Job Description
# Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)
**Location:** Methuen, MA
**Schedule:** Full-Time | Monday-Friday | 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
**Salary:** $130,000-$170,000 annually
## Why Join Us?
Enjoy an exceptional work-life balance with a predictable weekday schedule-**no nights, weekends, or holidays**-while making a meaningful impact in the lives of older adults. We offer a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and the opportunity to work with a collaborative interdisciplinary care team.
## Position Summary
We are seeking a compassionate and experienced **Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP)** to provide comprehensive behavioral health services to older adults in a variety of care settings, including participants' homes, adult day centers, assisted living facilities, and skilled nursing facilities.
In this role, you will manage a caseload of patients referred by their Primary Care Provider (PCP), conduct psychiatric evaluations, develop treatment plans, manage psychopharmacology, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to improve patient outcomes.
## Key Responsibilities
* Perform comprehensive psychiatric evaluations for geriatric patients across multiple care settings.
* Assess and manage acute behavioral health changes to reduce psychiatric hospitalizations.
* Provide follow-up care after psychiatric hospitalizations.
* Conduct home visits and nursing facility visits as clinically appropriate.
* Develop, implement, and monitor individualized behavioral health treatment plans.
* Prescribe, monitor, and adjust psychotropic medications while ensuring safe and evidence-based care.
* Implement Gradual Dose Reductions (GDR) in accordance with regulatory guidelines.
* Educate patients, families, caregivers, and interdisciplinary team members on behavioral health conditions and treatment plans.
* Maintain timely, accurate, and compliant clinical documentation.
* Collaborate closely with physicians, nurses, social workers, and other members of the care team.
* Participate in quality improvement initiatives and program development.
* Provide coverage for Behavioral Health colleagues as needed.
* Travel locally to participant homes and contracted facilities.
## Qualifications
### Required
* Master's of Science in Nursing (MSN)
* Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC)
* Active Massachusetts Nurse Practitioner license
* Massachusetts Controlled Substances Registration (MCSR)
* DEA registration with prescribing authority
* Current CPR certification
* Minimum of 5 years of experience working with a geriatric population
* Ability to travel locally throughout the service area
* Ability to pass an N95 respirator fit test (clean-shaven where required for proper mask seal)
### Preferred
* Experience working with Medicare, geriatric, or PACE populations
* Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) experience
* Experience serving culturally diverse, underserved, or low-income populations
* Strong collaboration and communication skills within interdisciplinary teams
* COVID-19 vaccination
## Benefits
* Competitive salary: **$130,000-$170,000 annually**
* Monday-Friday schedule (8:00 AM-4:00 PM)
* No nights, weekends, or holidays
* Health, dental, and vision insurance
* Paid Time Off (PTO)
* Retirement plan
* Supplemental benefits
* Excellent work-life balance
Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.
At Randstad, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com.
Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).
This posting is open for thirty (30) days.
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
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