Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

MedNOW Clinics is seeking a compassionate and dependable Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner to provide outpatient behavioral-health care across our Colorado clinic network.

The PMHNP will evaluate patients, diagnose psychiatric conditions, provide medication management, develop individualized treatment plans, and collaborate with primary-care providers and other members of the care team.

This is a full-time position that may be assigned to any MedNOW clinic based on patient and organizational needs. A primary clinic location and travel expectations will be discussed during the hiring process.

What You Will Do

• Complete comprehensive psychiatric evaluations and follow-up visits.

• Assess patients’ psychiatric, medical, social, medication, and substance-use histories.

• Diagnose and manage mental-health conditions within your education, certification, experience, privileges, and assigned patient population.

• Develop individualized, evidence-based treatment plans.

• Prescribe and manage psychiatric medications within your license, prescriptive authority, approved privileges, and applicable safety requirements.

• Monitor medication effectiveness, side effects, interactions, adherence, and treatment progress.

• Use appropriate controlled-substance safeguards and review the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program when required.

• Complete suicide, self-harm, violence, substance-use, and other clinical risk assessments.

• Develop safety plans and arrange emergency evaluation or a higher level of care when clinically necessary.

• Order, review, interpret, and follow up on laboratory testing and other diagnostic studies.

• Provide patient and family education regarding diagnoses, medications, treatment options, risks, benefits, alternatives, and follow-up needs.

• Coordinate care with primary-care providers, therapists, behavioral-health specialists, pharmacies, hospitals, and community resources.

• Recognize when a patient’s needs are outside your experience, privileges, or available clinic resources and obtain consultation or arrange appropriate care.

• Complete accurate, timely, and compliant documentation, diagnoses, orders, and coding.

• Maintain current medication, allergy, and problem lists.

• Review assigned messages, refill requests, prior authorizations, results, referrals, and clinical work queues.

• Support patient access, continuity of care, quality measures, and appropriate follow-up.

• Participate in quality improvement, peer review, team meetings, training, and continuing professional development.

• Maintain all required licenses, certifications, credentialing, payer enrollment, and professional records.

• Work onsite at assigned MedNOW locations and travel between clinics when required.

Required Qualifications

• Graduate degree from an accredited Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program.

• Current national board certification as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner.

• Current, unrestricted Colorado registered nurse license and Advanced Practice Nurse registration, or documented eligibility to obtain the required credentials before starting.

• Colorado prescriptive authority appropriate for the position.

• Active DEA registration or documented eligibility to obtain it before independently prescribing controlled substances.

• Current NPI and ability to complete MedNOW Clinics and payer credentialing requirements.

• Current BLS/CPR certification.

• Strong psychiatric assessment, diagnostic, medication-management, safety-planning, and follow-up skills.

• Ability to recognize psychiatric emergencies and arrange the appropriate level of care.

• Understanding of documentation, coding, medical necessity, patient privacy, and professional standards.

• Ability to work full-time onsite and travel to assigned MedNOW clinic locations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous outpatient psychiatric or behavioral-health experience.

• Experience providing psychiatric medication management.

• Experience treating common conditions such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, ADHD, trauma-related disorders, substance-use concerns, and other behavioral-health conditions.

• Experience completing suicide-risk assessments, safety planning, and crisis escalation.

• Experience collaborating with primary-care providers and behavioral-health professionals.

• Experience with Athenahealth or another electronic health record.

• Experience with prior authorizations, refill management, payer requirements, and clinical work queues.

• Experience with outpatient documentation and coding.

New graduates with strong psychiatric clinical training may be considered when an appropriate onboarding and clinical-support structure is available.

Why Join MedNOW Clinics?

• Provide behavioral-health services within a collaborative outpatient-care environment.

• Help improve access to psychiatric services across multiple Colorado communities.

• Work closely with primary-care providers and other clinical professionals.

• Practice in an environment that values clinical judgment, patient safety, continuity of care, and appropriate consultation.

• Receive onboarding and support for MedNOW workflows, documentation, credentialing, and quality programs.

• Access opportunities for continued learning and professional growth.

• Eligible employees may receive medical, dental, and vision coverage; paid time off and sick leave; a 401(k) match; voluntary insurance options; employee discounts; and training and professional-growth opportunities. Eligibility is based on employment status and applicable plan requirements.