people. It's that simple. From investing in their financial future, to providing wages that shatter the ceiling in our industry to reasonable caseload expectations we ensure that our people are happy. Happy employees do better work and provide better client care! No matter what it is that you do in your mental health career at Ellie, our clients depend on us cultivating an environment where our employees can thrive so that they can thrive too!

Y'all, jobs in mental health are tough jobs with a high risk of emotional fatigue and burnout. At Ellie, we use all of our core values of humor, creativity, authenticity, acceptance, determination, and compassion not just out in our communities, but we turn them inwards too! Our employees have clear growth paths for advancing their careers.

We have created a culture that reminds us that our employees are our leaders!

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